Exploring Photography

I've been having fun with my new camera...


This is an HDR (high dynamic range) composite from multiple exposures. I've had mixed results so far. The multiple exposures don't seem to consistently line up automatically. I'll try more tripod shots next time.



This was up at my mom's place when the power was out for a couple of days. My 9 yr old niece and I took this together. She hit the release and painted in the light, while I posed twice.


I was playing with some acrylic paints tonight and noticed a nice shape form when the paint was transfered from the tube to paper. Pulling them apart quickly made more interesting shapes, probably due to non-Newtonian behavior.


Stella gave me some company while I was painting. Isn't she adorable?


I screen printed my first shirt. All-in-all, I think it went really well for a 1st shot and I'm happy with it. I also took some material out of the shirt with the serger because it was too wide. Now the sleeves are a little long. The thing in my right hand that I'm looking at is the remote trigger that I am pushing to take the shot. It's proving to be a really nice addition to the camera.


Here are some more photography ideas I'd like to try:
Stereo Imaging -- Put a camera on a rail or use two separate cameras.
High Speed Event Capture such as popcorn exploding (apparently you can pop an entire kettle of popcorn by cooking it under pressure).
Fixed Focus Trigger. I'd like to catch Lewie in mid jump this way.

On another note, I saw an eye doctor recently. I had some time to kill while the dilation drops kicked in so I asked the doctor if he ever takes pictures of retinas. He said, "Yes, would you like to have pictures or yours?" I, of course said yes, and he led me to another room and took some shoots. He logged into his gmail account and sent them to me on the spot. The spot on the left is the optic nerve bundle and the dark spot on the right is the sensitive macula area.