What is this?
Posted in Camera & Eye, Life, PhotoFoo tagged guessing, photography
Here's a picture I took yesterday. Can you guess what it is? (Click on it to enlarge.)
Tag Archive 'photography'
Photograpers, age and Valentine
Posted in Life tagged agatha chrsitie, author, photographer, photography, quote, quoting., valentine, valentines day
"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her."
- Agatha Christie, author (1890 - 1976) (via)
One might also want to include photographers into that equation. We are fascinated by faces, no matter what age.
Great macro photography
Posted in Camera & Eye, Cool Sites, Life tagged bee, bees, close-up, dew, insect, insects, inspiration, macro, martin amm, photography, water drop, wet
Martin Amm takes amazing macro shots. Observe:
The Essence of Photography
Posted in Camera & Eye, Life tagged discussion, essence, philosophy, photography
I had a little discussion with the world’s loveliest woman, trying to define what photography is about. I came up with Framing and Lighting.
But the world’s loveliest woman said that timing should also be a part. First I thought that framing is part of timing, but then realized that there ...
What’s a T-Stop, anyway?
Posted in Camera & Eye, Film tagged camera, cinematography, exposure, f-stop, lens, lenses, optical, optics, photography, t-stop, theory
Anyone familiar with photography knows about f-stops. Calculated as Focal Length divided by Diameter (of the front lens element). The smaller the value of the f-stop, the more light passes the lens, the shorter exposure time necessary, the narrower the depth of field, the lower ASA/ISO rating necessary.
Typical f-stop values ...
Transforming 2D into 3D
Posted in Film, Life, Technology tagged 2.7D, 2d, 3d, photography, transformation
…or maybe 2.7D. Here a video from a researcher team that has developed software that allows for automatic transfer of 2D images into a 3D world. Amazing: Here´s a link to the hi-resolution version of the video (though it does not seem to work om my Mac), and some more samples ...