Otto Silver
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Hangang Bridge Long Exposure
When you cross the Han River on Line 1, during winter, at about the time rush hour starts, look out the window. You will see a snake of car lights on the road following the banks of the Han. This, I thought, might make for a decent long exposure shot. Unfor...
When you cross the Han River on Line 1, during winter, at about the time rush hour starts, look out the window. You will see a snake of car lights on the road following the banks of the Han. This, I thought, might make for a decent long exposure shot. Unfor...
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Rubber Ducky
The Rubber Duck has been making it's way around the world and recently found itsles in Seoul . The project was conceived by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. Each country or city that chooses to display a Rubber Duck builds one from scratch and they therefore...
The Rubber Duck has been making it's way around the world and recently found itsles in Seoul . The project was conceived by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. Each country or city that chooses to display a Rubber Duck builds one from scratch and they therefore...
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Yongin Line
A new "subway" line opened this year that runs through Yongin and connects Everland with the subway system. The line runs on elevated rail and is completely automated. Two cars arrive every few minutes to take you on a journey along the edge of a city many ...
A new "subway" line opened this year that runs through Yongin and connects Everland with the subway system. The line runs on elevated rail and is completely automated. Two cars arrive every few minutes to take you on a journey along the edge of a city many ...
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Better Days of Fishing
Korea is one of the world's major fishing countries, but I suspect that is not due to boats like this. This small fishing boat at Eulwangni Beach near Incheon has seen better days. I'm no expert on what vessels should look like, but somehow I feel that the ...
Korea is one of the world's major fishing countries, but I suspect that is not due to boats like this. This small fishing boat at Eulwangni Beach near Incheon has seen better days. I'm no expert on what vessels should look like, but somehow I feel that the ...
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Sterile Future
The inside of the DDR is a feast of smooth but oddly angled lines. I liked the contrast of the bright young autumn tree against the sterile gray of the building itself. Image taken with a Samsung Galaxy S4 , edited with Snapseed .
The inside of the DDR is a feast of smooth but oddly angled lines. I liked the contrast of the bright young autumn tree against the sterile gray of the building itself. Image taken with a Samsung Galaxy S4 , edited with Snapseed .
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Pulling and Grunting
One of the activities in the music textbook is tap dancing. To make tap dancing shoes students were asked to tape bottle tops to the bottom of their shoes. They all brought their own caps, but some did not have tape to fasten the tops to their shoes. The te...
One of the activities in the music textbook is tap dancing. To make tap dancing shoes students were asked to tape bottle tops to the bottom of their shoes. They all brought their own caps, but some did not have tape to fasten the tops to their shoes. The te...
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The DWIT Score
On a Sunday morning at 3:30 am I found myself slowly walking the empty streets of Seoul. I was on my way to Sadang hoping to find a 24 hours restaurant there where I could get food and wait for he first trains to start running. How I came to be there at tha...
On a Sunday morning at 3:30 am I found myself slowly walking the empty streets of Seoul. I was on my way to Sadang hoping to find a 24 hours restaurant there where I could get food and wait for he first trains to start running. How I came to be there at tha...
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Markings on the Path
I have no idea what this is supposed to be, it was there and looked interesting. Image taken with a Samsung Galaxy S4 , edited with Snapseed .
I have no idea what this is supposed to be, it was there and looked interesting. Image taken with a Samsung Galaxy S4 , edited with Snapseed .
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O.o
I haven't done many vertical water droplet images, so here's my latest - strongly vertical, following the gap between two leaves of the same plant. These edges of this particular plant work extremely well for creating round droplets, and their close proximity makes for an interesting composition.
Handheld focus-stacked from 27 frames, this one was a bit of a challenge (aren't they all?). I needed the flash to fall more heavily on the background and in the seam between the leaves, and provide a darker surface on the front of the leaves. Holding the flash in various positions, angles and distances from the subject, I finally arrived at the "look" I was after. It took about 15 minutes of experimenting with the light angle.
During those 15 minutes, the water droplets began to evaporate. Pulling the flower away from the composition, I "refreshed" the leaves and quickly set up again for another shoot. Further adjustments to the magnification were needed to get as close as I could to the composition without cropping, and I was off to the races.
For photographs like this, just like with my snowflakes, I drastically overshoot. I'll create hundreds of frames and combine only a fraction of that, because shooting these handheld means I have no assurance that every "focus slice" has been captured. A fun way to spend a few hours yesterday, both with the shooting and editing. These images are time-intensive!
(and if you're curious about the editing process, it's nearly identical to the one described in my book Sky Crystals: http://www.skycrystals.ca/ )
Handheld focus-stacked from 27 frames, this one was a bit of a challenge (aren't they all?). I needed the flash to fall more heavily on the background and in the seam between the leaves, and provide a darker surface on the front of the leaves. Holding the flash in various positions, angles and distances from the subject, I finally arrived at the "look" I was after. It took about 15 minutes of experimenting with the light angle.
During those 15 minutes, the water droplets began to evaporate. Pulling the flower away from the composition, I "refreshed" the leaves and quickly set up again for another shoot. Further adjustments to the magnification were needed to get as close as I could to the composition without cropping, and I was off to the races.
For photographs like this, just like with my snowflakes, I drastically overshoot. I'll create hundreds of frames and combine only a fraction of that, because shooting these handheld means I have no assurance that every "focus slice" has been captured. A fun way to spend a few hours yesterday, both with the shooting and editing. These images are time-intensive!
(and if you're curious about the editing process, it's nearly identical to the one described in my book Sky Crystals: http://www.skycrystals.ca/ )
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