View allAll Photos Tagged predators
I've had these water images up for some time; however, I didn't include any information regarding the subject matter or the methods used to create the shots. So, even though no one has asked for the information . . . here it is anyway :-).
General Information:
If you have read this part in one of the other "water" images: you can skip down to Image-Specific Information: because this is the same stuff.
For the most part, the water images are the reverse of the "water drop" images in high-speed photography. Instead of droplets spreading out into the air after bouncing off the top surface of water, these images show air pockets spreading out through water after an object has penetrated the surface.
The shooting perspective is an underwater view of the water's top surface (actually the under side of the water's top surface). Interestingly, due to the angle, the images actually look more natural when viewed upside down (which is how they are displayed here).
Another interesting effect of the shooting angle is how the under-surface of the water acts like a mirror. The under-surface reflects the surroundings --as determine by angle of incidence-- with such great efficiency that light above the water is virtually invisible until an object penetrates the water's surface --at which point, the disruption acts like a sort of "wormhole" to the top, allowing light from above to travel through the water and reflect off the surfaces of the air pockets created by the falling object.
Finally, another cool effect is the multitude of reflective surfaces created by the air pockets and the ripples after an object breaks the water's surface. By placing colored gels outside the initial angle of view, the new surfaces created by air pockets were able to reflect different colors of light. Additionally, disruptions at the water's surface occasionally allows light from above to travel through the "wormhole" and reflect off of the surfaces created underwater.
The color in these images results from the reflection of colored gels and/or colored paper placed at various points around the set, not from Photoshop.
Image-Specific Information:
This is a steel ball bearing shortly after breaking through the surface of the water. As the ball sinks deeper, it begins to shed the enveloping air pocket. As it does, the top of the ball emerges into the water, while the bottom of the ball remains wrapped in air. If you look at both areas above and below the transition line (the jagged line across the equator of the acrylic ball), you should notice a distinct difference in the apparent size of the ball.
Orlando Predators at Cleveland Gladiators AFL Arena Football - Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH - Friday, May 28, 2015
Mosaic of a Predator made with Ministeck. Original by Dave Dorman.
Size: 53 x 53 cm
Time: ca. 25 hours
Parts: ca. 7.000
Predator Inc.'s Prototype H1 Hummer built for SEMA Show. Duramax Conversion, Custom Intercooler, Air Ride Suspension, Custom Air Coolers plus ALOT more!
Disponible a pedido $74.990
EnvÃos a todo Chile.
Paga con tarjeta de credito-deposito o transferencia.
20 dias h aprox en llegar.
See full size, and you can see the ringlight catchlight on the ocelli on the top of it's head.
Peaked #113 in explore
Look at the official art here: www.flickr.com/photos/25062827@N02/6335450435/ See that? BOOBS! SPIKED TAIL IS FEMALE!
Anyway, her "Tail" is actually a dreadlock ponytail with a spiked ball woven in. Smart idea. Spiked Tail has weapons on her bio mask (a dual plasma caster!), an arm cannon, and razor-sharp smart discs, not unlike the shuriken in Alien Vs. Predator. She's fit and ready for battle!
Featured On Life In Plastic: nerditis.com/2013/03/08/life-in-plastic-other-kenner-pred...
The color on these frogs is to warn predators away and let them know that they are toxic. it is thought that they are poisonous because of the incests that the eat. these frog tend to live in the rainforest in trees as well as under leaves, logs, and rocks on the forest floor.
Regular and Blue!
Featured on Life in Plastic: nerditis.com/2014/07/09/life-in-plastic-toy-review-predat...
Edit: the prey is Caridops sp.
Yellow Reduviid (Cosmolestes picticeps (Stål, 1859)) with prey - a Lygaeidae, Rhyparochrominae. sp.. Sometimes, they mate and eat at the same time like this :D, with a voyeur too (ID credit: Paride, Doug, GY Zhang, Badrulhadza) - orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/11/photomerge-6-mpe65-shot...
Yeah, I've done this one before.
Featured on Life In Plastic: nerditis.com/2015/04/17/life-in-plastic-toy-review-renega...
Some friends took me along to a Ice Hockey game at the Amalie Arena. I brought my ear plugs and that made all the difference. Thank you friends.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection service brought their Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Oshkosh this year, the Predator B.