Wild iris
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Wild iris
ubbyisis
IOTM Winner - Sep 21 & Sep 22
What a coincidence. We saw wild iris yesterday out on a marsh. We couldn’t get close to it as the ground is unwalkable after deforestation. But now I’ve seen an iris anyway. Withouit breaking a leg or two
This was on the edge of a lagoon, and I was on a floating walkway, so I got to stay dry.
Off the rails
Monterey Bay
The grocery store I frequent has placed wheel lock on their carts after so many walked. To be fair, people didn’t steal them so much as permanently borrow them. They could be seen walking casually their carts to and from with store with their groceries. Beware, though if you park at the perimeter of the lot, the wheels lock before you get to your car.
Looking up
Henry Cowell Redwoods
Do you have your head in a tree? I can’t quite figure this out.
I'm standing up inside the tree, looking up. It's a good-sized redwood that's taken damage from fire and other causes, so it's lost its center at ground level, but is still intact (and alive) above. The photo's a bit darkish, so some of the wood may look like bark, but it's all interior wood.
How cool. Indeed inside a tree.
Hunting
I though it was a parade and they were in step!
Nasturtiums on Squid Row
So they do
So crazy huge.
Ancient magic.
Shades of hippie van…..
It was in the parking lot of one of the local branch libraries. There was a kids' magic show going on inside, so I'm guessing it's the magician's bus.
Shadow dance 2
I really like the shadows. They would work nicely in a appstraction. Were you able to get a shot of the shadows without the figurines?
I didn't try, but now I'm thinking the same thing. I'll give it a go later today.
juryjone
MobiLurver
- Real Name
- Jerry Jobe
- Device
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
I was thinking about this. How do you go about getting a photo of the shadow, without the object, and without the shadow becoming distended, and without additional shadow of the photographer and/or camera?
So I thought, well, rather than photograph the shadow, why not create one? So I asked for a silhouette of two giraffes from MidJourney, but of course it wouldn’t do anything that simple.
Using iColorama, I used Threshold, Blur and Multi to get a shadow I liked.
And then I used it here in a surrealistic way.
ubbyisis
IOTM Winner - Sep 21 & Sep 22
Aha! That works. And I think I could also do a silhouette shot of the giraffes and then follow through in iColorama as you describe, which would allow me to pose the pieces as I want.
I did just take some photos of the shadows. I couldn't take them straight on, of course, so the captures will need more or less perspective correction. (If I try to position the phone between the two items so that it shoots past them, then its shadow gets in the way.)
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A few shadow shots working around the objects and then cleaning up after with TouchRetouch or perspective correction.
