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Behind the Glass Eye: February 2009
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. I have always been fascinated by the little things in life: each grain of sand at the beach tanning under a beautiful summer sun, snow flakes falling and swirling on their long descent only to land and melt in my mouth, and watching wisps of smoke curling and winding their way through invisible currents in the air. With the failed smoke rings we decided to just photograph the incense smoke. We tried various color ...
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Behind the Glass Eye: August 2009
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Sunday, August 23, 2009. Week 2 of Planned 52. Week 2: My inspiration for this shot was Imogen Cunningham. She was a photographer born in 1883 and passed away in 1976. She was well known for her botanical photography, along with nudes and other work. Often we see a simple picture of a leaf, and think "that is an easy shot to take", but what we forget is often the artist went to painstaking detail, examining the subject from every angle and light...
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Behind the Glass Eye: A Sad Day
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Sunday, May 23, 2010. I dropped my Schneider Kreuznach Curtagon 28mm f/4 on the cement a few days ago. I figured it was fine besides the filter threads, but not so. I ran a resolution test of it today and noticed that it was strongly decentered. Notice the blue on the right side of the image? That is really soft, around 800 LW/PH or less. It looks like a ghosted image or something and basically covers the entire right half of the frame.
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Behind the Glass Eye: May 2010
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Tuesday, May 25, 2010. DIY Vertical Studio Fluorescent Lights for about $50. I researched around for bulbs to get, and found that some newer Fluorescent bulbs are pretty reasonable color accuracy and offer the best lumens/watt/$ of about any light source. After scouring the Internet for information, I didn't find much, but found that Home Depot had a selection of daylight balanced bulbs. I have mine supported only by a picture frame hook. I ...
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Behind the Glass Eye: Last Breath
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Photo 16 of 52:. I finally got around to taking another weekly shot. I got home and had to shovel the drive a bit before I could park my car. The temperature plummeted today and the wind was blowing. I loved the light in front of the car with the blowing snow so I thought why not lay down and look like I was dead ;). And the view as I originally saw the light by itself:. Posted by Eric Tastad. Have a good one! My Favor...
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Behind the Glass Eye: May 2009
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Wednesday, May 6, 2009. The Depth of Infinite Field. I found a new toy to play with. I have been taking some photographs of flowers lately, and I found I have been wanting a shallow depth of field to blur the background sufficiently, but that leaves too little of the foreground in focus. A friend suggested I try Helicon Focus. Since perspective is controlled by where you stand relative to the subject (and viewing distance from the print/image), ...
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Behind the Glass Eye: July 2009
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Monday, July 20, 2009. I was out enjoying the weather yesterday afternoon when my wife decided to blow some bubbles to entertain our son. I had the camera out, and thought it would be great to capture some photographs of the bubbles. I have tried before, but I have never been very successful. After nearly 100 attempts, this is my favorite. Close is best. The reflection on the bubble takes on a more interesting perspective when you get up clo...
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Behind the Glass Eye: DIY Vertical Studio Fluorescent Lights for about $50
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Tuesday, May 25, 2010. DIY Vertical Studio Fluorescent Lights for about $50. I researched around for bulbs to get, and found that some newer Fluorescent bulbs are pretty reasonable color accuracy and offer the best lumens/watt/$ of about any light source. After scouring the Internet for information, I didn't find much, but found that Home Depot had a selection of daylight balanced bulbs. I have mine supported only by a picture frame hook. I ...
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Behind the Glass Eye: November 2009
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Behind the Glass Eye. Life through the eyes of Eric Tastad. Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Week 15: Scale Falls. Scale model truck (Radio Controlled) sitting in front of a waterfall. The goal was to show the truck an environment that makes the 1/10th scale truck difficult to determine. I had to climb out into the water fall to get the shot. The water must have been only 50 degrees or less, so it was a bit cold on the feet. Good thing it was fairly warm outside. Here is the setup shot:. Sometimes it grew s...