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Muchas classy glass… part 1…

Okay, I know I already posted a bunch of super-close-up-macro photos of the projects I made when I took that glass blowing class… and, yes, I realize that the title of this series is a stretch, even if you do … Continue reading

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Glass… part 6…

Yes, that is glass. It is glass that I made myself. In a glass blowing class. But this time, I added a twist… which is funny… and I will explain why. I used this image… a macro, super close-up photo, … Continue reading

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Glass… part 2…

Is it a tear drop at a Grateful Dead concert? Is it a drop of molten gold? Is it a corneal transplant operation? Is it a tiny drop of water as seen through an electron microscope? Is it a single-celled … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 16…

I do have a correction to make. In the last post in this series, in which I am playing around with macro photography, I said that I had used the smallest of the macro lens spacers. The 20mm is not, … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 15…

I am still playing around with those macro filters, the spacers that move the two lenses of a camera further apart, and let you take really close up shots. This time, I am using the smallest one, the 20mm. I … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 16… no fancy filters, just tiny bubbles… and huge dust…

I am still playing around with those macro lens filters loaned to me by my son-in-law, which, I remind you, don’t have lenses in them, they just move the lens inside your camera and the one on the regular attachment … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 15…

No, it isn’t molten gold… Or a really good acid trip… It isn’t an impressionist painting… It isn’t an abstract painting… Or a surrealist painting… It isn’t a nightmare… It isn’t a dreamscape… It isn’t flight of fancy… It isn’t … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 13…

More fun with some macro photography and simple artistic digital filters. A close up photo of a small rock I found on a beach somewhere during my jaunts around the world. I think the holes are made by some form … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 9…

Is it a picture of some strange corner of the universe, taken through the Hubble telescope? Is it a model of the human brain made with neon lights? Is it a sketch of a piece of gold in a gold … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 7…

Tiny sea shells… A little leaf on a succulent plant… Little rocks… Collected on my travels around the world. Everything is more interesting when you take a closer look. Even the filaments in a light bulb… Or a stucco wall… … Continue reading

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