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Aperture f/22 ISO 800 Focal Length 90/1

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Aug, 2019

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Photos taken at a Shinto festival in Miura Japan.

Praying mantis resting among Japanese maple leaves.

Discarded CPU heat sink shot with Canon 5d MKII, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 5X Hoya macro filter, and Canon twin light macro flash.

Bleeding Heart blossoms from my neighbor's garden.

Scanned B&W negative of abstracted construction in Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Tiny praying mantis found on Japanese maple outside of home

Abstract macro of computer components with mirror effect applied.

Tradescantia virginiana or spiderwort blooming in our garden

Macro shots of wildflowers blooming in the garden.

Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in the photo studio at the local community college. I worked there as a photo lab technician working with students learning traditional black and white photography, digital photography and studio lighting.

Time

I do believe this was taken on a Saturday or a Sunday afternoon. It was a light-controlled studio, so time of day is irrelevant.

Lighting

One of the students, an older lady who was taking a black and white photography continuing education course, had an assignment involving abstract forms. I suggested to her of the various abstract forms you could capture with simple white paper. I told her the next lab session to bring in any type of white paper she had and I would help her come up with interesting compositions with it. This is the result of one of the compositions we came up with. I shot this with my digital camera to show her what she could expect with her film camera. Since she had the same brand/style film camera as my digital, I let her use my lens so that her image would closely match what I got using my camera. Her image ended up featured in the student art show!

Equipment

This was shot with a Canon 6D (the students was with a Canon EOS film camera), with two continuous LED diffused light panels set to daylight and shot on a tripod. Image was shot against a plain black background.

Inspiration

My photography mentor from a few years back introduced her students to the various abstract forms one could achieve with simple white paper.

Editing

As this was a digital capture, I converted the image to a high-contrast black and white using Nik Silver FX and photoshop after basic adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

In my camera bag

I usually carry my 6D, my 90mm TS lens, and my Flashpoint on camera manual flash.

Feedback

Just experiment with different forms and compositions using any type of white paper. Printer paper, tissue paper, coffee filters etc. Try it using black backgrounds, white backgrounds or color backgrounds (single colors would be best as multiple colors may be too distracting). Use different focal lengths, such as macro.

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