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For 2019: one photo each day (8/365) and 119 pictures in 2019, #112 "Vision". For this theme I took things very literally. Vision is precious, take good care of yours. This is the morning after cataract surgery in my right eye, and I'm wearing an eye protector ( for the first day or so). This is not much fun, so take care of your eyes. Cataracts are age related, but generally in association with environmental factors like excessive exposure to UV over time.
I confess I lived a Sci-Fi past. Now I'm scared. Can I make it? After a long long time I can finally feel I'm so close to achive so many things... This is the face of someone who lost some things and persons through the distance and time. This is me, this is my hope. This is my time.
I see future saying "cheese"
Listening...
www.goear.com/listen/cef867d/Yeah-LCD-soundsystem
*crossing fingers*
Here's a self-portrait from inside the Waenhuiskrans cave near Arniston.
Most of us who studied science at school will have learned that the smallest possible measure of light is known as a "photon". Although our camera sensors capture these photons fairly accurately, they're not always able to capture things exactly as our eyes can see them.
Let's imagine that each pixel in our sensor is represented by a bucket outside in the rain. If no drops manage to reach a particular bucket, then that pixel will be pure black. But if the bucket receives so many drops that it overflows, then that pixel would be pure white. As photographers, we're aiming to catch at least a few drops in every bucket, but not so much that they'll overflow.
Most of us who are passionate about photography will know that a "stop" is the measure of how much light is in a photograph. A one-stop increase means that the amount of light doubles, and similarly, a one-stop decrease means the amount of light is halved. The difference in "stops" between the brightest objects and the darkest objects in our photos is known as "dynamic range".
There are a huge number of stops between the darkest and brightest objects in the real world, many more than what our eyes can see (and our camera sensors are able to capture). Distant stars emit only a few photons per second, while the sun blasts out about 10^17 photons per second. That's about 57 stops!. Human eyes can only see between 10 and 14 stops of dynamic range at any moment, and approximately 24 stops when we have the time to adjust our eyes. Most DSLR sensors however, are still way below that, so sometimes we do need to capture multiple differently exposed images and blend them together afterwards.
This is one of those photos. :)
I don't have many photographs of myself, so occasionally I'll indulge the urge to play 'race the timer' and do one of these. This was shot on the XE-1 which has only a 2 or 10 second self timer. Very happy with the remote/wifi functions of the X100T. Eventually I'll upgrade the interchangeable lens body...probably when the X Pro 2 shows up on the market.