singular essentials: 01

singular essentials
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A camera toss series. I hadn't done any of these in a long time and thought it good to revisit the bare essentials considering it was a camera I had not used for the technique yet. A single white LED provides the light source, exposures vary from .7sec to 2sec. What is produced is essentially an inverted physiogram (inverted in that it illustrates camera motion rather than subject motion) and can tell you alot about the movement possible with a given model of camera.

I also had been meaning to do this simplistic series for a while, because I feel achieving something aesthetically wonderful does not require an overly complicate light source, the beauty is ultimately due to the motion.

All images in this series are directly from my Kodak Easyshare 3.1mp camera, no photoshop, no cropping or manipulation other than image rotation.

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StarrGazr says:

Fabulous!! I still can't even imagine how you get these shots!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

clickykbd says:

pssst. There is a Mini-HOWTO hosted on the blog. Although admittedly this particular one is 1 in 1000 with a camera with off-center lens properties... I can imagine how this spiral was created, but doubt I could ever throw it that precisely again.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

A super and special image Ryan. Is the change of colour and line thickness due to the changing speed of rotation?
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

clickykbd says:

change in hue is likely two factors... "speed" of rotation yes... but that is a bit complex, it really boils down to "speed" across the sensor/film. The local exposure near the center in rotational effects will be longer than at the edges. The other hue factor is distance to the subject, which is rarely a stable measurement, especially if the subject is below or above. Many from this series have a tight formation except for one light trail that grows larger/brighter/softer. This is the record of the camera's final plummit towards the subject after gravity finally snags it.

Obviously precise metering for this sort of thing would be very difficult on film, but over/under tends to just change the effect of the lines, the lines however still register. So depends on what you are after.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

davespilbrow says:

These shots are great, simple is best when it comes to the light source. I might try the white LED on my phone again
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Southernpixel says:

Great Blue toss !
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

optick says:

simple and satisfying!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

clickykbd says:

thanks dave, southern, optick
this one was quite unexpected considering the outcome of the other 100 or so. ;-)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

briethe says:

Great one!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

I'll fight you for that sandwich says:

i cant beleive this doesn t have a million favorites
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

nezthemusical says:

the amazing thing is, it doesn't cross once.
that is incredible.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Beer30 says:

I can't believe you got at this in .7 seconds. Man, that camera must been MOOOOVIN.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

clickykbd says:

@briethe, @curuthalion22
Thanks.

@this_is_not_a_name
Yeah, pretty unusual, especially when you look at that whole set... that camera likes to cross itself when thrown.

@Beer30
Indeed. You could calculate the RPMs by counding the rings and doing a little math. ;-)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Beer30 says:

It's 60RPMs for you "slow kids" out there. ;-)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

clickykbd says:

@Beer. I got 600RPM. did you forget that the M is for minute and the exposure is in seconds? (counted 7 revolutions). :-)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

I'll fight you for that sandwich says:

double ouch! because the "slow" comment :]
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Beer30 says:

I'm gonna have to take the hits on that "typo". Ouch. Ouch. I should have showed my work! LOL!

Ya'll don't think 60RPM is MOOOVIN? ;-)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

cheeseontaoist says:

Beautiful shot.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

The Schrodinger Cat says:

Nice shot. The inner line is ticker than the outer line, so maybe this is where the movement ends. Fascinating.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

clickykbd says:

@The Schrodinger Cat
You are correct. You can also reach that conclusion if you know the camera was falling towards the light source while spinning, essentially "zooming"... so the thicker line at the end of the exposure.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

The Schrodinger Cat says:

The camera falls with constant speed?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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