Synapse

[HWest]

Had a play and turned out to be quite happy with the results.


Synapse by DrHWest, on Flickr


Synapse 20 by DrHWest, on Flickr


Synapse 18 by DrHWest, on Flickr


Synapse 17 by DrHWest, on Flickr


Synapse 21 by DrHWest, on Flickr

Full set here

And the use of it all:


Rage Against The Machine by DrHWest, on Flickr

 

[MWHCVT]

Lovely work a couple of them are a little too soft for my tastes :shrug: but over all really nice and that last one is great I love the editing

Matt
MWHCVT

 

[danee74]

Last one is great well done.

 

[HWest]

It's difficult to get them sharp because the tendrils are constantly in motion: even dialing in shutterspeeds of around 1/1000 weren't getting me usable images. The added problem is that, if you autofocus, the shifting plasma on the centre globe throws it out constantly, so you have to manually focus - but then the shifting plasma does out of focus if you're using a shallow DoF... It turned out to be really technically challenging for a still life shot.

Looking forward to trying again.

It does create odd elements that you can use elsewhere, though.


In the Warp by DrHWest, on Flickr

 

[Lwys]

The physicist in me is excited. I understand the challenging aspect of this, however, slightly too small a DoF for my liking.

As an extension - what would a long exposure look like with these? Could be interesting.

 

[HWest]

The physicist in me is excited. I understand the challenging aspect of this, however, slightly too small a DoF for my liking.

As an extension - what would a long exposure look like with these? Could be interesting.

Hmmm. Would require very careful control of the lighting conditions.

And experiment for the weekend, methinks.