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Blue Hour contd.

Carsten — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:41:43 +0000

Right now it is blue hour where I live. Instead of going out with the photo gear I’ll post an image I took quite some time ago. – When I first noted the intense blue color on the captured image. This is my 2nd contribution to Scott Thomas’ assignment #19:
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Blue hour

Carsten — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:12:56 +0000

Scott Thomas has challenged us with a new assignment on “blue hour photography“.
You can read about the blue hour effect on Scotts site.
This photo is from an area called “Fisketorvet” (Market square for fish trading) in Copenhagen harbor. The building is called “The Aller Building” and it houses The Aller Company, one of the largest publishers in Denmark.

Abstract Photography

Carsten — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:10:55 +0000

Scott Thomas has given almost no directions for his 18th assignment: Abstract Photography.
This needs no explanations, I think.

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The wood through the year

Carsten — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:30:52 +0000

Once upon a time Scott Thomas wrote out an assignment “Four Seasons 2011″
The subject for this contribution is my gate to the wood. On this litte bench my wife and sat waiting for the real-estate broker. I immediately fell in love with this place. This view is now gone. The tree to the right fell because the bark was hurt by some machine. The little bench was pulled out of the ground and disappeared after a short time.
For quite some time I frequently took pictures here when I took a walk in the forest.
I do miss this view.
The order of the pictures is random.

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Scale in photography

Carsten — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:30:16 +0000

My contrubution to Scott Thomas’ 14th assignment: “Showing Scale in Photography” – is this little fraction of a great moment.
The tiny girl was born 2011-07-16. Welcome to your world Idunn.

This time I am the humble intermediary. The proud grandmother Käthe took the picture. Thanks for letting me use it.

Close-up

Carsten — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:30:07 +0000

The moon was “Close-up” the other day.
Someway it inspired me to come up with this contribution to Scotts 12th assignment.

Nop! Not close enough.

What about this:

Much better, but still….

Yes. Now we’re close. I know we are, but it is hard to see without scale. Let me try this instead:

If you click on the image you’ll get a slightly larger version.
Some tech data: ISO-100 f/32 100mm 30sec

Lets look for more details:

ISO-200, f/16, 6 sec

This is what I can resolve with My Canon 7D and 100mm MACRO 2.8L IS USM

There is also a little assignment to you my dear visitor. The task is to find out what ties these images together.

This is the connecting image. Pollen! I do not guarantee that it is from birch.
The assignment was close-up and this is a close look.
I had to get help to present this image of a single pollen.
The origin of the image is a scanning in an electron microscope. In this case a so called ESEM.

The volume of this pollen is 2 x 10^32 times smaller than the moon!

Close up photography

Carsten — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:36:49 +0000

Scott has called with a new assignment. Read all about it here.
Please feel free to join in. This post is not my contribution, but a macro experiment.
The photo was taken from the screen of my iPhone.
Try yourself and guess what’s on the image. To see the answer, just click on the image.

Food Photography…

Carsten — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:57:35 +0000

…is the theme of Scott Thomas’ 11th assignment.

The past weeks have been busy. I haven’t had time to read all my favourite blogs. And commenting: No way.
Never the less, I have become aware that Scott has set up another challenging assignment.
I have to respond to this.
Being busy also means that the kind of food prepared the latest days – since I saw Scotts blog – was not created for photography.
Fruit is among my favourite treats. This is what was left tonight for my still-leben.

I wish you all a happy new year. (Am I late? – Well it is not the first time, and probably not the last )

If you don’t like apples.
….you can have a piece of a traditional Danish birthday cake:

Autumn 2010

Carsten — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:00:26 +0000

This is my contribution to Scott Thomas’ 10th assignment: “Autumn 2010“.
I did not find the motive I was looking for in due time. If it pops up later I will post it and let you know about my idea.
Instead: Enjoy some views from my surroundings.
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Portrait – again

Carsten — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:00:25 +0000

My contribution to Scott Thomas’ assignment about portraiting is this image of a smiling girl.
The image was shot on a black background. I used two soft lights, one about 45 deg in front to her left and one about 90 deg to her right.

The technical data are: Canon 7D with EF100mm f/2,8L Macro
Exposure: ISO400, 1/125s, f/4.5
Raw processing: Capture One.
Cropping and jpeg processing: PS CS3