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Shot created for Saturday Self Challenge 08/01/2022 ----
Macro capture of a Shiny Object .
A quick caveat - while the Spitfire gets all the glory , we must not forget the under rated Hawker Hurricane which was so successful during the Battle of Britain !!
So to start with a random shot of the sky before it went all to cloud and then to the pop up oven top kitchen studio with a new keyring I have been given ( could have done for "new " last week , so glad I saved it ) . The keyring was bought from the RAF Hendon Museum online store and it is of a Spitfire . The capture of the little Spitfire was done with the Sigma 105 , and for a size comparison see the first comment box -knowing how the 105 makes avery short DOF when up close , Ihad to stop down a fair old way to keep the aeroplane in a sharp view .
I took 8 or 9 shots paying special attention to angles to create a realistic air to air style of capture. Next I put them though the cut out studio in Serif CraftArist - good job I had a selection as the cut out could not define the outline of the aircraft very well in most of them and kept taking chunks out of the plane - sorted with this one and put the two shots together for the flight of the silver spitfire . this now captures the the feeling of being up there and the sky is the limit and you are free as a bird - the pilots of the day often say " You do not get into a Spitfire , you just strap it on !! "
And the Silver Spitfire in 2019 is a story on it's own , please check out the story in the link ---------------
www.forces.net/news/british-pilots-become-first-fly-resto...
And in this vein of up there in the skies with the Merlin singing it's song , this tune should should be heard on the airwaves !!
Male during mating season
When I was a kid I had a microscope/binocular in the basement of my house and I would look at insects. I was always caught between fascination, awe and pure fear. Especially when they started moving unexpectedly under the binocular. I’m trying to recreate this feeling in these photos but I’m still struggling with macro techniques.
I had put this DIY diffuser on the flash for the first time and was trying out exposure and flash power adjustment. So in that trial, I took this shot of a lily stamen and surprisingly, almost everything was in place. Moreover, the subject was nicely in focus too.
King Charles III on a stamp and an old £1 coin, with Queen Elizabeth II.
Better viewed large, and thank you for your favourites. :)
Macro Mondays theme: Glass
My subject is a bud vase I bought 60 years ago at a yard sale of an old family friend and antique dealer. To my 16 year old self it was a treasure and reminded me of the art of Aubrey Beardsley. I have always called it my Aubrey Beardsley vase, though he was from the Art Nouveau period and this vase is probably Deco. The glass is in two layers. The inside layer is a nearly opaque yellow and the outside layer is clear. The black and white details are painted on the outer part of the clear layer. It is difficult to photograph as the inner and outer surfaces both catch the light and the painted lines cast shadows. Unfortunately the best lighting had the worst background, so not as artistic.
HMM