Thursday, September 29, 2011
False color crystal jellyfish
Crystal jelly at Mystic Aquarium.
See more jellyfish HERE and HERE.
Crystal jelly
Aequorea victoria
From:
www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/living_species/default.as...
"Graceful and nearly transparent, these jellies have long, delicate tentacles. When disturbed, they give off a green-blue glow because of more than 100 tiny, light-producing organs surrounding its outer bell. They can expand their mouths when feeding to swallow jellies half their size. They’re harvested for their luminescent aequorin, used in neurological and biological experiments to detect calcium."
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Far too true, and far too easy to forget.
Eat a cupcake.
Review: I've had much better. Don't get me wrong, I've had worse. So I guess that makes them average or so...
Monday, September 26, 2011
Where've I been, you asked?
Only contrast and white balance edited.
From Canon RAW file.
I can't remember the fish...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
an-tip-uh-dee-uhn
Tell me what you think! Check out a previous image I made using this idea, linked below in the comments.
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Photo Recipe
Place a wine glass of water and bottle as shown. The lens axis should be centered to the glass and the bottle should have the edge centered to the glass. Separate the pieces enough when looking through the glass the refraction fills half the glass as shown. Use a white or other simple background. For this shot I used a very dark green opaque bottle.
Place strobes next to the subjects, fired off ceiling. I used a 430and 580 Canon strobe, fired using Canon ST-E2 wireless trigger. The shot was made with no room lights on, as they created specular highlights that were undesirable. I manually focused on the edge of the glass rim, to the right, using live-view mode.
For this shot I used manual exposure, and set the flash output higher until I was just about to blow out any large areas. If I exposed to high, the edge of the glass at the top left would disappear.
Added to the Weekly Challenge: Contrast
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The machine services the ignorance.
There is a theory that the Conscious is a quantum computer, paired with something else in the universe. So, maybe there is life after death? I have no idea how these stairs led me there....
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
"If you get confused, listen to the music play."
Robert Hunter is one of this nations greatest song writers. He also has a strong love of American history.
What does this have to do with Ben Franklin?
See this page:
artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/shalit.html
Franklin's Tower lyrics
"They planted ice, so they harvested wind."
Robert Hunter is one of this nations greatest song writers. He also has a strong love of American history.
What does this have to do with Ben Franklin?
See this page:
artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/shalit.html
Franklin's Tower lyrics
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world.
"What is there?"
Well, it would appear there are socks. Not really what we've expected.
