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Moscow. Manezhnaya square.
Camera: Samsung Vega 77i QD
Film: Kodak Vision3 200t + dev.D-76
Photo taken: 02/08/2017
Scanner: Noritsu LS-1100
This week theme is Square (Processing)
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I was brain storming for this one, never thought it was going to be so difficult to come up with a picture. I had so many ideas but wanted to do something different.
Last night after I put my 2 little kiddies to sleep, I was looking around the house for inspiration and found a Square box with 9 story cubes. Light bulb!!!!
I was constructed a set by lifting objects on different levels (books in the corners) to get a different depth of field and making the middle square even higher to have it sharpest. I used a 50mm lens 1.8f @ F2.2 and spot metering and used a light box on the side. Processed in PS.
And about the story Cubes; I rolled them and that is what rolled out, now the story begins with: “Once upon a time “ …… start with the first symbol to grab your attention. There are no wrong answers, the goal is to let the images spark your imagination.
Have a go ;)
All comments, feedback and likes are much appreciated
So...I had solutions left from tea toning more cyanotype fabric and decided to play around with some old cyanotype prints. I have had a stash of less than optimal pieces for just such an occasion. I was attempting split toning, working to keeps some of the blue in the print and not bleach it all out. On a few of these it worked. Often times, as per what seems to be my usual, I get more such results when I'm not actively trying! But that's okay. Just trying to get myself back in the swing of things.
Sony ILCEO ⍺6500 | Sony 20mm 2.8 (upper panel); Beseler TOPCON Super D | RE, Auto-Topcon ƒ1.4 58mm (lower panel)
I'm slowly building my film photo skills. Unhappy with the scan of my negatives I got from the camera store I decided to digitize the negatives a different way. I don't own a macro lens per se any more, but I have 3 macro filters that screw into some of my Lensbaby lenses. The only lens that makes sense to use (I think) is the Lensbaby Twist 60. Set to ƒ8 and considering the virtually flat surface to photograph I won't get the characteristic Petzval twisty background. The center of the lens is reasonably sharp and that's where it counts. The lower image is the result after I'd refined parts of the process. Makeshift with stuff I had around the house, but it works fine. The film was Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. I feel good about my baby step forward today.
It's been awhile since I've posted, I've just been so busy with school and other activities. Recently, I've been reading 1984 in english class and I loved the idea of thought crime, where even your own thoughts and your mind is not private any longer. This photo was kind of inspired by that.
Arches National Park, March 2009.
3 separate prints to form this panorama. Gum bichromate over cyanotype on Fabriano Artistico soft press.
Im slightly proud of this.
Well I went shopping, flickr, and I got this really cute shirt with Minnie on it! :)) Because I know you all care so much.
Yep..
Center Furnace on "The Land Between the Lakes" -- Iron produced at Center Furnace was sent to manufacturers to make iron products. William Kelly developed the "air-cooling process" that first made possible the mass production of iron or steel.
The "Kelly process" is the same as the "Bessemer process" may actually have stolen the idea from William Kelly. In 1857, Kelly won patent rights in the United States after a patent dispute with Bessemer, but saw little profit from his invention during his lifetime.
If you look closely in the upper left hand corner of the bowl it reads "Kelly & Co"
I use Photomatix alot but in some situations it just doesn't work. In this comparison you can see how photomatix has introduced a ton of noise (view at max size). To get what I wanted I brought all 5 exposures into Photoshop and painted in all the correct exposures with layer masks. It was a long process but it got me the results I wanted. I just discovered that the same people that make Photomatix have a Lightroom plugin called Merge to 32-bit HDR Plug-in for Lightroom. You export your exposures into one super tiff file with all the info from all 5 exposures. Then it reimports the tiff back into Lightroom where you make all your adjustments in raw. You can see that there is almost no difference between the layered Photoshop file and the Merge to 32 bit HDR. The areas you will see a difference are in the lanterns and Pinocchio which were burned down in Photoshop. All adjustments to the 32 bit HDR where only made with sliders in Lightroom. You can download a free trial at hdrsoft.com/download.html and to purchase is only $29.
I had some people request before/after images, so here you go.
Left Image: 022/365 Track Star Tommy
Camera Info: Canon 7D, Sigma 17-70@23mm, ƒ11.0, 1/60s, ISO 100
Strobist Info: See Setup Shot Here
Canon 430EXII camera left and directly in front of subject about 3 feet high fired into shoot through umbrella about 3 feet away from subject, Canon 430EXII camera left and on back side of subject about 8 feet high fired bare/no diffuser, Canon 430EXII camera right and directly to the side of subject about 4 feet high fired into reflective black back umbrella about 6 feet away from subject . Flashes were triggered with Interfit Strobies.
Right Image: 117/365 Billy Baller
Camera Info:
Canon 7D, Sigma DC 17-70mm 1:2.8-4 Macro HSM @17mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 100
Strobist Info: See setup shot here.
-Canon 430EXII's Camera Left and in front of subject, 1/2 Power, @24mm zoom, about 5 feet high, 4 feet away from subject inside 40 inch Wescott softbox.
-Canon 430EXII Camera right and behind subject, 1/4 at 105mm Zoom fired bare, 7 feet high and 10 feet away from subject, fired bare.
-Canon 430EXII Camera left and behind subject, 1/4 at 105mm Zoom fired bare, 7 feet high and 10 feet away from subject, fired bare.
-Flashes triggered with Interfit Strobies.
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