Neat pictures I've taken - Page 36

jinx · 08-02-2009, 09:25 PM

Beautiful. I like the fence...

OnyxCougar · 08-02-2009, 10:54 PM

My son has these pokemon like stuffed things and he's been giving them to my dog to play with.

She likes to chew holes in them, and rip out their stuffing.

Then look all innocent, like it wasn't her.

This time, I caught her red...uh...mouthed?

Dagney · 08-06-2009, 11:43 PM

Haven't posted in forever - and stumbled across this thread tonight while surfing. Awesome shots folks!

Carolina Beach State Park, North Carolina

Gate at the Orton Plantation, Wilmington NC

Sunset near Carolina Beach, NC

Out the car window (no, I wasn't driving *G*)

Thanks for some inspiration - I need to dig out the camera and finish an assignment on DOF work a class on Tuesday.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-07-2009, 12:14 AM

Hi Dagney, welcome back.

Scriveyn · 08-07-2009, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagney

...Gate at the Orton Plantation, Wilmington NC ...

Just reminded me of this: "Orton"

TheMercenary · 08-07-2009, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scriveyn

Just reminded me of this: "Orton"

cool.

Dagney · 08-07-2009, 10:26 AM

I've not done a lot with the Orton effect yet - I'm still working on basic HDR and bracketing techniques (not that easy when my camera doesn't auto bracket for me) My husband wrote a pretty good technical piece on the orton effect and how it works - I'll try to dig it up if you're interested.

And thanks Bruce! I missed a bunch of you folks...will still be laying low, life is crazy - me, moreso

Scriveyn · 08-10-2009, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagney

My husband wrote a pretty good technical piece on the orton effect and how it works - I'll try to dig it up if you're interested.

You mean there is more to know? Bring it on then (if it isn't too much trouble). Thanks!

Dagney · 08-10-2009, 01:20 PM

I've PM'd it to you

glatt · 09-18-2009, 02:17 PM

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glatt · 09-18-2009, 02:29 PM

I recently was wandering around the Smithsonian's National Portrait Galley and was up in a very rarely visited corner of the building and came across this sculpture. It stunned me, resonating on some basic level. Sure, it's Raquel Welch in a bikini and resonates for the obvious reasons, but that wasn't it.

I knew I had seen it a long time ago. It took a while to place it, and then it came to me from the depth of my mind. A picture of it was in one of the first Playboys I had ever seen. I was just a little kid, and my older cousins had snagged some of my uncle's hidden Playboy stash. I must have been around 6 or 7 years old. We were sleeping out in our bus, made up as a camper.

I've since traced it to an issue from 1970.

Frank Gallo is the artist who made this. I've worked with epoxy resin and fiberglass, and I'm not sure how he did it. It's so smooth. He made some kind of mold, but with the negative angles, like where it curves around at her waist, and where her hair is, you would never be able to release this from a mold. I'm curious how he did it.

classicman · 09-18-2009, 02:32 PM

Look at Seinfelds face over on the left side across the street in the second pic.

glatt · 09-18-2009, 02:42 PM

Yeah, he's totally checking her out.

BigV · 09-18-2009, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I recently was wandering around the Smithsonian's National Portrait Galley and was up in a very rarely visited corner of the building and came across this sculpture. It stunned me, resonating on some basic level. Sure, it's Raquel Welch in a bikini and resonates for the obvious reasons, but that wasn't it.

I knew I had seen it a long time ago. It took a while to place it, and then it came to me from the depth of my mind. A picture of it was in one of the first Playboys I had ever seen. I was just a little kid, and my older cousins had snagged some of my uncle's hidden Playboy stash. I must have been around 6 or 7 years old. We were sleeping out in our bus, made up as a camper.

I've since traced it to an issue from 1970.

Frank Gallo is the artist who made this. I've worked with epoxy resin and fiberglass, and I'm not sure how he did it. It's so smooth. He made some kind of mold, but with the negative angles, like where it curves around at her waist, and where her hair is, you would never be able to release this from a mold. I'm curious how he did it.

Silicone mold, sandcasting, breakaway plaster mold...

classicman · 09-18-2009, 04:53 PM

...water soluble....

08-02-2009, 09:25 PM	#526
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Beautiful. I like the fence... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

08-02-2009, 10:54 PM	#527
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	My son has these pokemon like stuffed things and he's been giving them to my dog to play with. She likes to chew holes in them, and rip out their stuffing. Then look all innocent, like it wasn't her. This time, I caught her red...uh...mouthed? __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

08-06-2009, 11:43 PM	#528
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	Haven't posted in forever - and stumbled across this thread tonight while surfing. Awesome shots folks! Carolina Beach State Park, North Carolina Gate at the Orton Plantation, Wilmington NC Sunset near Carolina Beach, NC Out the car window (no, I wasn't driving G) Thanks for some inspiration - I need to dig out the camera and finish an assignment on DOF work a class on Tuesday. __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

08-07-2009, 12:14 AM	#529
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hi Dagney, welcome back. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-07-2009, 10:26 AM	#532
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	I've not done a lot with the Orton effect yet - I'm still working on basic HDR and bracketing techniques (not that easy when my camera doesn't auto bracket for me) My husband wrote a pretty good technical piece on the orton effect and how it works - I'll try to dig it up if you're interested. And thanks Bruce! I missed a bunch of you folks...will still be laying low, life is crazy - me, moreso __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

08-10-2009, 01:20 PM	#534
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	I've PM'd it to you __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

09-18-2009, 02:17 PM	#535
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	. Attached Images

09-18-2009, 02:29 PM	#536
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I recently was wandering around the Smithsonian's National Portrait Galley and was up in a very rarely visited corner of the building and came across this sculpture. It stunned me, resonating on some basic level. Sure, it's Raquel Welch in a bikini and resonates for the obvious reasons, but that wasn't it. I knew I had seen it a long time ago. It took a while to place it, and then it came to me from the depth of my mind. A picture of it was in one of the first Playboys I had ever seen. I was just a little kid, and my older cousins had snagged some of my uncle's hidden Playboy stash. I must have been around 6 or 7 years old. We were sleeping out in our bus, made up as a camper. I've since traced it to an issue from 1970. Frank Gallo is the artist who made this. I've worked with epoxy resin and fiberglass, and I'm not sure how he did it. It's so smooth. He made some kind of mold, but with the negative angles, like where it curves around at her waist, and where her hair is, you would never be able to release this from a mold. I'm curious how he did it. Attached Images

09-18-2009, 02:32 PM	#537
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Look at Seinfelds face over on the left side across the street in the second pic. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-18-2009, 02:42 PM	#538
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, he's totally checking her out.

09-18-2009, 04:53 PM	#540
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	...water soluble.... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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