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Микрофото с объективом Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 10x0.28 с Raynox DCR-150 в качестве тубусной линзы на штативе микроскопа МББ-1А. Диффузно-рассеянное освещение.
Снято с объективом Nikon CFI E Plan 10х0.25 Масштаб съёмки 13:1, по горизонтали ~1,8мм. Стэкинг 19 кадров
A three-way vertical tussle between (left to right) the Premier Inn hotel, the Atlas Building and the Shoreditch iQ student accommodation building. As seen from Silicon Way in Shoreditch.
So the state park of Nevada have decided to pave the road to this vantage point at Silicon Dome. As a matter of fact, this was my very first time I took my car there. With the low clouds, the view was amazing. If you zoom in, you could see a lone hiker at the top of the dome to the right.
The bristles of a silicon scrubber. Its a dishwishing gadget (bit of a gimmick).
This image was taken for the 'Macro Mondays' - 'Kitchen' challenge, 4th May 2020.
Read through the entirety of Tsutomu Nihei's manga series BLAME! which inspired me to pick an old wip back up... I originally intended this to more closely follow the design of the Safeguards, but replicating their smooth, doll-like faces is hard... Fortunately, the Metru Matatu fits the vibe pretty well, so I incorporated some elements of the Silicon Life and other characters in this as well (in particular, the "rail gun" is pretty much just Sanakan's Gravitational Beam Emitter).
Photo of the edge of the living room glass table made with Samsung A50 phone. In the center, you can see Massive Attack "Psyche" on TV ;-) Glass thickness : 1 cm
Photo de la tranche (1 cm) de la table en verre du salon réalisée avec téléphone Samsung A50. Au centre, on peut voir Massive Attack à la télévision !
The underside of a silicon gel heel pad. These are used to cushion the impact on the heel when walking, reducing pain.
I placed a pad against a window to enhance the blue colour from the silicon material.
For the 'Macro Monday' - 'Bottoms Up' challenge 10th July 2017.
Created for Macro Monday this is just one corner of a 3"x4" printed circuit board ... a hard drive controller I removed from a dead hard drive, Many PC boards have all the various components arranged in rectangular fashion on the substrate. This one caught my attention because the components in this corner were arranged at a 45 degree angle to the edges and balance of the board. It kind of reminded me of looking down on a city as one arrives in a plane .
For this I set up the camera and lens to capture a low angled view across the card. None of the "buildings" in this city is over 1/8th inch high.
Happy Macro Monday Flickr Friends and thanks in advance for your views, Faves and Comments that keep me inspired.
For the macro camera nerds the 100mm macro lens was mounted to 2 extension tubes totaling 31mm. The camera's "Focus Bracketing" program was used to capture 40 images which were "stacked" and processed in Adobe Photoshop.
Analogica con Nikon FM2 - Nikkor 35mm f2 - kodak tri-x 400 sviluppata in bellini hydrofen 1+39. Scansione da scanner.
Neither plant nor animal, these silicon-based lifeforms use any means necessary to get energy from their surroundings.
Built for the Lego House contest, Alternative Nature category.
Amtrak Coast Starlight train 14, led by ALC-42 Charger no. 339, is seen racing north through Santa Clara, passing a line of retired Caltrain gallery cars that are awaiting their turn to be shipped to Peru.
Silicon Valley. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
The words “Silicon Valley” on an industrial building in San Jose, California.
This is probably not quite what comes to mind when you hear the words “Silicon Valley.” Although the photograph does indeed come from that place, the location is in a somewhat run-down area occupied by small light industrial tenants. This particular one has mystified me more than once — as far as I can tell the only signage is the two words painted on the wall, and I never seen anyone there. (I’m tempted here to make some pun about letting the chips fall where they may, but I won’t. Sort of.)
Aside from that mysterious sign, I like the simple geometry and the bright color of the building. (It has been sitting on my desktop for a while now, along with several other urban photographs that also feature a particular color.) In fact, I think it may be possible to view this simply as a sort of a color and form abstraction.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Neither plant nor animal, these silicon-based lifeforms use any means necessary to get energy from their surroundings.
Built for the Lego House contest, Alternative Nature category.
Submitted to Macro Mondays on the theme "Inside electronic"
This is a part of the circuit board of a disused router.
This was part of a series I did during the pandemic to keep some creative energy flowing, as well as satisfy my curiosity: what’s inside of a computer processor?
I already knew the answer from marketing images way back in the ‘90s – shiny rainbow-like structures showcasing the latest technology and computational power. A processor without the lid on the compartment was beautiful. And old processors are thankfully easy to find on eBay being sold for gold reclamation.
To be fair, this chip would have never worked again; it had irreparable damage to the pins. With a heat gun to soften the solder around the metal cap on the underside and a flathead screwdriver with a hammer, it didn’t take long before I could successfully remove the metal covering to see the sparkly bits inside.
What makes them sparkle? Diffraction. The structures in the silicon are so small that they function effectively as a diffraction grating, splitting light into its component colours. The angle of the light will often change the resulting colour through these structures, so multiple LED lights are positioned on gooseneck arms to help facilitate this and dial in the preferred colours.
This image is unlike the historical images I remember from my youth – this is photographed on an angle to add extra dimension to the marvels of technological manufacturing. This requires focus stacking which would not have been possible in the 1990s when these processors were created. The pins around the processor cavity were removed in post, giving a much cleaner look to the image and allowing for the focus to be on the beauty in the center.
Why not use newer processors? They’d be harder to get into, often requiring a dissolving bath of boiling nitric acid. Not exactly my thing. They’re also manufactured on much smaller scales; while I have the equipment to photograph them, they just wouldn’t look as cool… or as nostalgic.
This is a Pentium 60mhz, one of the very first ones and for those who remember: yes, it has the FDIV bug. Shot on my Lumix S1R.
All the techniques required to make images like this are included in my new book, even though this series didn’t make the cut (though one did end up in the extra chapter in the Limited Edition version): skycrystals.ca/product/pre-order-macro-photography-the-un... - the reviews have been perpetually positive! Many have called it the best book on macro photography ever published, and I’m humbled by the continuing praise it receives in reviews.
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This is the view of the Silicon Valley from the Mt. Hamilton Grandview restaurant at night. The light in the foreground is from the restaurant, not from a flash. If you are visiting the Silicon Valley I can recommend this place, not for the food, but for the view!
I processed a single RAW exposure into an HDR photo to enhance the micro-contrast.
HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC4485_hdr1enh2g
Sunnyvale, CA. October 20, 2017. Shot on a Canon AE-1 and Kodak Portra 400. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom.
HMM!
Impfkristall als Ausgangskristall zur Züchtung monokristallinen Siliziums (sogenannte Ingot)
Silizium hat eine Kubisch-Flächenzentrierte Kristallstruktur. Diese wird auch als Diamantstruktur bezeichnet.
Bei der Herstellung von Silizium in der Halbleiterindustrie muss diese Diamantstruktur als Einkristall eindeutig ausgerichtet sein. Die Atome dürfen nicht
wild durcheinander Wachsen, sondern müssen definiert, bei einem Punkte startend gleich ausgerichtet von der flüssigen in die feste Phase übergehen (Tiegelziehen).
Um einen definierten Start zu haben, benötigt man den hier abgebildeten Impfkristall aus Silizium.
Seed crystal as a starting crystal for growing monocrystalline silicon (so-called ingot)
Silicon has a face-centered cubic crystal structure. This is also referred to as a diamond structure.
In the production of silicon in the semiconductor industry, these diamond structure must be uniquely aligned as a single crystal. The atoms may not
wildly growing, but must be defined, starting at a point equal hosted by the liquid pass into the solid phase.
To have a start-defined, one needs those illustrated seed crystal of silicon.
According to other (admittedly old now) articles from the Grauniad (links below), the situation of absentee owners exists in the Bezier Building located on London's Silicon Roundabout.
In early 2014, only one third of apartments in the Bezier Building had anyone registered to vote. Again, this could be a sign of a lack of interest/faith in democracy or a sign that vast wealth is the best way to get what you want in the UK.
Of course, when in opposition, Labour chose to virtue signal it was unhappy with the situation, while not being compelled to take action. Essentially, it suggested, "local homes for local people".
We are now at a crossroads in the UK where we need to decide, do we want unfettered capitalism where we respect all international laws and permit the free flow of people, capital, etc? Or do we want the UK to be for the benefit of UK citizens?
If we want the first option, we need to accept the UK is highly desirable, and that as a consequence, the proportion of home owner/occupiers in the UK will continually decline.
www.theguardian.com/money/2014/feb/07/local-buyers-first-...
www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/04/property-investo...
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