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for Abdul Qaleem who sells Haule:- translucent wheat-starch noodles in the holy month of Ramzan ..
shot with Nikon D90 @ Carl Zeiss Normal 50mm f/1.4 ZE Planar T* Manual Focus Lens
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 3200
21015 Challenge: WEEK 35: Translucent Outdoor Long Exposure
I set out this week to shoot a series of images following this theme. I have a few, and will be posting them later.
This image was the first one I conceived, and I'm most proud of it. I had to work with the low light of evening time, in order to have a slow enough shutter speed to capture the lego minifig with just the right amount of translucency.
Translucent resin, unpainted, magnets already inserted, no extra magnets included, doesn't fit Fairyland dolls (polarity). Size is for yosd. From 2014. These are sold.
A tree, in front of my house, was swarming with bees. The whole time I was shooting, I was hoping I wouldn't get stung, but the bees were more interested in the pollen, than my camera lens. I captured this shot of the wings of a bee. It was simply amazing how translucent and thin they are and I wonder how in the world those can help them take flight. Anyway, I thought this was a cool shot. I may go try for some more tomorrow. I shot this with the A7r iii and the Helios 44-2 58mm with the extension tubes for macro.
Finally got the triggers to work and decided to put greaseproof paper on the glass and fruit on the paper instead of putting paper under the glass and fruit on the glass :-) quite happy with the result
Periclimenes sp., in the sand in Dauin, Negros, Philippines. These shrimps are very hard to see - almost completely translucent. They tend to live near the base of anemones.
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Free stuff -- This is one of our favorite jars for our Hungry Harvest produce deliveries... And somebody just gave it away for free?!?!?!
And we will ALWAYS take free paint. Duhhhh.
jar, paint.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
May 2, 2015.
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BACKSTORY: Got up around 8:50AM, made it out driving by ~9:15 and went out until 2:27PM for a total of 5.25 hours. Spent $60.55 plus ~$10.66 gas for 40.0 miles of driving (14 mpg @ $3.73/G), for a total cost of $71.21. We drove to 24 yard sales, stopping at 15 (62%) of them. We made 44 purchases (69 items) for a total estimated value of $814.81, leading to a profit/savings of $743.60. So in essence, we multiplied our $71.21 investment by 11.44X. (Also, if you think about it, the profit counts for even more when you consider that we have to earn ~$900 on the job, pre-tax, in order to take home the $789 in cash that we saved. How long does $900 of disposable income take to earn, vs the 5.25 hrs we spent here?) Anyway, this works out to a *post-tax* "wage" of $124.26/hr as a couple or $62.13/hr per person.
THE TAKE:
$5.00: lawn darts, Regent "Slider" Jarts, model 73929, in box, part no. 01-73927, Regent Sports Corporation, Hauppauge, NY 11787 (EV:$100)
$5.00: (8) generic folding chairs (EV:$11.99)
$5.00: ottoman, leather, 18.5x18.5x16.5" high, with storage area (EV:$51.00)
$5.00: wooden multishelf unit, 30x24x5" deep, 7 shelves (EV:$29.00) (not quite this, but I can't find anything more exact)
$4.00: mechanic's creeper, on wheels (EV:$24.49)
$4.00: clock radio, Proton 320, Model #320, Serial # P32178259 (EV:$22.83)
$3.00: fan, adjusts from 33" high to 47" high, white, plastic, Galaxy, turns out it doesn't work. (EV:$32.69), but we are counting it as $0.00 since it didn't work.
$3.00: lamp, silver, metal clip on, 9" extension, model hbp1001c-109, 12746 SKU: 717-880 "DLC" 0-4633584495-7, date: 201203, E91675 (EV:$28.49)
$3.00: bag of hotel toiletries, 11 bottles of lotion (SolTerre), 17 bottles of shampoo (SolTerre), 16 bars of soap (SolTerre), 1 small container of Morton's salt and 1 small container of Morton's pepper (EV:$21.99)
$3.00: car tray, interior, Keller, 2 cup holders, 10x16"(EV:$27.48), it's not quite this, but I can't find a closer match.
$2.00: cordless vacuum, SharK-15.6 volts, sv7514 (EV:$28.99)
$2.00: mirror, magnifying, wall-mount, ConAir The Classique Collection #41742, 8" diameter, 5x magnification, tri-fold arm extends 12.5" from wall, outer arm swivals 360 degrees, (EV:$42.74)
$1.00: extension cord, white, 2-prong, 6ft, vendor# 64646 (EV:$5.32)
$1.00: guitar, First Act Discovery, missing 3 strings, FG 125, 31"x10" (EV:$1.04)
$1.00: game, roller dice, Sportcraft, model no. 11005, barcode 04473610053 (EV:$3.01 price tag)
$1.00: hanging metal decoration, 18 point metal star, welded, very sharp and pointy, 18" across (EV:$81.90)
$1.00: (6) bottles of hair spray, flourescent, Star Quality, 5 bottles 3.5 oz each (3 purple, 1 green, 1 silver), 1 bottle 3.0 oz (yellow) (EV:$0.40 each price tags)
$1.00: carpet freshener, Glade, 42.6 oz (EV:$5.29)
$1.00: toy, Sit 'n Spin, blue with cow face. PlaySkool, 2013 Hasbro (EV:$18.89)
$1.00: toy, airplane, some sort of hard plastic material, WestAir N360SE, 17.5x18.25" (EV:$5?)
$1.00: toy, airplane, some sort of hard plastic material, Piedmont Commuter, N332SB, 14.25x18.25(EV:$5?)
$1.00: pan, skillet, flat, square, Calphalon, 11x11 (EV:$19.95)
$1.00: game, Blockbuster Movie Game, plays with any movie (EV:$5.00)
$1.00: 2 speakers, 5" cubes, Optimus XTS 40, Cat no 40-1991, wire kind (EV:$13.26)
$1.00: picture frame, 15.5x12.5, wood trim (EV:$22.99)
$1.00: snow shovel, definitely needed after both of ours broke this past winter! (EV:$8.98)
$0.50: vinegar, White House, half a 64oz bottle (EV:$1.70 at Peapod)
$0.50: wrapping paper, 40" long roll (EV:$1.00)
$0.25: shirt, holographic, Disney Camp Rock, style #k2826t0005 (EV:$9.00) Not an exact match.
$0.25: toy, Simpsons, Lisa Simpson, Burger King, 2011, light up red chest, 3"hx2"w (EV:$5.99)
$0.25: toy, Adventure Time, Jake, McDonalds, with spring chest, 3.5"x2.25(EV:$1.00)
$0.25: instrument, recorder, pink clear plastic, Yamaha (EV:$4.97)
$0.25: toy, top, gyroscope, with plastic case, CBOCS (EV:$4.99 price tag)
$0.10: glue, Elmer's Wood Glue, 8 fl oz (EV:$1.99 for 4 fl oz so $3.98 for 8 fl oz)
$0.10: lint brush, Magic Brush, Helmac Products, yellow plastic handle (EV:$6.45)
$0.10: toy, matchbox car, Cheerios, Chex, 43, blue and yellow, 3"x1"(EV:$1.04)
$FREE: lamp, 28" high, 11" wide (EV:$5.00)
$FREE: carpet, for outside (EV:$12.00)
$FREE: Sit 'n Spin, green with red face, PlaySkool, 2004 Hasbro, requires batteries and has button but it doesn't seem to work (EV:$18.89)
$FREE: paint, white, maybe 1/4 of a gallon of Glidden Ultra Hide Latex Eggshell (EV:$2.99 rationale:$11.97 for a gallon)
$FREE: candy, Ice Chips Margarita, sweetened with xylitol, 1.76 oz, shrinkwrapped (EV:$27.95 for 6, or 4.65 each)
$FREE: jar, plastic, locking top, DynaWare 10x5.5" (EV:$10.19)
$FREE: 7 manga books, Manga Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, A MidSummer Night's Dream (EV:$9.95 price tag for 4 of them, $10.95 price tag for 3 of them)
$FREE: wig, blonde with darker streaks, the lady called it a "Miley Cyris" wig (EV:$5.85)
We had been to the Dudley zoo with our child this weekend. I am not a person keen to go to zoos, for I dislike to see animals in captivity. So, when most people were busy looking at animals, I went about to shoot this leaf from a creeper into which sunlight was peeping standing on an awkward stone.
A minute back I turned around and saw people behind me waiting patiently for me to move and when I did, they went and took a peek into the creeper and then gave one weird look at me !! I am not sure what they were expecting to see there :)
De geboorte van de moderne beeldhouwkunst
Constantin Brancusi (Hobita, Roemenië 1876-1957 Parijs, Frankrijk) wordt beschouwd als de grondlegger van de moderne beeldhouwkunst. Na een academische kunstopleiding in Roemenië reisde hij door Europa en vestigde zich op 28-jarige leeftijd in Parijs. Daar werd hij opgemerkt door beeldhouwer Auguste Rodin en werkte hij in 1907 kort als een van diens assistenten, voordat hij vertrok om zijn eigen ideeën na te streven.
In de daaropvolgende jaren ontwikkelde Brancusi een nieuwe benadering van beeldhouwen die een blijvende invloed zou hebben. Zijn stijl legde de nadruk op direct beeldhouwen en polijsten om de essentie van zijn materialen (steen, hout, gips en brons) te onthullen. Hij wilde dat de eenvoud van zijn vormen de uiterlijke verschijningsvormen overstijgt en universele archetypen uitdrukt. De elementaire geometrie wordt voortdurend versterkt door het stapelen van sokkels en bases en door een spel van reflecties te creëren dat de kijker in het werk trekt.
(…) De tentoonstelling (de eerste Brancusi-retrospectief in Nederland in 50 jaar), die in zeven secties is opgedeeld, toont de belangrijkste revoluties die Brancusi teweegbracht: het overstijgen van het zichtbare, het heruitvinden van portretkunst en dierensculptuur, en het benutten van de relatie tussen sculptuur en ruimte, de ambiguïteit van vormen, het spel van licht en serialiteit.
Bron: informatiepaneel bij de ingang van de tentoonstelling.
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Torso van een jong meisje III, 1925
Brancusi koos ervoor om witte onyx, een kristallijn gesteente, te slijpen en te polijsten om de doorschijnende gloed van de jeugd op te roepen. Hij maximaliseerde de formele abstractie van het stuk door de ronde heupen te reduceren tot een uitlopende ovaal, die eindigt in een vlak gedeelte. Verheven en versterkt door een dubbele sokkel – een perfecte kubus van kalksteen op een eikenhouten zandloper – bereikt Torso van een jong meisje III (Torse de jeune fille III) totale perfectie van vorm en symmetrie.
Bron: Tekst bij het werk in de tentoonstelling
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The birth of modern sculpture
Constantin Brancusi (Hobita, Romania 1876-1957 Paris, France) is seen as the founder of modern sculpture. Following an academic art education in Romania, he traveled across Europe to settle in Paris at the age of 28. There, he was spotted by sculptor Auguste Rodin and worked briefly as one of his assistants in 1907 before leaving to pursue his own ideas.
Over the next few years, Brancusi invented a new approach to sculpture that was to have a lasting influence. His idiom emphasized direct carving and polishing to reveal the quintessence of his materials (stone, wood, plaster and bronze). He intended the simplicity of his forms to transcend outward appearances and express universal archetypes. Their elementary geometry is constantly invigorated by stacking plinths and bases on top of each other and by creating a a play of reflections that draws the viewer into the work.
(…) Arranged in seven sections, the exhibition (the first Brancusi retrospective in the Netherlands in 50 years) showcases the major revolutions brought about by Brancusi: transcending the visible, reinventing portraiture and animal sculpture, and exploiting the relationship of the sculpture to space, the ambiguity of forms, the play of light, and seriality.
Source: info panel at the exhibition’s entrance
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Torso of a Young Girl III, 1925
Brancusi chose to cut and polish white onyx, a crystalline rock, to evoke the translucent glow of youth. He maximized the formal abstraction of the piece, reducing the rounded hips to a flared oval, terminated by a flat section. Elevated and enhanced by a double plinth – a perfect cube of limestone on a oak hourglass – Torso of a Young Girl III (Torse de jeune fille III) achieves total perfection of form an symmetry.
Source: Text accompanying the work in the exhibition
Strobist Info: SB 900 (TTL mode +1) + Umbrella Translucent White + Yongnuo YN-622N Trigger (upper right)
Sirena Von Boo & Finnegan Wake
The real Mansters™ of Monster High™ embrace their freaky flaws with pride, including scaredevil Finnegan Wake™.
This son of a Mermaid may use a wheelchair, but he is always "ready, wheeling and able" for anything -- except staying still!
Winner of the Global Fan Vote, Finnegan Wake™ makes his debut in doll form wearing his signature sportacular outfit and seated in his iconic wheelchair.
Scary cool in shades of blue, his yellow "01" race tank shows off his fin-tastic tats and makes a splash against his scaly articulated tail and translucent fin.
Accessories include his speed goggles, racing gloves and a backpack that fits on his wheelchair -- plus, he comes with a diary that includes sea-sational details about his life on land and in the sea.
The rolling wheelchair has flames for spokes, a textured body and silvery arms.
Voted fan favorite, ghouls can roll with this mohawked merman whose need for speed opens the door to spinsane Monster High™ fun!
The son of a Mermaid may use a wheelchair, but he is always “ready, wheeling and able” for anything -- except staying still!
Winner of the Global Fan Vote, Finnegan Wake™ makes his debut in doll form wearing his signature sportacular outfit, sporting a translucent blue mohawk and seated in his iconic spoketacular wheelchair.
The rolling wheelchair is spincredible with flames for spokes, a textured body and silvery arms.
His scaly blue tail and translucent fin are articulated for scary cool posing.
Flawesome accessories include speed goggles, racing gloves and a creeparific backpack that fits on his wheelchair
These are at most about 1/8 inch in size. I find the shape of them to be stunning!
In Explore July 20/07 Thank you all