Here´s a few more crappy shots from my end of the world.....

Can you understand why i´m thinking about giving up my studio-photography?

Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

Some lovely shots Andreas. The drop and tree especially. BJ

I believe the models' opinions on the  shots are off base...nothing  ugly about those studio shots. The dark shadowy first shot of Elin could be improved with a touch more light on shape of her face but is still a good shot.  Keep the studio work!    Just my humble thoughts.       Tom.

well - LillianaSapphire asked in my upload what the bubble shots would look like in colour... so here my shot i uploaded yesterday in colour... which do you prefer?

Much prefer the B&W personally speaking Rich ..... although, this is a very nice shot using a rich colour, so this too would have probably gone down as well in the gallery. But then hey, I'm no expert! xx

I personally prefer the colored one myself.

I like both, I'm no help, heheh. Way cool photos Andreas, it is always a tree to view your ugly model and other shots. ;'P Yes Tom and BJ, that is another IR photo. It was rather monochromatic so i adjust the hues in spots to give it a bit more zing. I wonder what Elin would have thought about a photo like this Andreas? 8^D

This is the top of a 60 foot yellow poplar...several in our yard like this.  We will wait and see!

First shows the water drop still tied to the surface of the soap bubble as it passes through.

Soap bubbles rock.

Mike

@Rich. Do I see a face in that 1:07PM pic? ::Edit:: AAUGH!! I just realized its an ALIEN!! (with a backpack). @ Mike. That last shot is really weird (in a good way). It needs a little straightening though.

Arrggg, I cant escape the dreaded wonkyness curse.  But it looks as though it runs a little in all of us.

@Rich, first shot is very cool.
@Kort, what a coincidence, I live on Cow Creek Road.  Weird huh? 
@Tom, feel for you on the trees, my big oaks are finally starting to fill back in after the hurricanes knocked most of the leaves and branches off a couple of years ago.  Hope you have better luck.

Mike

Thanks Mike..appreciated very much.   Those bubble drop shots are good stuff.      Tom.

Kort is likely to give us another vericose veins shot in IR...living where he does, lots of those legs to shoot...Kort, please don't do it!

Rich...this bubble drop stuff leaves me in the outside looking in...nice shots.  I have to sometime join the bubble drop club.

The bubbles are really fun, he's right there is an alien trapped in one. This is a really fun thread and I'm having a great deal of fun here. BJ

Thanks for the marshmallows, Radlafx.  That alien bothered me and the fire is good stuff to cure that!    Rich has an alien there...never realized they were so small but likely they are everywhere we have a faucet.     Tom"Dart.

We spent the day at the beach yesterday! It was warm and sunny. As the sun started to go down, dreaming with the baby cuddled up, I was dreaming of those marshmellows. BJ

Rich, I had no luck with the polarizer filter.
Kort, I have been to Blue Springs many times but never after a hard frost. COOL
Any sea COWS in IR.  Or do the IR rays even make through water?

Mike

Speaking of IR, aren't these filters pretty expensive? Got any suggestions?       Tom

Mike

Very cool Mike. Looks like a windy day, how long was your exposure and was the the colors straight from you camera? I usually edit mine...they come out of the camera with a purple or reddish cast from the Wratten 87 modded camera and reddish from the R72 on my oly as well.

Kort, its about a 6 second exposure. Some breeze.  It is tinted red out of the camera, I used http://www.pbase.com/dlarson2/ir_work_flow post.  It uses a channel mixer layer to switch the blue and red.  I was trying to catch some car movement during these pics, thought it might come out like a long night exposure on a street.  All I got were a few with  some very small bright streaks and didnt blur the pictures more than normal. 

Mike

Thanks for the link. I'll have to try shooting cars sometime...I know it makes people look like ghosts at 6 seconds.

Mike