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Technique: Sometimes the subject I'm shooting gets so use to me being close that it just goes about its business as if I'm not there. All I had to do is set the camera to under expose the natural light in the background, and I shaded the subject so that the flash was the only significant light source on the mantis (to freeze motion).
Tech Specs: Canon 70D (F11, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens with 37mm of extension + a diffused MT-24EX (flash head "A" set as the key and "B" as the fill, with the key on a Kaiser flash shoes). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Leaf, snow rocks. Created 4 layers, each layer was a different color. Flipped the 4 layers around so each layer was in a different position. Combined the four together and this is the result. Very easy to do. Try it on shots that don't turn out 100%. You'll be pleased with the results.
The technique here is to shoot 200 images continuously - (f/3.2 @ 1 sec. @ ISO 6400). Process in Lightroom, export as jpegs, then open jpegs as layers in Photoshop. Select all layers and choose “lighten” for the layer mode.
Results are in from the pole as to where we will host my next Astrophotography Workshop in September!
The winner is... Bethells Beach!
Want to learn how to shoot Astrophotography and how to edit your images? Come along to my next 2 day workshop with a night out under the stars and an afternoon in the classroom. This will be my last workshop for quite a while!
We will cover:
• Master the single shot, settings etc
• How to shoot and stitch Panoramas – and fix stitching errors!
• Image stacking and the science behind it
• Basic to advanced editing techniques
• Plus much much more!
Check out my events section on my Facebook for more details or PM me. We have 8/10 spots left.
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This is one image in a series of studio setups I am shooting. Unlike my flower series of several years ago, which I lit with traditional lighting, I shot these with a technique called Light Painting. The technique involves hand-holding small diffused flashlights and "brush stroking” the light where you want it while the camera’s shutter is open for a long exposure. I then blend several frames together in PS using the best elements from each frame to reach the desired look. This series features hand tools. I had several hammers I had gathered over the years and started adding to the collection for this series, picking up some gears and vintage oilers for some variety. To see more in the series, click StillLifes
A neat table scrap technique that combines zip line handles and a sword.
The connection is quite reliable; the only problem being that the sword is slightly bent, however, it's flexible as well so that could be fixed if needed. I can definitely see this being used as some sort of sci-fi greeble if put on its side. I would love to hear if you have any other ideas!
Have a good day
Excerpt from english.cha.go.kr/html/HtmlPage.do?pg=/royal/RoyalPalaces...:
If one passes the garden at the rear of the Juhamnu Pavilion and walks down along the slope of the hill leading into the stairway, the person can find a square pond on the opposite side and a pavilion on the north bank of the pond. This is the Aeryeonjeong, which is composed of only 1 kan. Looking out of the windows of the pavilion, one can enjoy a wonderful view. It looks like just a framed picture, owing to the decorations attached to the upper part of the pillars. Of course, the mood of the picture depends on the season. In particular, the stone structure, through which water comes into the pond, is opposite excellent in beauty and technique of design.
I figured the tree technique I came up with (using stacked lassos) might work pretty well for microscale so I gave it a treehouse :)
Here's what lies beneath my herringbone pattern.
Notice that the studs form a rotated square grid, slightly more than 2x2 apart. It's quite a good base for various patterns with mortar.
The distinctive hunting technique of pied kingfishers has earned the species a few records. Not only are they the largest hovering bird, but they are also the only kingfishers with the ability to perform a figure of eight wing stroke.
They hunt by hovering 50-65 feet above the water and then diving headfirst (or rather, bill-first) into the water. Pied kingfishers demonstrate spectacular speed and agility on the hunt.
The kingfisher bird’s black and white colors and hovering ability are their most distinctive qualities. You’ll often spot the pied kingfisher live in action, hovering over bodies of water.
Vary difficult to get an image as they fly past you so fast and I was standing in a boat. Amazing birds
taken for macro mondays theme: light painting
A relative working in Qatar, brought us this small (about 2 inches/5cm) bottle of sand as a gift. Somehow, the bottle appears empty - I guess from some combination of the light painting technique and icm? An earlier attempt with less movement shows the sand more clearly in the first comment box below.
This technique was completely new to me. I'll try it again when I have more time. Thanks to the administrators for coming up with such an excellent variety and combination of themes!
Excerpt from the plaque:
Flower Board Crafting Technique
During traditional festivals or celebrations, our attention is often drawn to the large and colourful flower boards which bring a festive ambience to the events. At the same time the flower boards represent the respect of the sender for the recipient, as a reflection of etiquette and social relations.
A flower board is composed of supporting frames made of bamboo strips and iron wire. For flower boards used for greetings, the main function of the characters on the flower boards is to send such congratulatory messages. Masters usually prepare a draft design of the flower board for confirmation of the customer’s requirements. The characters on the flower board are painted on cardboard paper. Achieving a match between the colour of the characters and that of the background is of utmost importance in flower board crafting. For example, characters in an orange or red colour are matched against a green background and bordered with a black or white outline. Gold paper is sometimes placed between the characters to make them stand out even more.
Masters draw patterns of dragons and phoenixes on the components of the flower boards. Although flower boards are usually used for one-off events, some components are reusable after repair, given that there is a centern standardisation in terms of the sizes of the flower boards.
A solution I found for a 180 degree reversal in a 1x3 brick package. I like the symmetry and the fact that there are two studs on each side. I used this in www.flickr.com/photos/96739476@N04/14201282524/in/photost....
I reckon I've come up with a new building technique using a 30134 - Staircase 7x4x6 as rafters. I apologise in advance if this technique has been posted before.
The advantages of using a 30134 - Staircase 7x4x6 piece in this context is allowing the roof to be structurally stronger and they also represent the wooden rafters that go diagonally across a typical roof. Follow the link below to see the breakdown of the technique used in this MOC.
Roof Support (Rafter) Technique
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Camera
-Apple iPhone SE
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I finished a design video for the *cockpit* of my custom LEGO spaceship, Astrea. It’s at https://youtu.be/XTm9-6GDWlo.
I tried a new, digital approach/format for this video because I'm currently away from my physical models. (I plan to create some additional videos for other parts of Astrea in this format, and I'll be releasing the full digital file. Kindly stand by!)
Additional materials (photos, background, digital design) for Astrea and my other LEGO creations are at https://www.galacticplastics.com.
I'm packing up my Lego collection, and finding all these bits that never got photographed. I hadn't posted a pic like this in a while, so here you go :)
Note: I don't even remember whether I came up with the Dark Red one or if that was someone's REC submission... if it had a note attached to it, it doesn't anymore :( If it's yours please let me know!
The droplets again !
THE TECHNIQUE!
I used soft pastels and drew them on some card to get those colours I then used a pane of clear glass and cleaned it, I then placed the glass above the coloured card about 2 feet above but this can be any height really but it does have to be high enough for the subject to be out of focus, the higher it is the more detail in the reflections.
I then used a eye dropper filled with water and placed the droplets on the surface of the pane of glass and just focusing on the droplets and nothing else to get this results, go on have a go yourselves!! You can use any subject material just use your imagination!
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Dedicated to those who lost everything, during the recent earthquakes and other weather events in the Pacific region.
** David de Groot and I have had to cancel our 'Basic Portrait Workshop' today, due to poor weather, please visit our group here for more details. **
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I've not posted an HDR in a while, this is a extreme HDR, the colour is not too pushed, but the dark tones are one of the techniques I use to create 'Mood'
I've posted the basic HDR settings below.... David and I are planning an HDR workshop - same format as our Portrait one (which is canceled due to weather), please visit our group and discus ideas.
Thanks everyone.
Enjoy.
- Canon 50D.
- ISO 100, f11, 1/30, 10mm
- Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- HDR from 3 RAW images -2,0,+1 (simple 3 shot auto bracket)
- Saturation.
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
- Strength: 90
- Saturation: 82
- Lim: 8
- Black point: 6
- White point: 1
About The Pacific Ring of Fire
The Pacific Ring of Fire (or sometimes just the Ring of fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. The next most seismic region (5–6% of earthquakes and 17% of the world's largest earthquakes) is the Alpide belt, which extends from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the third most prominent earthquake belt.
MOC based on the location from the game Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
Full review on my YouTube channel: youtu.be/NIzIYNm0yKY
My entry for round 1 of The Middle Earth LEGO Olympics over on MOCpages. The category was to create a build based on one of J.R.R Tolkien’s poems or songs. Here is the one I chose:
Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall.
To Rivendell, where Elves yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.
With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Beneath the sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
Our journey done, our errand sped.
We must away! We must away!
We ride before the break of day!
I tried to portray the 3 main themes of the song: hearth and home, travel through the wild, and Rivendell.
Perhaps of use.
Speaking of useful, if you only have a phone and struggle with photographing your stuff properly, have a look at my latest video here here.
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I wanted to play around with this road technique I had seen before, as well as doing another build in black/white/grey. Two birds :D
Not overly thrilled with the road/path, but it is significantly better than my first attempt.
Enjoy :)
Yesterday I posted a rant about my shooting technique: www.flickr.com/photos/earl_reinink/51320785120/in/datepos...
So here is the rest of the story. Admitting that I am lazy and do most of my shooting from my mobile bird blind (yes, a 2021 Dodge Ram 2500 Limited - complete with massive 6.7 litre Cummins diesel). I am sure you can see the advantages - and surely the lens sticking out of the window.
As a side note, I know there are some highly opinionated tree huggers who will criticize my Ram power and mileage, go pound salt - don't care. This story is about my bird blind.
The camo over the window is not to hide from the birds, its more an interest in self-preservation. The horse flies up here are as large as a their name sake, mosquitoes the size of teradactal's , blackflies the size of a dinner plate! Camo keeps the bugs out.
The advantage of the mobile blind is that you can cover a lot of area quicker, along with the added benefit of coffee, music and seating comfort.
Sure, the camera lens is big, but how can it be confused for a howitzer? Logic alone dictates that the blowback alone would obliterate the Ram and me as well.
Should you chance to see me on the backroads, just drive on by or join me for a coffee - don't call the police!
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An entry into the large Misc. Category of the CCC. Snowy Castle dioramas have long been my favorite subject matter, so this was an extraordinarily fun build. This is my largest irregular base build to date, and features a full interior throughout the whole keep. The rockwork was made using my technic brick design, which you can see a tutorial on, here: www.flickr.com/photos/66620538@N04/albums/72157652122462202
The large pine tree design was borrowed from Shawn Kelly, he made a tutorial which you can see here: www.flickr.com/photos/utinni/albums/72157649431583611
There are lots of pictures here: www.brickbuilt.org/?p=1877
This is my final entry for the CCC, hope you like it :)
I made a water tower for an upcoming build and used this technique to make it. Not sure if it's new/ of use to anyone but thought I'd post it anyway. Would work for stairs too?
Using circus techniques, pyrotechnics, and video projection to create the visualization of liberty and the joy of flying, GLOBE is an alienating, fairylike spectacle full of symbolism.
Established in 1991, Close-Act is an international street theatre company that combines various disciplines of performing arts, like dance, music and circus, with stunning visual representations.
The company performed mostly in Europe in the early years, but now present their shows and acts worldwide.*
*http://nightfestival.sg/programmes/detail/globe