Time in 7 Images

TIME


The Stream of Time' Series, No2 [The Tunnel] by Stefan Elf

Contemplando la Vida by Luis Montemayor

Keeping An Eye On Time by badboy69

A Good Start to the Week by ericwyllie

The Passage of Time by ToniVC

Time by Rickydavid

walk a timeless warning by PrASanGaM

There never seems to be enough time anymore.  I am starting to think that we just have advanced to the point that we have made it worse.  Simple things seem to interest me more and more.  I am less focused on grand ideas and more focused on just finding the really good stuff out there.  I have started to whittle down the number of blogs and shows that I follow.  I have worked to stream line activities at work.  I have even started deleting games from the iphone.  There seems to be so many choices of things to do, that I have noticed that I need to teach my kids how to prioritize and choose rather then to just get sucked in and along.  These photographers have figured out how to prioritize and focus.  The results show just how well they can see the world around them.  I have noticed that I see better when I can simplify and not be constantly distracted by the pseudo important.  Don't forget to click on the title link and tell the photographers what you think of their work.

7 Black and White Images.

BLACK AND WHITE

... ... by MeLa de Gypsie

looking through the mirror glass by Amsterdamned!

an old lady with an umbrella in Ravangla market! by Sukanto Debnath

Mosquito hawk by mngl

Monty's Korner by BigFrank

Cebra Voyerista by Cati Kaoe

Sitting Lady Falls by quas

There is nothing like a black and white image to focus your attention. It is hard to do today in some ways since you are not shooting black and white film, but a color cmos chip. Then you have to convert it to get the effect you want. Not always the easiest thing. But the software is better and better. As can be seen in our examples of the most interesting black and white images on Flickr right now, there are those who have got it.

7 Images Tagged IR, Infrared

INFRARED


opposite sides by camil tulcan

backwater, by Licht

searching for a star by Licht

Crane Creek HDR IR by Josh Sommers

Burnside Bridge in IR by eyeof wally

Field O by zachstern

One, Two, Three... by ekillian

One millionth of a millimeter. That is what a nanometer is. It is not a measurement for baking or carpentry. Not even really for machinists or mechanics. Rather, it is most commonly used to describe the wavelength of light. When we measure the wave length of what we can see, with our naked eye, the light is in the 400 to 700 nm range. But what about the rest. I have heard it said that we only use a small percentage of our actual brain power. Did you know that an incandescent light bulb only gives off about 10% of their energy as visible light? The rest is mostly infrared, a good explanation of why the fluorescent bulbs are so much more efficient. Since the most common source for light is thermal, it is interesting to note that we probably have not seen most of the world. Only the part that falls in the visible spectrum. What if you shift the spectrum?

If you can remember ROY G BIV you can get that bonus question on your high school physics test. Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo and Violet. That is the visible spectrum. But what comes before Red or after Violet? Infrared means below red. We can detect those wave lengths and try to represent them. In photography we really mean, near infrared. the far infrared part is thermal imaging. For example, our bodies put off infrared in the 10nm range. So to work with the near infrared, we have to filter out the visible. That means we need to filter in the 700 to 900nm range. You also need film or a digital sensor that can record that wave length. Most digital cameras today come with an infrared filter built in since the infrared spectrum usually represents in the images as noise. Some of the older digital cameras did not filter well, they get used for infrared photographry with a visible light filter applied over them. There is a downside to that, it means that you cannot compose the image with the filter on it. To beat that problem there are companies out there now that will take your current camera and remove the infrared filter install a visible light filter right over the imaging element. With a digital SLR, that means you can compose the image as you normally would, but instead you would record the near infrared spectrum.

Talk about other worlds. It is right here, now. You can record this other world. So of course, Flicker is full of infrared images. And some are outstanding. Remember, when you take a picture, you are recording the reflected light, so these images are recordings of the reflected near infrared light. Not what the objects in them are producing, that is the far infrared spectrum. If you see a person, it is the reflection of the infrared light off of them. Same for trees, and clouds and water. Some things do better for this then other. As you can see, some things get moreinteresting then you could have imagined. It also means longer image exposure times, and still objects work best. But sometimes the movement can really make an image interesting.

7 Lost Images

LOST

Here are seven images that have the tag lost. One of the coolest photographers on Flickr is Lost America. His book is out standing. I think that I will do a post on just 7 of his images later on. So enjoy the images and get lost on Flickr. Click on the titles to view the image posted on Flickr and let the photographer know that you what you think.


Lost In Train Station by lapoutre2tek

like a sandstorm, san francisco, golden gate bridge in fog!!!!!!!!!a world wonder unlike any other... by Louie Imaging

The Ghost of Innocence by Osvaldo_Zoom

Stung by the Splendor of Suddon Black by Mark McCowen

Lost in Tiorati by Bikeracer

Emergency Shelter by Ovaratii

Lost Child by GroupFounder

7 Images Tagged with Baltimore.

BALTIMORE

I searched Flickr with the term 'Baltimore' and then sorted it by 'Most Interesting'. Here are the shots that I thought were cool. I have made the titles into links. If you like the pic, click the title and mark it as a favorite or leave a comment for the photographer. I only post pics that are open creative commons. If you have some theme, idea or search term that you want to see posted, let me know.

Corner by Bukutgirl

Christmas at the Monument by Idle Type

Cold Rain by Idle Type

Around the Cirlce by Idle Type

Amoung the Columns by Integrity of Light

Yet another Liz falling from grace by Bukutgirl

Hell's Ref by Bukutgirl