Ripple Fork
2010-02-22 A day or two ago I noticed that if I left a little bit of water in the sink and turned on the garbage disposal, awesome standing waves appeared. That shimmering, magical pattern was just begging to become a daily photo, so here you go. I first tried with my hands, but it was too hard so I went with this serving fork. Check out the setup photo if you dare. [last year]
![<span id="date">_10/24/10_</span> <span id="title">Brass Weights</span>
These four cup-type things are brass weights that all fit inside each other in a larger brass container, babushka-style. I used the same setup as yesterday where I put them on a black cloth in a dark bathroom and used a small flashlight to paint the light during a long shutter speed. I feel like I could have placed these a little more creatively, but it's late and I'm tired with a touch of sick. Hopefully tomorrow I will wake up rested so I can get back to my day job as a... um... person who manually weights things?
Yeah, I don't really know what these are for.
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/7157835_BfJPF#691523103_SSUBi">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-rhts5Hm/2/56a84538/Ti/2010-10-24%20Brass%20Weights-Ti.jpg)
![<span id="date">__01/09/11__</span> <span id="title">Sphere</span>
<em>Water Drops, Day 2</em>
My second attempt at water droplet photography. Today I used off-camera flash and a bigger bowl than <a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/11272102_ACXDJ#1150062728_VAfLo">Friday's photo</a>. Embarassingly, I had my off-camera flash set up on Friday but I forgot to turn it on. I was so focused on the timing of the drops that I didn't notice the only light was coming from on-camera.
I added quite a bit of contrast for definition and noise reduction for smoothing. I would have done a setup photo but it's a little late, sorry! I'll do one eventually.
I'm still a bit in shock about yesterday's attack. I learned that in addition to the man who was 2 years ahead of me in my high school, Giffords herself attended, and the deceased includes a member of my parents church. Tragedies like this affect so many people.
Read my <a href="http://blog.jawsnap.net/2011/02/water-droplet-photography-lessons-learned/">blog post on water droplet photography</a>!
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/7157835_BfJPF#761209124_uyWRg">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-TbxLv2z/2/c33e29aa/Ti/2011-01-09%20Sphere-Ti.jpg)
![2011-07-20
I came across this chair today, it seemed sad. It's definitely seen better days.
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/11272102_ACXDJ#942054546_tV9DM">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-kbPp5bD/1/de7e7c01/Ti/2011-07-20%20Slanted-Ti.jpg)
![2011-07-24
This is my wife, riding an escalator in a store. You might notice there is some weirdness going on. That's because it's actually 10 photos stitched together using AutoStitch. I waited about 6 steps after my wife and just started taking a bunch of photos at different angles. The app is looking for common elements to make a panorama, but in this case it was just a blob of photos with the only commonality being my wife and the escalator itself. Fun stuff.
Speaking of AutoStitch, I have a blog post that's 80% done about my experience with various iPhone panorama apps. Stay tuned for that!
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year3/11272102_ACXDJ#946317093_ye6Pb">[last year]</a> <em>hey, it's Rusty...</em>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-zddqn6F/1/26903408/Ti/2011-07-24%20Messy%20Escalator-Ti.jpg)
Colleen M. Griffith
on August 9, 2010Wow! Awesome photo!
The Curious Camel aka gail
on April 25, 2010a very cool image
LindaDruijff
on April 25, 2010very creative image and wonderfully shot!
Tatiana (travelways)
on April 25, 2010Fantastic!
Blink32
on February 26, 2010What a great shot!
agilitypics
on February 25, 2010Excellent! Very creative shot! I like it!
studio721
on February 25, 2010Well conceived and captured. Great shot!
SundaysChildSnapShots
on February 25, 2010Super cool. It looks like clear tapioca.
Art in Photography
on February 25, 2010I'm starting to see that you (and so many others) put in a whole lot more effort and time into your shots - which is why they come out so well, I'm sure! The set up shot was very interesting and helpful. And I have to say that I really like that green tile - looks like the glass tile. :)
Art in Photography
on February 25, 2010Oh, this is GREAT!