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The walkway between City Hall and College Green is empty which has become the new Normal. this would be full of prams and buggies and the sound of children playing with parents etc
I love to photograph storms. Lightning in some storms will not hit the ground. The majority of strikes stay up in the clouds. That was the case for this storm.
Detail of De Rotterdam complex in Rotterdam harbour area.
By OMA architects / Rem Koolhaas.
More of De Rotterdam at
Some people have asked me how I get the impact drops.. This is my guide on a budget!
There's 2 tough parts..
1). Freezing the motion : Use a flash you can adjust the power so it's LOW power = Fast flash. I use a Vivitar 255 flash I got for £0.99p from ebay.
2). Getting the drips the right speed.
I tried various methods but this works best.. A mariotte siphon (google it!) the speed of the drips depends on the difference in height between the output (the pipe connector) and the bottom of the input straw in the bottle.
In theory you should raise/lower the straw that goes out the top to vary the drops but I found that fixing the pipes and the output point and physically raising and lowering the whole bottle works better as you can seal the pipes better and not have leaks.
After that it's a case of getting the speed of the drips right.. it's FAST, faster than you can see the drops going. (but not too fast or it does not have time for a spout to form.. this bit is trial and error). If you set it up and watch it closely you can see the splashes (just about) and then you know you have it right.
The lens... dont need an expensive macro lens (tho it helps) I use an ancient 55mm M42 lens + 12mm Extension tube and M42 adaptor on my Canon EOS 450D. Distance is about max for that setup (ie..about 30cm) to give *some* depth of field.. around 12mm.. I've also used my tamron 70-300mm without any extension tubes and stuff but then the camera has to be between 1m and 2m away to get the DOF.
eosdoc.com/jlcalc/ <- good for working out DOF
After you have it setup.. focus the camera on just infront of where the drops land (bout 0.5 - 1cm in front)... I use a bread knife under the drops and live view to focus in (bread knife as it has a serrated edge and it's easy to focus on).
Then..
Camera : F13-F16, 2-4 sec exposure, ISO 200 (experiment here depending on what gear you have)
Turn the lights off.. just have a dim light in the background.
Then the funny part starts.. I have a Cup and my remote in one hand and the flash in the other.. Hold the cup under the stream of drops, trigger the remote, move the cup away, push the flash, put cup back under the drops. (cup is to get rid of ripples).
Repeat 300+ times.. go check if you got anything.. then do it all again.
HINT : Have a firm grip on your remote.. if you fumble it you drop it in a sink full of water and then you have to go buy another one!!
Try :
Hot water (lower viscosity)
Dishwasher rinse aid (lowers surface tension)
Glycerin (increase viscocity)
Total Cost : (excluding the camera)
55mm Lens £4
Extension Tubes £5
M42 Adaptor £6
Flash £0.99
Pipe £2
Connector £0.50
£18.49.. not bad :)
Next step is a photogate to trigger the flash (building one based on the stuff at hiviz.com) but my skills with electronics suck so it dont work yet.. need to get someone who knows what they are talking about to look at my circuit!
Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4.0L, flash
Building on the tests I did yesterday, I put together this shot. There was a bit of cloud over today so the shadows were not at pronounced as yesterday.
Update: Explored! Aug 17, 2011 #401
Strobist: Three 580EX II strobes with full CTO gel at full power shooting through 60" umbrella just out of frame on camera right. Camera white balance set to tungsten. Strobes tripped with PocketWizard, post in Aperture 3.1. You can see my "tri-flash" rig here and here.
11.2.2016. A Maserarti stands outside the St. Pancras Hotel in London.
Playing about with a new lens…….
Some rules say converging verticals are a bad thing, but I say rules are meant to be broken :-)
Another shot of the Lloyds building with the Nat West Tower in the background. View On Black
Lloyd's is not a company but a market where lots of seperate insurance businesses (or syndicates) join together to take on huge insurance risks, with several syndicates often sharing the risk, such are the size of the figures involved. Unusual in these IT driven days much of the business is conducted face-to-face in the Underwriting Room.
The Lloyd’s building was designed by Richard Rogers. It took eight years to construct and is covered by 30,000 square metres of stainless steel cladding and 12,000 square metres of glass. Check out the virtual tour: www.lloyds.com/flash/Building-Virtual-Tour/index.html
nb: the colors are always shifting... the white on the right side of the building is me with a manual flash. Building is not finished completely work still going on outside, so this was the only way to shoot it without showing the construction sites.
another(closer) view of the same building:
General street scene from one of the older areas of Hong Kong. Not so many flash buildings on this road.
Jennifer (Jen's Photography) and I met with Duane Rapp to go to the Capture my Chicago party in Lincoln Park. We had some time before the party started so we started shooting some night street scenes. This is one of the Absolut billboards around the area.
I was driving so had to persuade my passenger to take some photos. Taunted by the clown of orange and blue. Laughed lots on both sides. My side "quick take a photo of that, get my camera out of my handbag" passager "of what?" "the really quirky orange and blue stuff in front of us" "why?" "iaminagroupthatlikesorangeandbluejusttakesomeshots" and she did and I like them. Shots along the way include the very ugly Casino, and one of the newest flash buildings, and one of good reference street signs.
Did you know these facts about lighting.
Fire:
If lightning hits a material like a roof, it can spark a fire even without a direct hit, a nearby lightning strike can reach a home’s wiring through the ground or wires coming into the house, overload the electrical system and ignite a smoldering burn.
Power surges:
Home wiring typically carries 120 volts of electricity, but a lightning strike near a power line can send through millions of volts, ruining appliances and other electronics plugged into the system.
Shock waves:
In a millisecond, lightning superheats the surrounding air to almost 50,000 degrees. The heated air expands in an explosive burst. When lightning is far away, the shock wave manifests as thunder, but it can hit homes or businesses with explosive force. Shock waves can crack foundations, split concrete and brick structures, break glass and destroy plaster walls.
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Snowfall in the evenng winter campus of famous Russian university with snowed evergreen trees in Moscow
Snowfall in the evenng winter campus of famous Russian university with snowed evergreen trees in Moscow
I was driving so had to persuade my passenger to take some photos. Taunted by the clown of orange and blue. Laughed lots on both sides. My side "quick take a photo of that, get my camera out of my handbag" passager "of what?" "the really quirky orange and blue stuff in front of us" "why?" "iaminagroupthatlikesorangeandbluejusttakesomeshots" and she did and I like them. Shots along the way include the very ugly Casino, and one of the newest flash buildings, and one of good reference street signs.
I was driving so had to persuade my passenger to take some photos. Taunted by the clown of orange and blue. Laughed lots on both sides. My side "quick take a photo of that, get my camera out of my handbag" passager "of what?" "the really quirky orange and blue stuff in front of us" "why?" "iaminagroupthatlikesorangeandbluejusttakesomeshots" and she did and I like them. Shots along the way include the very ugly Casino, and one of the newest flash buildings, and one of good reference street signs.