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June 16, 2008 – Ant Shadows

carl — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:59:59 +0000

A bit smaller than camels in the Sahara, and much closer to home.

June 4, 2008 – Backlit Dandelion Seed

carl — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:59:59 +0000

Playing around with my macro lens. The seed is from a small dandelion, and is only about 1/16" long. Backlit with my flash, the background is smooth foamcore. I love the transparency of the seed.

Strobist info: Vivitar 285HV flash about 18" away (in the obvious direction) on 1/4 power.

May 29, 2008 – Macro Mesh

carl — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:59:59 +0000

Playing around with my macro lens. This is a closeup of a Porsche ball point pen. The external mesh of the pen is the same material used for covering cables in the engine.

May 10, 2008 – Laser Cut Aztec Calendar

carl — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:59:59 +0000

This is a closeup of an Aztec calendar laser cut into a piece of wood using an Epilog Laser. The face in the middle is about 3/8" across. I got this sample at the NAMM show, but TechShop in Menlo Park has one of the machines that members can use. I definitely want to get up to speed on this tool – you can use it on anything (TechShop was demoing it with tortillas at Maker Faire).

April 22, 2008 – Boring

carl — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:12:43 +0000

It’s always fun to play with power tools. I thought it would be interesting to catch the wood peeling out from a drill bit, but when I took the first shots of this on my drill press I discovered that the chips are much smaller than I thought and don’t really go that far. I had to jam the bit into the wood quickly and with a lot of force to create the explosion of pieces. This is not at all how you would want to bore a real hole.

March 11, 2008 – Plum Anther

carl — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:59:59 +0000

The plum trees in our yard have been in full bloom for about a week now. The blossoms are small, maybe 3/4″ wide, and have a couple dozen stamens. I tried to focus just on the pollen at the end of the stamens (the ‘anther’).

January 27, 2008 – CDs – Remember Those?

carl — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:44:57 +0000

A stack of CDs from my desk. A mix of music, programs and data.

January 16, 2008 – Taylor Machine Head

carl — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:23:59 +0000

Tomorrow I head down to the NAMM show in Anaheim. It’s one of the biggest music equipment shows and I’m prepping by shooting the tuners on my Taylor guitar.

January 4, 2008 – Water Drop

carl — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:59:59 +0000

With the heavy storms we’re going through I wanted to catch the rain in action. That was harder than I thought, so I set up in the garage instead.

This is a single drop into a glass bowl, lit from underneath with a flash. I took around 100 shots that I willowed down to this one.

December 30, 2007 – Yes, Honey

carl — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:59:59 +0000

Honey dripping off a spoon. Lit from the left with a strobe bounced off an umbrella.