Macro Photos of Compound Eyes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpum_aRnD-cBj8CIkA4K5QGFYcz_t8m8RDtP8lA4IE_ArR_ReBUbht9AJ2w74E_aDsxIU0SY4itOySUwr-wZpQzRzdgm_tnyxQbPsV-TGJAaxBzOSFgYfiBnuM08-VJ5uh3LATKIiFTTsK/s1600/00018bcf_905-680x450.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpum_aRnD-cBj8CIkA4K5QGFYcz_t8m8RDtP8lA4IE_ArR_ReBUbht9AJ2w74E_aDsxIU0SY4itOySUwr-wZpQzRzdgm_tnyxQbPsV-TGJAaxBzOSFgYfiBnuM08-VJ5uh3LATKIiFTTsK/s1600/00018bcf_905-680x450.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <a href="http://500px.com/YudySauw">Yudy Sauw</a> takes amazing photos of the faces of insects and other tiny creatures.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxwudH2OoDWgqXFceVVWudU7zwWCiRVGl1XEKR7Wz_k8JHKURALJ4R4L6mj_sNeRAdN-3LGDn7ImHrmIKdAY8E0iM8IbRltavs_Lp3OVARqcZ6VDWrmyGH2aN-c0wp5GKcn4zDWKMOOGk/s1600/2048-6_905-680x450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxwudH2OoDWgqXFceVVWudU7zwWCiRVGl1XEKR7Wz_k8JHKURALJ4R4L6mj_sNeRAdN-3LGDn7ImHrmIKdAY8E0iM8IbRltavs_Lp3OVARqcZ6VDWrmyGH2aN-c0wp5GKcn4zDWKMOOGk/s1600/2048-6_905-680x450.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The ring light diffuser around the black lens give the appearance of a "pupil." On some of them there appears to be some Photoshop enhancement, as with the one above called "Flood." <div><div><br /></div><div>You can <a href="http://500px.com/photo/71494203/behind-the-green-by-yudy-sauw?from=user">buy the images</a> as computer wallpaper or canvas prints. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Proxima Nova', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">Via </span><a href="http://boingboing.net/2014/08/28/extreme-close-ups-of-bug-eyes.html" style="font-family: 'Proxima Nova', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px;">BoingBoing</a></div></div>

Macro Photos of Compound Eyes

  Yudy Sauw  takes amazing photos of the faces of insects and other tiny creatures. The ring light diffuser around the black lens give the a...

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Reference Reference

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHq8c3Q4Mg8_2dzrtJIxIeG7pbNVZ5-ZQqOgkB0h3ixUmIaItset8Lv-G1n0LjfLwI5iBYKqwT9aophMH6aXvkaxLoBCtAGv6rVmAapev2ACdXDuc0AyoXZqgYvbXvxNPOR0-AxZBfTFn/s1600/Elephant+Lying+Down+ReferenceReference.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHq8c3Q4Mg8_2dzrtJIxIeG7pbNVZ5-ZQqOgkB0h3ixUmIaItset8Lv-G1n0LjfLwI5iBYKqwT9aophMH6aXvkaxLoBCtAGv6rVmAapev2ACdXDuc0AyoXZqgYvbXvxNPOR0-AxZBfTFn/s1600/Elephant+Lying+Down+ReferenceReference.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;">How does an elephant lie down? It pulls itself forward, lowering its rear half onto the knees, then settling the front half on the elbows. (<a href="http://referencereference.com/animals/ellying.html">Link to video</a>)</span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;">A free website called </span><a href="http://referencereference.com/">ReferenceReference</a><span style="text-align: center;"> has a wealth of stock video clips of such animal actions. Most clips are a few seconds long, and they're intended as reference for animators. </span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;">But illustrators will find them fascinating too, because it's really important to know where a pose is coming from and where it's going.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB2h3IeTigrQw1YlpHRfKr7KWVBdDDPxiTHEU3eqNGkc4MUIpZGXSO1lEDt7eg9F2FLxuv7ni9qdnowOyGf8SbyfqxiYfuUMyQw1OBm41SnxlOylNHz559OdxG8q2tPfGixPCZEWHcswU/s1600/Sword+fighting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB2h3IeTigrQw1YlpHRfKr7KWVBdDDPxiTHEU3eqNGkc4MUIpZGXSO1lEDt7eg9F2FLxuv7ni9qdnowOyGf8SbyfqxiYfuUMyQw1OBm41SnxlOylNHz559OdxG8q2tPfGixPCZEWHcswU/s1600/Sword+fighting.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Most of the clips show human action. There are several categories for fighting poses, including hand-to-hand, weapons, kick boxing, and defense. Typically they're shot against a simple background, with a grid to show the perspective of the floor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AZR2lRvDSrKo0Qi5uNtOMzpjnLoTibPnDCyKTurLe9gVcy76_U-Beq8W5vQAI3dO1LxeTDrSIbf0nTh2pqcXBB-8lpcFfhEfgzWtzvdHTtJxbDAOgRwFbC4ah-WhUMLr5lmsNp97lMIL/s1600/kid+on+stairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AZR2lRvDSrKo0Qi5uNtOMzpjnLoTibPnDCyKTurLe9gVcy76_U-Beq8W5vQAI3dO1LxeTDrSIbf0nTh2pqcXBB-8lpcFfhEfgzWtzvdHTtJxbDAOgRwFbC4ah-WhUMLr5lmsNp97lMIL/s1600/kid+on+stairs.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />There are also clips in categories like dance, contortionist, and push-pull-lift. The actors are divided into men, women, and children, with a variety of ages and ethnicities.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUhbf0TApWYYEMyBdBzhWtTSmL8qx2Hww5gc_YN82SVXAROmfZ2Y23A-wDR_ga0IlhKqwdzcj5pWBUgn_e1YxkggnJR6D0XKDRjwiZzUzqhtwNAdQ7zR2RP6r1CA1bWwvOvJ9Hbk1Fm-r/s1600/Reference.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUhbf0TApWYYEMyBdBzhWtTSmL8qx2Hww5gc_YN82SVXAROmfZ2Y23A-wDR_ga0IlhKqwdzcj5pWBUgn_e1YxkggnJR6D0XKDRjwiZzUzqhtwNAdQ7zR2RP6r1CA1bWwvOvJ9Hbk1Fm-r/s1600/Reference.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />In addition to full-figure actions, there are close-up actions and facial expressions. Often the same action is presented from the front and side views at the same time so that you can get a clear spatial sense of what's going on.<br /><br />For any actual illustration or animation job, of course, you will probably want to cast and direct your own models, but this resource is useful for generating ideas, for understanding basic principles, or for getting yourself out of habits.<br /><br />And it's a good supplement to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486202046/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0486202046&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Muybridge's Human Figure in Motion</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0486202046" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> or the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193680123X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=193680123X&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Books of art poses</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=193680123X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br /><a href="http://referencereference.com/">ReferenceReference</a>

Reference Reference

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High speed photos of dogs shaking

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3MyN2x93EIKqkcVm_mXIX-ygj068GWL62VlBHPexkIWrrjP713mZolFbdiaRhWa613WU5-ZdJHG3XUEsjYpk5wMkiC-cclHT2WBA6UNxAOOpQSFryB8CuwSj4avVlwYSL-VFIjCTwKW2/s1600/shake-dog-photography-carli-davidson-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3MyN2x93EIKqkcVm_mXIX-ygj068GWL62VlBHPexkIWrrjP713mZolFbdiaRhWa613WU5-ZdJHG3XUEsjYpk5wMkiC-cclHT2WBA6UNxAOOpQSFryB8CuwSj4avVlwYSL-VFIjCTwKW2/s400/shake-dog-photography-carli-davidson-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Dogs make the most amazing faces when they're shaking off water.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bGhwr6FDyQ1d01xU_JtVrB9b7lbTrq8m28z_sEpiTtRNchyphenhyphena093Vzz2oou5_aLyBisYR7jF070HGz9VDKqBlUttDcR2iZgHoL_GXZ4knkv3l94Yv7ictOkFdan6CGRK7PNqWtKP2gbsI/s1600/shake-dog-photography-carli-davidson-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bGhwr6FDyQ1d01xU_JtVrB9b7lbTrq8m28z_sEpiTtRNchyphenhyphena093Vzz2oou5_aLyBisYR7jF070HGz9VDKqBlUttDcR2iZgHoL_GXZ4knkv3l94Yv7ictOkFdan6CGRK7PNqWtKP2gbsI/s400/shake-dog-photography-carli-davidson-12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Animators will appreciate the extreme keyframe poses and the overlapping action of all the loose forms pulled around by centripetal forces.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iCvuIaxeLKE" width="500"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvuIaxeLKE">Video link</a>) Slow motion footage shows that different animals shake at different frequencies to maximize the effectiveness of removing water.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.demilked.com/dogs-shaking-heads-shake-carli-davidson/">See more high speed photos at Demilked.com. </a>Thanks, <a href="http://susan./">Susan.</a>

High speed photos of dogs shaking

Dogs make the most amazing faces when they're shaking off water. Animators will appreciate the extreme keyframe poses and the overlappin...

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Arkansas River: Painting vs. Photo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Note: I will be posting all of the entries in the "Plein Air Persistence" contest </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>late today or tomorrow. I can't do it right now because I'm in transit at the moment.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the reasons I love painting directly from Nature instead of just from photos is that I can see so many colors that the camera can't register. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03xGjTiJW2SUtiNL7tj_BGIyuxiz7uQPZHc4wQWzY74mle3kYDutK-gGULuYAK5NCHpzVTpddlnRzFDloXOJQurj4wod7bN9XzS9g0UjMtkrfqiiqHTdFkV4WW7bPS7ob1bFS83rKmnZU/s1600/Arkansas_River.sm.W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03xGjTiJW2SUtiNL7tj_BGIyuxiz7uQPZHc4wQWzY74mle3kYDutK-gGULuYAK5NCHpzVTpddlnRzFDloXOJQurj4wod7bN9XzS9g0UjMtkrfqiiqHTdFkV4WW7bPS7ob1bFS83rKmnZU/s400/Arkansas_River.sm.W.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a study in watercolor and gouache. I was trying to replicate the colors I saw, and I don't think I was exaggerating them too much (OK, maybe I was enhancing them a little bit).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCddErMySgTxW4TMhGA36VWZU5wkiX-5bLto5tDpdzMNPddV_2PQHyEnMIQuf7jRa3waU_AJlVWRwyy-NWKBmGA4337aL6ayHgoVoXt2uXmkSFx-mUNe9X4wxDl7-jJiGZu0TByEd98z-f/s1600/Arkansas+River+photo.sm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCddErMySgTxW4TMhGA36VWZU5wkiX-5bLto5tDpdzMNPddV_2PQHyEnMIQuf7jRa3waU_AJlVWRwyy-NWKBmGA4337aL6ayHgoVoXt2uXmkSFx-mUNe9X4wxDl7-jJiGZu0TByEd98z-f/s400/Arkansas+River+photo.sm.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took a photo at the same time, and maybe I'm a lousy photographer, but it seems that the camera missed a lot of the warm and cool variation at midrange values. So if this photo was all I had to go on, I wouldn't even know those colors were there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That said, I'm fascinated by photography, and I occasionally enjoy trying to incorporate certain photographic effects (such as color grading, lens flares, and bokeh) in scenes that I'm painting directly from observation. Also, as a reference tool, the photo has a lot of useful information for form and texture. So really, the ideal field reference is a combination of plein-air studies and photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up is our adventure homeward on Greyhound and Amtrak.</div><br />

Arkansas River: Painting vs. Photo

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Danish landscapes compared with photos taken from the same spot

<div class="tr_bq">Danish photographer Joachim Adrian has recorded many famous sites from the exact position used by earlier painters, giving you the chance to slide a bar and switch between painting a photo. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1PwjkN8cw0l4NVKjaOkmValZltkpbrqZ3S-gNVLEd6lJH3Aq1HQtR8YUBji97duwdVGfibLfaFd1J2R9Ce_F8bTE2hbo0U52m2cEA_jzJosAYQg4BQ6uQDvlKVGhx4fbbAefNFJ1pGkk/s1600/Kobke+comparison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1PwjkN8cw0l4NVKjaOkmValZltkpbrqZ3S-gNVLEd6lJH3Aq1HQtR8YUBji97duwdVGfibLfaFd1J2R9Ce_F8bTE2hbo0U52m2cEA_jzJosAYQg4BQ6uQDvlKVGhx4fbbAefNFJ1pGkk/s400/Kobke+comparison.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />You have to <a href="http://politiken.dk/ibyen/nyheder/kunst/landskabsmalerier/article2075052.ece">go to this website to get the interactive feature</a>. (User tip. You don’t have to drag the bar across. The easiest way is to click near the right or left edge of the picture.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbCX5veqLKuyzwqKV9PHVM1RYVOyKcwES-5Eo8VYKmvmtf6Z-ibUMW2XLqU9P4IMNnmqnKkIQZaajmudugQ88zenBPq7dko3X6fv7hzvyOrtqiRbMLOr6gUKf1QEE8z403zhW4OIaHJ3F/s1600/Danish+landscape+comparison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbCX5veqLKuyzwqKV9PHVM1RYVOyKcwES-5Eo8VYKmvmtf6Z-ibUMW2XLqU9P4IMNnmqnKkIQZaajmudugQ88zenBPq7dko3X6fv7hzvyOrtqiRbMLOr6gUKf1QEE8z403zhW4OIaHJ3F/s400/Danish+landscape+comparison.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Blog reader Peter Sass, who shared the link, says:</div><blockquote>"I find it fascinating to compare. The landscape has often changed somewhat between now and then. More interesting is to see how the painter has chosen to use and sometimes change a little what was before his eyes, and how style, personality and the story the painter wanted to tell shows up in the painting, and how a painting can show things better than a photo can. Something you often have written about yourself.<br />A bit of historical context. When the national romantic painters, such as J.T. Lundbye and P.C. Skovgaard and Købke started in the 1840s, Denmark had become much smaller than it used to and still fighting with Germany over where the border should be. So the feeling you sense in those paintings are a fervent love for Denmark as a nation and its landscapes. Lundbye went on the customary tour to Rome and was terribly homesick the whole time. They wanted to show the danish landscape as magnificent as that of any other country, even if Denmark is small and flat. You can see in Lundbye's picture that he has exaggerated the forms a bit. National feelings ran high all in all of Europe at the time."</blockquote><br /><a href="http://politiken.dk/ibyen/nyheder/kunst/landskabsmalerier/article2075052.ece">Danish landscape / photo comparisons from Politiken </a>(thanks, Peter!)<br />Previously on GurneyJourney: <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/05/christen-kbke.html">Christen Købke</a><br /><br />

Danish landscapes compared with photos taken from the same spot

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Video of Danielle, showing the subtle aging process over a lifetime

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/74033442?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/74033442">Danielle</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/anthonycerniello">Anthony Cerniello</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />You may have seen those "photo-a-day" time lapse videos showing the aging process. This one is a little different, showing a person aging very gradually, almost imperceptibly. (<a href="http://vimeo.com/74033442">Direct link to video</a>)<br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/">Colossal's Chris Jobson,</a> videographer Anthony Cerniello traveled to his friend Danielle’s family reunion...<br />"....and with still photographer Keith Sirchio shot portraits of her youngest cousins through to her oldest relatives with a Hasselblad medium format camera. Then began the process of scanning each photo with a drum scanner at the U.N. in New York, at which point he carefully edited the photos to select the family members that had the most similar bone structure. Next he brought on animators Nathan Meier and Edmund Earle who worked in After Effects and 3D Studio Max to morph and animate the still photos to make them lifelike as possible. Finally, Nuke (a kind of 3D visual effects software) artist George Cuddy was brought on to smooth out some small details like the eyes and hair."<br /><br />Cerniello says: "I attempted to create a person in order to emulate the aging process. The idea was that something is happening but you can't see it but you can feel it, like aging itself."<br /><div><span style="background-color: #f4f5f7; color: #71767a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 20.98958396911621px;">------</span></div>Thanks, Greg Shea

Video of Danielle, showing the subtle aging process over a lifetime

Danielle from Anthony Cerniello on Vimeo . You may have seen those "photo-a-day" time lapse videos showing the aging process. T...

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New microscope allows close views of living coral

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="253" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CSCUKSVBhSo" width="450"></iframe><br />A new visual tool called a laser scanning confocal microscope allows unprecedented close-up views of the complexity of life in the coral community. (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CSCUKSVBhSo">Video link</a>)

New microscope allows close views of living coral

A new visual tool called a laser scanning confocal microscope allows unprecedented close-up views of the complexity of life in the coral com...

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Composographs

In this age of easy digital manipulation, people automatically doubt the veracity of photos. But that wasn't always the case. Back in the 1920s—the era of sensational 'yellow journalism'—tabloid newspapers<i> </i>attracted readers <span style="text-align: center;">with faked photos. </span><i>The</i> <i>New York Evening Graphic </i>made a sensation with its photomontages, which they called<span style="text-align: center;"> "composographs." </span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlRErKKuHc5cv-9oqxUsCmToLEuJXb9fULFr6pg7EMayvCx4svtOIOo6h9AYd-C2VFmsYN11yRjNnkv0HNACksAnGVLwS-NqNYylhqrXrMsD4weS6Y2aMjqzj3Y8mAOleaRlTU4biNzk4/s1600/Composograph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlRErKKuHc5cv-9oqxUsCmToLEuJXb9fULFr6pg7EMayvCx4svtOIOo6h9AYd-C2VFmsYN11yRjNnkv0HNACksAnGVLwS-NqNYylhqrXrMsD4weS6Y2aMjqzj3Y8mAOleaRlTU4biNzk4/s400/Composograph.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />This image was created for the coverage of the Kip Rhinelander divorce trial. A wealthy blueblood sued for divorce, claiming that his wife concealed her Negro blood from him. In the court case, she was asked to strip half naked before the jury. Cameras were banned from the courtroom, so the <i>Graphic</i> ran a composograph, cutting, pasting, and retouching more than 20 separate photos, including a dance hall girl who stood in for the bride.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u1_8MS4aqz-SbK3zkwQOEBbbYjbIVn6A-cydoG8GL6etC3ffecyRejv1wYK6brPsguvofk3So9H-2GRIcBCyC4PxVIUzJNZdstvCp8aG9UOTYWP7-DUicskeUDOGwWmDNo3oBFTxdrqo/s1600/Composograph_Valentino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u1_8MS4aqz-SbK3zkwQOEBbbYjbIVn6A-cydoG8GL6etC3ffecyRejv1wYK6brPsguvofk3So9H-2GRIcBCyC4PxVIUzJNZdstvCp8aG9UOTYWP7-DUicskeUDOGwWmDNo3oBFTxdrqo/s1600/Composograph_Valentino.jpg" /></a></div>Another news event that was never caught on film was movie idol Rudolph Valentino’s unsuccessful operation in 1926, from which he didn't recover. The <i>Graphic </i>reconstructed the scene with a composograph.<br /><br />Did readers actually believe these were real photos taken at actual events, or was the line sufficiently blurred sufficiently between reality and illustration that people believed what they wanted to believe? That's hard to say.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FQy4XsQLN51W9jPwtXi4e5h2ZtJtwZSTsU5F19VnmzNZJkvtFJI2kXVWxapWWNXxJiiEEwrMwTvaUsJuR6IYnFaRD0scw7cok5q6ax4w1r4r6rNJ6IoyfFC9VOfdCV2TJxM1SXNiktw-/s1600/Rudy+Caruso+Heaven.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FQy4XsQLN51W9jPwtXi4e5h2ZtJtwZSTsU5F19VnmzNZJkvtFJI2kXVWxapWWNXxJiiEEwrMwTvaUsJuR6IYnFaRD0scw7cok5q6ax4w1r4r6rNJ6IoyfFC9VOfdCV2TJxM1SXNiktw-/s1600/Rudy+Caruso+Heaven.jpg" /></a></div>The <i>Graphic </i>pushed the envelope with a composograph of the recently deceased Rudy Valentino in heaven, chumming it up with opera legend Enrico Caruso. Whatever the case, the <i>Graphic's</i> innovative composographs laid the foundation for later tabloids like the <i>National Enquirer.</i><br />-----<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composograph">Wikipedia composograph</a><br /><a href="http://thispublicaddress.com/tPA2/2002/11/composograph.html">More about the Kiplander trial</a>

Composographs

In this age of easy digital manipulation, people automatically doubt the veracity of photos. But that wasn't always the case. Back in th...

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Keyhole Arch Light Effect

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaex_1KY3SgCxUe5NE5Ty1e0bn9LIBcwxQyYE4rBW0qx-kbFODh5sTwmjkUcbw-FsL5MkmcICoaVvruI1bhhRg2ibL3Hu_vkhBBaulIK8qnTEUcRMeeu4rpIvOhPpXKOjVQd5enz63o8c/s1600/Keyhole+Arch+light+effect.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaex_1KY3SgCxUe5NE5Ty1e0bn9LIBcwxQyYE4rBW0qx-kbFODh5sTwmjkUcbw-FsL5MkmcICoaVvruI1bhhRg2ibL3Hu_vkhBBaulIK8qnTEUcRMeeu4rpIvOhPpXKOjVQd5enz63o8c/s400/Keyhole+Arch+light+effect.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Photographers wait all year for the conditions to be right to shoot this mystical light effect at Pfeiffer Beach, California.<br /><div><br /></div>According to the Mail Online, "it occurs in the weeks surrounding winter solstice when the sun sets directly behind the arch. The tide must also be high enough for the light to reflect off its surface. The sky must also be clear on the horizon. Some photographers maintain it must be captured at a 35 degree angle for the perfect shot."<br /><div><br />Photo by <a href="http://solent.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Rock-seems-to-beam-sunlight-by-Mark-Brodkin/G0000ESIuUZS0LRY/I0000dNNH6A23Phk">Mark Brodkin / Solent News</a><br />Courtesy<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329617/Mystical-light-occurs-days-year-captured-series-stunning-images.html"> Mail Online</a><br />Thanks, <a href="http://robnonstop.com/">Rob Nonstop</a></div>

Keyhole Arch Light Effect

Photographers wait all year for the conditions to be right to shoot this mystical light effect at Pfeiffer Beach, California. According to t...

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Amazing photographs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-p_mQnqKQCVpMeU5_HR4uJkqzrojmcV2xzdq73Kq4ix6kLdNcis-I97IBGURjpy_gq6Qaqj3YpMXQ8U3wGMY8eJLva-X2YcoWLj4IS_Zij3-UXuEavBD8LYi8gKFB9F2t4Rd2CdIlc3X/s1600/LMYue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-p_mQnqKQCVpMeU5_HR4uJkqzrojmcV2xzdq73Kq4ix6kLdNcis-I97IBGURjpy_gq6Qaqj3YpMXQ8U3wGMY8eJLva-X2YcoWLj4IS_Zij3-UXuEavBD8LYi8gKFB9F2t4Rd2CdIlc3X/s400/LMYue.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Above: "Waterfall Island at Iguazu Falls"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP6l_hfaMqK8vmRPOwNK6eYFecXOmBEltucqfKK2Tur5z4hbC2CK21ngexcGvBDF7NDJH0H32rK903Fa8t73L10g-NTvC3uJ1XdN2-dOJAeDHGUvQO_DIlXehml6s9OIAXI1YbvzoJ49I/s1600/Girl+meets+manatee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP6l_hfaMqK8vmRPOwNK6eYFecXOmBEltucqfKK2Tur5z4hbC2CK21ngexcGvBDF7NDJH0H32rK903Fa8t73L10g-NTvC3uJ1XdN2-dOJAeDHGUvQO_DIlXehml6s9OIAXI1YbvzoJ49I/s400/Girl+meets+manatee.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Above: "First Contact." There is a mind-bending and soul-stirring <a href="http://imgur.com/a/YAPNn">collection of photographs posted by Reddit user StoopidTrooper. </a> (Same photos at<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/amazing-photos-2012-the-best-images-of-the-year_n_1696101.html"> Huffington Post</a>)<br /><br />This one is <span style="text-align: center;">by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmgw_73/7264003050/" style="text-align: center;">CMGW Photography</a><br />Thanks, Kay

Amazing photographs

Above: "Waterfall Island at Iguazu Falls" Above: "First Contact." There is a mind-bending and soul-stirring  collection ...

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Answer to the Kodachrome / Digital puzzle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here's the answer to yesterday's puzzle challenge about "<a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2013/02/digital-vs-kodachrome.html">Digital vs. Kodachrome</a>." Even though the votes were 126 to 74 in favor of the one on the right being Kodachrome, actually the one on the left was Kodachrome. (Though, technically, as many of you pointed out, they were <i>both </i>digital in the sense that they were both presented on your computer or mobile screen.)<br /><br /><div></div><div>Photographer Walter Wick processed the digital capture to try to match the color and the grain to the unprocessed drum scan of the Kodachrome.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTUpHPDQOStXVldg0BHLjeb3GHBj0bdrthmG5hItGAz0mc1EpbRoXWoeC1ei194fEB2r91BoXCp-r5WYS1MMj7iWI_HqBv3EMK-YLjtdkocxGbMx4hXrPkxjXEbaLBj17N1pRkiqUIzcy/s1600/Wick+Photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTUpHPDQOStXVldg0BHLjeb3GHBj0bdrthmG5hItGAz0mc1EpbRoXWoeC1ei194fEB2r91BoXCp-r5WYS1MMj7iWI_HqBv3EMK-YLjtdkocxGbMx4hXrPkxjXEbaLBj17N1pRkiqUIzcy/s1600/Wick+Photo.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Walter says: "Your commenters are making some wise comments, even if their guesses are wrong. When I made the "color noise" version, I purposely held back a bit on noise and softening of the digital image on the hunch that some friends I planned to show this to would harbor a bias in favor of the legendary film. This seems to be borne out in your poll, but of course, there could be other reasons the vote is going that way.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyl8j7MoO9zWEzr2UWX6IXovA9pnDQfv-a0YrxIFfQ355wez_OJL2IidvpvW_QI5C74InYFoYSlOawSE28-MacYE_fFBijvzzb7F47b_95awMVSGogYy4JpXmGHq5s_Y4Nn48BEmy4AlEc/s1600/Mystery+photos.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyl8j7MoO9zWEzr2UWX6IXovA9pnDQfv-a0YrxIFfQ355wez_OJL2IidvpvW_QI5C74InYFoYSlOawSE28-MacYE_fFBijvzzb7F47b_95awMVSGogYy4JpXmGHq5s_Y4Nn48BEmy4AlEc/s400/Mystery+photos.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div>"I would have loved to have tested Kodachrome against full-frame digital on tripod-mounted cameras with the same lens, but alas I was not able to pull that together before the December 30, 2010 deadline - the last day Kodachrome was accepted for the final processing run at Dwane's Photo.<br /><div><br />"What you're seeing here is something quite different: a full frame film camera with a pocket sized digital - shot casually, hand-held on a beach. What surprised me was the resolving power of the small-sensor Leica compared to the full frame Contax. In the digital version, the man is slightly enlarged relative to the frame compared to the that of the film version. But this advantage pales by comparison to the relatively huge image area of the full frame film camera. This does not bode well for Kodachrome comparing favorably with the resolving power of full frame DSLR. That, combined with the huge amount of shadow detail in Raw files and extreme high ISO sensitivity of digital cameras pretty much explains why most photographers abandoned Kodachrome before Kodak did (there are other reasons too, such as vast improvements of E-6 film stocks). However, if you must have that "Kodachrome look", well, you still can!<br /><br />"The graphic above shows the relative size of the two cameras, and separately, the size of the film frame relative to the size of the digital sensor.<br /><br />"The film was professionally drum scanned at the resolution shown, matched to the transparency, and not further altered. Also shown is the native resolution of the Raw file from the Leica/Panasonic. It was that file that was color adjusted and had noise and blur filters applied to imitate the Kodachrome (as some of the commenters have correctly surmised).</div></div></div><div>-----<br />Thanks, Walter!</div><div><a href="http://www.walterwick.com/">Walter Wick</a>'s website<br />Book: <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545244838/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0545244838&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">Can You See What I See?: Toyland Express: Picture Puzzles to Search and Solve</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0545244838" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></u></span> by Walter Wick.</div><div><br /></div>

Answer to the Kodachrome / Digital puzzle

Here's the answer to yesterday's puzzle challenge about " Digital vs. Kodachrome ." Even though the votes were 126 to 74 i...

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Digital vs. Kodachrome

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyl8j7MoO9zWEzr2UWX6IXovA9pnDQfv-a0YrxIFfQ355wez_OJL2IidvpvW_QI5C74InYFoYSlOawSE28-MacYE_fFBijvzzb7F47b_95awMVSGogYy4JpXmGHq5s_Y4Nn48BEmy4AlEc/s1600/Mystery+photos.sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyl8j7MoO9zWEzr2UWX6IXovA9pnDQfv-a0YrxIFfQ355wez_OJL2IidvpvW_QI5C74InYFoYSlOawSE28-MacYE_fFBijvzzb7F47b_95awMVSGogYy4JpXmGHq5s_Y4Nn48BEmy4AlEc/s400/Mystery+photos.sm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>After seeing the <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-last-roll-of-kodachrome.html">recent post about Steve McCurry</a> and the last roll of Kodachrome, photographer <a href="http://www.walterwick.com/">Walter Wick</a> sent me the following side by side comparison. These are details of two photos taken with different kinds of cameras. One is digital and one is Kodachrome. Can you guess which is which?<br /><br />You can vote in the poll at left. Answers tomorrow.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YK7Fkg5lxf4YO49C0N2XCAsqXxb-Wun-2UPQcLf7dsZT9I5iHnnYmtjSXS3t4uEWj1WFPnUzM4BydrBfb-N88EECjF1jO8C6EfdTzqr3pEdEQKtwc6lU9mDEacVvDUywwlQSK2DYpfPm/s1600/Wick+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YK7Fkg5lxf4YO49C0N2XCAsqXxb-Wun-2UPQcLf7dsZT9I5iHnnYmtjSXS3t4uEWj1WFPnUzM4BydrBfb-N88EECjF1jO8C6EfdTzqr3pEdEQKtwc6lU9mDEacVvDUywwlQSK2DYpfPm/s400/Wick+photo.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Walter explains: "The film camera was a Contax G2 with a 90mm prime lens, the digital was small sensor pocket-size point-and-shoot with a zoom lens – the Leica D-LUX 4 made by Panasonic, which is now two generations old." Walter says that the digital version was processed after the capture was taken. He says, "You can get to Kodachrome from digital, but you can't go the other way around."<br /><div>--------<br /><div><a href="http://www.walterwick.com/">Walter Wick</a>'s website</div></div>

Digital vs. Kodachrome

After seeing the recent post about Steve McCurry and the last roll of Kodachrome, photographer  Walter Wick  sent me the following side by ...

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Super Surveillance Camera

The US Army and the research organization DARPA have shared a glimpse of ARGUS-IS, a 1.8-gigapixel camera that is flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet and filming activity on the ground, with a resolution as small as six inches.<br /><div><br /><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="253" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QGxNyaXfJsA" width="450"></iframe></div><div>(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QGxNyaXfJsA">Direct link to video</a>) The makers tout the device as the "next generation of surveillance" which can "spot a terrorist" from four miles in the sky, track individual cars or persons, and permanently record all the data. The engineers, their faces lit creepily from below, hint that the camera is being trained on U.S. citizens. </div><div><br /></div><div>I suppose there's someone up there watching us make snow angels.</div><div>--</div><div>From <a href="http://www.kurzweilai.net/darpa-shows-off-1-8-gigapixel-surveillance-drone-can-spot-a-terrorist-from-20000-feet">Kurzweil, "Accelerating Intelligence"</a></div></div><div><a href="http://www.dorian-iten.com/">Thanks, Dorian!</a></div>

Super Surveillance Camera

The US Army and the research organization DARPA have shared a glimpse of ARGUS-IS, a 1.8-gigapixel camera that is flying at an altitude of 2...

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The last roll of Kodachrome

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="253" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DUL6MBVKVLI" width="450"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUL6MBVKVLI">Video link</a>) When photographer Steve McCurry heard that Kodak was going to stop manufacturing Kodachrome slide film, he asked them for the last roll, and brought along a video crew to show how he made the most of each exposure.<br /><br />Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUL6MBVKVLI">National Geographic: The last roll of Kodachrome</a><br /><a href="http://stevemccurry.com/galleries/last-roll-kodachrome">Image gallery of the final exposures</a>

The last roll of Kodachrome

( Video link ) When photographer Steve McCurry heard that Kodak was going to stop manufacturing Kodachrome slide film, he asked them for the...

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Happy old-time photos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oID6DsUIg3z_YH6DF0CIvTjoHeejcOKDoa9tmnsP6dJL7fe-LSNX7hFW7_9cVXivj8N7K2Wr2hxL2Q3wyNKalKLpF-HzYIX5tXOD9AkbBSGDhEFqoLrUKein_8oH8Z3CtEPRwbMOAa95/s1600/Smiling+photos.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oID6DsUIg3z_YH6DF0CIvTjoHeejcOKDoa9tmnsP6dJL7fe-LSNX7hFW7_9cVXivj8N7K2Wr2hxL2Q3wyNKalKLpF-HzYIX5tXOD9AkbBSGDhEFqoLrUKein_8oH8Z3CtEPRwbMOAa95/s400/Smiling+photos.jpeg" width="340" /></a></div>Most antique photos give the impression that people in the past were a sober, sad-faced bunch.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHJ7TYwqP_7lmlMPDEKraIvgw2DpKKltCGZoAngk64l7CAOinS5nerF08-4Mg9lDsN_nr9rahFD1hJIhXeMyrif0m7xyqPdXL6r12WbWlJoPaOszC82rcSNIZUqJtgoTVCxoKzDST2sWH/s1600/Smiling+people+1800s.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHJ7TYwqP_7lmlMPDEKraIvgw2DpKKltCGZoAngk64l7CAOinS5nerF08-4Mg9lDsN_nr9rahFD1hJIhXeMyrif0m7xyqPdXL6r12WbWlJoPaOszC82rcSNIZUqJtgoTVCxoKzDST2sWH/s400/Smiling+people+1800s.jpeg" width="255" /></a></div>But there are enough smiling, fun-loving photos to give a completely different impression.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-1800s-werent-nearly-as-sad-as-you-thought">More at Buzzfeed</a>

Happy old-time photos

Most antique photos give the impression that people in the past were a sober, sad-faced bunch. But there are enough smiling, fun-loving phot...

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1903 movie of London street scenes

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DVQiEJW7RWg" width="420"></iframe><br /><div>(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQiEJW7RWg">Direct link to video</a>) This vintage film records ordinary street traffic in central London in 1903. Pedestrians dodge horse carriages in Hyde Park Corner, Parliament Square and Charing Cross Station. A motorcycle zips past a lamppost at 3:38 and a horseless carriage appears at 3:50-3:60.<br /><br />"We see crowds of people disembarking from a pleasure steamer at Victoria Embankment, pedestrians dodging horse-drawn carriages in Pall Mall and heavy traffic trotting down the Strand. There are plenty of famous landmarks to spot here, including Big Ben, the National Gallery and the Bank of England, and it is fascinating to see the similarities between the customs of then and now - the dense traffic (mainly horse-drawn, with the occasional motor car) is highly reminiscent of today's London rush hour, while advertising on public transport is clearly no new phenomenon - in one scene, an advert for Nestlé's Milk seems to be plastered on every other vehicle."</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LondonsScreenArchive?feature=watch">BFI/London Screen Archive</a></div><div><br /></div>

1903 movie of London street scenes

( Direct link to video ) This vintage film records ordinary street traffic in central London in 1903. Pedestrians dodge horse carriages in H...

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Qualities of Light

We painters can learn a lot from photographers, who need to be keenly aware of the properties of light.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="253" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u9prcUCHlqM" width="450"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9prcUCHlqM&feature=watch-vrec">Video link</a>) In this video, Karl Taylor explains hard light, soft light, magic hour light, and reflected light.<br />-------<br />My book,<i> Color and Light, </i>also covers these points. You can get a copy <a href="http://jamesgurney.com/site/213/color-and-light-a-guide-for-the-realist-painter">signed by me,</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0740797719/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0740797719&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">from Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0740797719" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />

Qualities of Light

We painters can learn a lot from photographers, who need to be keenly aware of the properties of light. ( Video link ) In this video, Karl T...

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Galloping Horses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The way artists painted running horses changed forever once artists saw photos by pioneering photographer Edweard Muybridge.</div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFiR-tmROzgSxroOGeLzl4OieXdIS6k0NXZXm55uNH7L-mqmwDqScytVgOBzlEM8sK9OVveizYWKu7zYSI6RuAp4r9pde8PDbnQvWoLMwssNoMSeJnUQxZuK8LVKTmIREq6Kc64hoj8A/s1600/White+Horse.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFiR-tmROzgSxroOGeLzl4OieXdIS6k0NXZXm55uNH7L-mqmwDqScytVgOBzlEM8sK9OVveizYWKu7zYSI6RuAp4r9pde8PDbnQvWoLMwssNoMSeJnUQxZuK8LVKTmIREq6Kc64hoj8A/s400/White+Horse.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Horses move their feet so quickly when they’re galloping that it’s impossible to isolate an individual phase of the action by observation alone. So it’s understandable that artists painted them with their legs held out hobby horse fashion. The painting above is by </span>Alfred de Dreux from 1857.</div><div class="p1"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQLcg7f5br1UAUL25yJwdW5ZLfZxeke-Nm14dT1u8Vbh8JuLcZime9I-0SHHQ5Sx9iYYqDblyq5dGv5u1Gt5WJxgNQDASnOPH9xv5O7QW1FI1CyIloZ2yhB4kiRadgGY999Kgapgu7T8/s1600/muybridge_GallopingHorse(2)_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQLcg7f5br1UAUL25yJwdW5ZLfZxeke-Nm14dT1u8Vbh8JuLcZime9I-0SHHQ5Sx9iYYqDblyq5dGv5u1Gt5WJxgNQDASnOPH9xv5O7QW1FI1CyIloZ2yhB4kiRadgGY999Kgapgu7T8/s400/muybridge_GallopingHorse(2)_.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Muybridge took his first fast-action photos in 1878, but they only became known in Paris in 1881, when Leland Stanford arrived with Muybridge and his lantern slides of running horses. </span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">According to Gerald Ackerman, “They were first shown in a sort of primitive movie machine, at Meissonier’s house, and Gérôme was among the guests, as were Degas, Bonnat, Moreau, and other artists.”</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">After that time, artists changed their way of seeing things forever. It's impossible to "unsee" something as visually compelling as Muybridge's photos. Today, the way we see and imagine the world is bound to be influenced by time lapse, slow motion, movie visual effects, and MRI photography, just to name a few ingredients of the visual stew we consume daily.  </span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">From “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0856673110/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0856673110&linkCode=as2&tag=gurnjour-20">The Life and Work of Jean-Leon Gerome</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=gurnjour-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0856673110" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />” by Gerald Ackerman.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Previously on GJ: <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/09/action-poses-and-photography.html">Action Poses and Photography</a></span></div><div class="p1"><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/04/degas-dancer-photos.html">Degas' Dancer Photos</a></div><br />

Galloping Horses

The way artists painted running horses changed forever once artists saw photos by pioneering photographer Edweard Muybridge. Horses ...

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Femto Photography

New techniques in ultra high speed photography can slow down movement a trillion times. That's a million faster than the bullet-through-the-apple photos of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Eugene_Edgerton">Harold "Doc" Edgerton</a> and it's enough to see light moving through space.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="259" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y_9vd4HWlVA" width="460"></iframe><br /><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_9vd4HWlVA&feature=player_embedded#!">Video link</a>) You can watch the ripples of light as they travel through space and interact with materials. "It's like throwing a stone in a pond of water," says MIT researcher Ramesh Raskar, who presented the video at a TED Global talk, and who will offer the techniques in an open source mode.<br /><br />Thanks, Dan and BestofYouTube

Femto Photography

New techniques in ultra high speed photography can slow down movement a trillion times. That's a million faster than the bullet-through-...

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