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© 2007 by Michael A. Pancier
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Hope Everyone Out There Has a Great Independence Day Holiday.
This image is a composite of 4 images: a bald eagle I took at Viera, the Thunderbirds from the Air & Sea Show, the launch of a delta rocket I shot at Canaveral, and the moon.
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let freedom ring,
let the white dove sing
let the whole world know that
Today is a day of reckoning
let the weak be strong,
let the right be wrong
roll the stone away,
let the guilty pay,
it’s independence day
--- Martina McBride
my card for the current SSS flickr challenge of anything goes. I used the SSS set Artful Flowers and the matching dies for the flowers and the sentiment came from the SSS set sparkle & shine. I die cut the flowers and then colored them with Ranger Distress Oxide ink in worn lipstick. Sprinkled on some water and then stamped the outline flower images from the set using regular Ranger worn lipstick distress ink. The leaves and stems were die cut and then inked with Ranger Distress Oxide ink in peeled paint and sprinkled with water. I inked up a piece of woodgrain cardstock with Ranger Distress Oxide ink in broken china and then sprinkled with water. sentiment was stamped in watermark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Adding this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of a touch of pink.
www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-...
And the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge of the great outdoors.
I've been racking my brain the last 2 weeks for a concept to shoot for this project. I've had many ideas. A few jumped out at me. But the whole time I was trying to shoot for effect. To try and think of what would be interesting for a viewer. I kept seeing things come up in the project thread that for the most part were very simple ideas and yet powerful images. Simple light, simple subjects. Then, I remembered a quote I read recently.
"My work really changed when I hit [a] realisation and stopped striving so hard to make iconic images.. and let go and enjoyed the moment, capturing what was in front of me."
I decided to stop over thinking this. Over analyzing is something I do a lot and it almost always hinders my ability to create.
For this shot I grabbed this plant out of my bedroom because it caught my eye, nothing more. I like how the leaves go from a pristine alignment at the bottom into utter chaos at the top.
I started shooting with my 24-70, racked out to 70mm @ F4. Then I tried it at F11 and decided I really liked the blur I was getting at F4. So, I went to F2.8 and dropped to ISO 50 and liked it even more. Next, I decided I'd see how I liked it at 50mm. I liked it even better. So, I put my 50/1.4 on adjusted my lighting and shot it @ F1.4.
Total setup and shooting: 30 minutes
Total processing: 15 mintes
Lighting: Black blanket background about 2 feet behind the plant. Einstein w/ 10 degree grid from rear left @ 1/200 power. Einstein at right w/ 20 degree grid on background at 1/128. EF 50/1.4 @ F1.4 @ ISO 50
There is a place where people don't walk on ground. They live their entire lives on high pillars. They eat, sleep, work and play high in the sky. From time to time the merchants on their magic flying boats arrive to sell goods.
Just thought to put this one for the 1000 Cranes for Japan group.
Do not "cage" them! Let them do whatever they like!
willy had a nest nearby and even though the crow had lunch already he/she was taking no chances and persisted with dive bombs until the crow took off