Weekly Abstract and Experimental Thread #2 (4-1-2025)

Looks like a modern painting. Colors are fantastic. To me, this is a very happy image.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Apocalypse now…

Agree, nice image…

It is a very common process.🙂
Hint: The image is from the macro category, ~22mm FoV.

So, in the picture are the residues that remain on the matchbox after a match passes by and lights up.😀

Ah, very macro and very creative. What magnification is this at?
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barondla

Magnification describes the size an object will appear projected on your camera's sensor, compared to its size in real-life.

The use of the term "magnification" is confusing for most photographers, because the results obtained for a given magnification ratio are dependent on the size of the sensor used to collect the information and the size of the screen on which the image is viewed.

What is relevant is the size of what is captured in the focal plane. In this case, we have a 22mm wide capture.

If we use FF category cameras (36mm sensor width) an optical system that provides a magnification of ~1.65x (1.65:1) is necessary.

If we use "APS-C" sensor cameras with a 24mm sensor width, an optical system that provides a magnification of ~1.1x (11.1:1) is necessary for same results, etc...

The lightning

The electrical discharge that ignites the gas in a piezoelectric lighter.

Fascinating subject and photograph. Something I haven't seen before. This must have been difficult to record.
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barondla

How did you get the correct timing to capture the spark?
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barondla

Along the Forest Path

Larch trees in autumn with ICM

Acute observation of the everyday makes for wonderful images. I would never have imagined what could have made this. Beautiful.

The colours work well here, with the dog's coat matching the background. Well caught.

Yes! Excellent!

Like the soft, impressionist handling of this subject.
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barondla

The scene was prepared and the lighter fixed, the camera with macro lens on the tripod, manual focus. I set the exposure time to 1s, I did the shutter release with IR remote control in the dark and the ignition was triggered while the shutter was open.
The magnification ratio being high, the DoF is very narrow.

Just an icicle

but sort of looks somehow abstract :-)

It does have an abstract quality to it. Probably because the icicle has a bit of an odd shape. Sometimes it takes very little to make reality turn to abstract. Well done.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla