Friday Night Photos Visual Acuity edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 5:00pm

Another Friday night. You know the drill. Post whatever you got.

Cover your right eye and read line 5.
Playing around with long exposure and camera motion.

A little distorted music to go with the distorted images

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Submitted by humphrey on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 5:56pm

My vision ain't what it used to be but I have a question.

Where is line 5?

Cover your right eye and read line 5.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 6:17pm

Line 5 is

@humphrey
right below line 4.

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Submitted by humphrey on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 6:25pm

Not trying to be difficult but...

@Socialprogressive Is either line 4 or line 5 located in this?

Another Friday night. You know the drill. Post whatever you got.

Cover your right eye and read line 5.
Playing around with long exposure and camera motion.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 6:57pm

There are no lines, Humphrey.

@humphrey
The line 5 comment is in reference to the eye chart you read when having your eyes tested for visual acuity.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 8:08pm

I thought you were playing along with Social

@humphrey

But it's probably been a long time since you had your eyes tested ; ).

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 7:52pm

Thanks for hosting SP

I like the middle two.... a watercolourish feel.

Not watercolourish.....

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 8:09pm

That is such a strong and intriguing photograph

@Bollox Ref

Thanks Bollox

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 8:48pm

It may not be water colorish, BR

@Bollox Ref
but it is one cool looking shot.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 8:20pm

Hi Social

Thanks for hosting the photography corner. I enjoy seeing your experiments.

I like the out-of-focus quality and the movement cameras are able to capture.

These three photographers came to mind first ...

Uta Barth

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/barth-field-20-t07627

https://artreview.com/april-2017-review-wolfgang-tillmans/

This is seaweed and the movement of the tide along the CA coast
http://www.wynnbullockphotography.com/galleries_bw/1960s/index.html

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 8:56pm

Evening, Janis

@janis b
Some great shots. The last one looks like fog along a coast line.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 9:24pm

See my comment below the photo

@Socialprogressive

That's what I remember it being a representation of when I first saw it long ago, but it could also be fog.

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 8:23pm

In focus driftwood

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 8:58pm

Love these driftwood shot, Janis

@janis b
The first one looks like a couple embracing.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 9:22pm

Thanks for your association, Social

@Socialprogressive

It always enhances my experience of the photograph to know how others experience it.

Submitted by Pricknick on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 9:27pm

Line 5

is not my microdose.

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 10:41pm

great pixels people!

Great pics SP! They look like when I just look out my left eye since I lost focus with it.

BR yer shot is great too!

Janis your driftwood pix are beautiful. Great take on the one by SP. I agree Janis, for me, when not nature photography, as in say scenics, still life, etc., others perceptions are endlessly fascinating.

I have been in a camera blue funk since mine broke in Aug. and I am unable to do anything about it presently.

Here are some nice shots though...
https://www.birdlifephotoaward.org.au/gallery-winners-2021

be well all!

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 11:13pm

Evening, dystopian

@dystopian
Thanks for the link. Some really great images there.
Sorry to hear you're without a camera. Check out KEH.com or MPB.com for affordable used camera equipment.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 11/06/2021 - 11:47am

thanks for the tips!

@Socialprogressive thanks for that SP! Will check them out. I am on 'low-line' stuff these days... My broken unit is a Canon Powershot SX40 I bought on Ebay from a camera store in New Jersey as a demo for $200. Add extra battery and bigger chip. Took 10,000 images with it. The quirky auto-focus sucked to the max if trying to shoot a bird in a tangle of bushes and trees. But otherwise it was very good I would say for the nature docu-shot type of work I mostly do. Didn't want the SX50 or up as it all has wifi which I don't want/use. Sure, would love a 5,10, or 20K rig, but not to haul it around.

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 11:15pm

Hi dystopian

@dystopian

Thank you for the link to those great bird photos. It's hard to chose a favourite.

Personal perceptions are endlessly fascinating.

Submitted by peachcreek on Sat, 11/06/2021 - 12:05am

Hi Dystopian

@dystopian @dystopian I thought of you when I ran across this shot on twitter.

heppy halloweem pic.twitter.com/bmKvzZUoLS

— birdsrightsactivist (@ProBirdRights) October 31, 2021

Apparently momma is carrying two babes over the water?
Thanks to all here. Great shots!

Edited: added wrong tweet 1st time...

Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 11/06/2021 - 11:52am

thanks! yer a peach!

@peachcreek Thanks peach! That is a great shot isn't it? All those babies hidden under their wings! No wonder they can walk on lily pads with those toes. We have a Northern Jacana that just barely gets into the U.S., and not even every year. Mostly in southmost Texas, very very rarely to AZ, they are common in Mexico and southward. But one spent much of the last year at a bridge in Tucson right in town!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by The Liberal Moonbat on Sat, 11/06/2021 - 12:30am

I've seen...THINGS...!"

Good "Halloween hangover" topic....

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Submitted by zed2 on Sun, 11/07/2021 - 6:44pm

Ways to improve vision.

Make your own eye drops using distilled water and 1% l-carnosine by weight. This is very affordable done like this as 1% carnosine in a typical 15 ml eye drop bottle is basically a match head of carnosine. and does wonders for your vision. Commercial n-acetyl carnosine is prohibitively expensive. (Because its patented although it should not be as its nothing new)

You can also prevent vision loss with antioxidants like NAC. NAC also will prevent hearing loss with age (presbyacusis)

Your taxes paid for this military research. Use what they discovered!