21. Bright - November 3-9, 2013
Byron-
This is one of the mantles on the gas lamp in my backyard. I discovered in a past submission that I enjoy shooting bright objects and under exposing them. It allows you to see details that you can't see with the naked eye. Here are the technical details- ISO 100, 200mm, f/5.6,1/50 sec.
This is one of the mantles on the gas lamp in my backyard. I discovered in a past submission that I enjoy shooting bright objects and under exposing them. It allows you to see details that you can't see with the naked eye. Here are the technical details- ISO 100, 200mm, f/5.6,1/50 sec.
Paul-
This week’s theme was “Bright.” I wanted to come up with something not too predictable or obvious, so I started thinking how the word might apply metaphorically. I thought about taking a picture of my daughter studying…but then every parent thinks their kid is genius. The term has been co-opted in a self-serving manner by some atheists, but how was I supposed to capture that? I finally thought about music. Numerous terms (most in Italian) are given to describe the composer’s intended tempo for his/her musical composition. “Allegro” means fast. But in some definitions I found, it also means “bright.”
The coloration and pattern you see in this imagine was almost completely achieved at the time the shot was taken. I used electrical tape to leave only a small slit in a high-powered flashlight, then taped (edge-on) a plastic bottom of Dove liquid soap (orange in color) in front of it. Then I just stood back a few feet and moved the thing around with the lights off until I got something interesting. Not my best submission, but it was kind of fun.
The sordid details: Olympus E-500 mounted on a copy stand; shot at 0.4 sec. at f4.0; ISO 200; 35mm f3.5 lens set at 35mm. Now you know the score.
This week’s theme was “Bright.” I wanted to come up with something not too predictable or obvious, so I started thinking how the word might apply metaphorically. I thought about taking a picture of my daughter studying…but then every parent thinks their kid is genius. The term has been co-opted in a self-serving manner by some atheists, but how was I supposed to capture that? I finally thought about music. Numerous terms (most in Italian) are given to describe the composer’s intended tempo for his/her musical composition. “Allegro” means fast. But in some definitions I found, it also means “bright.”
The coloration and pattern you see in this imagine was almost completely achieved at the time the shot was taken. I used electrical tape to leave only a small slit in a high-powered flashlight, then taped (edge-on) a plastic bottom of Dove liquid soap (orange in color) in front of it. Then I just stood back a few feet and moved the thing around with the lights off until I got something interesting. Not my best submission, but it was kind of fun.
The sordid details: Olympus E-500 mounted on a copy stand; shot at 0.4 sec. at f4.0; ISO 200; 35mm f3.5 lens set at 35mm. Now you know the score.
Kevin-
Attached is my submission for the WPOTM. When Byron designated the theme Bright I had a few ideas. But when the weather forecast called for our first snowfall of the season I threw all of the other ideas out the window and decided to try to capture the bright, white snow.
This photo was taken at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen, MN on Wednesday morning. Of course the forecast called for a fair amount of snow, and only a little bit fell, so I headed out there early before it could melt and fall off the trees and branches. I played around with a few different approaches and images but ultimately decided to go with this shot of a snow covered tree with the sun rising above it. As far as brightness goes except for a supernova I can think of few things brighter than the sun illuminating freshly fallen snow.
Handheld Nikon D3s, with Nikkor 24-70mm zoom set to 32mm, 1/500th of a second at f/16, ISO 200 Cropped to a more square format.
Attached is my submission for the WPOTM. When Byron designated the theme Bright I had a few ideas. But when the weather forecast called for our first snowfall of the season I threw all of the other ideas out the window and decided to try to capture the bright, white snow.
This photo was taken at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen, MN on Wednesday morning. Of course the forecast called for a fair amount of snow, and only a little bit fell, so I headed out there early before it could melt and fall off the trees and branches. I played around with a few different approaches and images but ultimately decided to go with this shot of a snow covered tree with the sun rising above it. As far as brightness goes except for a supernova I can think of few things brighter than the sun illuminating freshly fallen snow.
Handheld Nikon D3s, with Nikkor 24-70mm zoom set to 32mm, 1/500th of a second at f/16, ISO 200 Cropped to a more square format.
Deron-
This is my 'green' light bulb... Or should I say, my bright bulb? It uses no electricity and is 450,000 times brighter than the moon. The common light bulb lasts around 750 hours, while my bright bulb won't burn out for at least another 5 billion years. Just savin' the planet one bulb at a time.
This is my 'green' light bulb... Or should I say, my bright bulb? It uses no electricity and is 450,000 times brighter than the moon. The common light bulb lasts around 750 hours, while my bright bulb won't burn out for at least another 5 billion years. Just savin' the planet one bulb at a time.