pfm Picture A Week (PAW) 2009 part II

[RichardH]

Nice catch, Cliff.

 

[cliffpatte]

cheers Richard

 

[sideshowbob]

Icklesham.

Yashica FX-3, 55/2.0, Acros. A car boot sale acquisition, the lens is definitely not working properly, but I like what it does anyway.

 

[Anex]

Nice

 

[concrete]

that's sick
(in the cool hiphop way)

 

[Joe P]

Nope, it's baaad in a '70s way.

Joe

 

[cliffpatte]

Those really are tiny trees Ian ;-)

 

[Linnik]

N.Y.C. May 2009:

Oz

 

[Joe P]

A blue morpho doing its thang at the local butterfly conservatory. The iridescence isn't a Potatoshop effect. That's what the wee beastie's wings look like if the sun is shining on them.

Works better on black, I think.

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From the wiki entry --

Many Morpho butterflies are colored in metallic, shimmering shades of blue and green. These colors are not a result of pigmentation but are an example of iridescence: the microscopic scales covering the Morpho's wings reflect incident light repeatedly at successive layers, leading to interference effects that depend on both wavelength and angle of incidence/observance. Thus the colors produced vary with viewing angle, however they are actually surprisingly uniform, perhaps due to the tetrahedral (diamond-like) structural arrangement of the scales or diffraction from overlying cell layers. This structure may be likened to a photonic crystal. The lamellate structure of their wing scales has been studied as a model in the development of fabrics, dye-free paints, and anti-counterfeit technology used in currency.

Joe

 

[concrete]

that's really lovely, joe. the colours are stunning

 

[Joe P]

Danke schön, concrete.

Joe

 

[mentalp]

Still surrounded by boxes and with no internet at home -but finally got a bit of time to take some pix. I'm afraid I've succumbed to the rampant Hasselblad lust around here. From the first test roll
Issam (IT support)

503CX 80mm planar Neopan400@200 Xtol1+1

 

[cliffpatte]

That's excellent Pete.

Still waiting for Dr Petrik's first test shot, although his digital butterfly is pretty

 

[Paulicus]

Very nice Joe!

 

[Joe P]

Thanks, chaps.

Joe

P.S. Hassy pictures coming to a monitor near you once I get my scanner problem sorted out.

 

[Cesare]

Does that mean i'm the only one left?

 

[Anex]

You're not part of the gang.

 

[mentalp]

YET...........

 

[johnfromnorwich]

Still surrounded by boxes and with no internet at home -but finally got a bit of time to take some pix. I'm afraid I've succumbed to the rampant Hasselblad lust around here. From the first test roll
Issam (IT support)

503CX 80mm planar Neopan400@200 Xtol1+1

Nice capture. BTW do you 'duotone' some of your scans? I've wondered this before but never got round to asking.

 

[purplepleaser]