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Re: [OM] OH NO! More Alt dot Moose - Again

Subject: Re: [OM] OH NO! More Alt dot Moose - Again
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 16:34:08 +0000
I agree with Sir Beckrich . . .

Chris

> On 7 Feb 2017, at 13:36, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Well done, Sir Moose. 👌
> 
> On Feb 7, 2017 1:18 AM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks to those who choose to play a no win game - except for the fun, of
>> course. :-D
>> 
>> On 2/4/2017 8:59 AM, ChrisB wrote:
>> 
>>> Well Mystrious Moose
>>> 
>>> The first is the bottom of a copper funnel, I should guess.
>>> 
>> 
>> Well, yes, I can see that - now. :-)
>> 
>> Impossible to guess, I think. This is what the ground looked like as I sat
>> at a picnic table after some heavy rain. <http://galleries.moosemystic.
>> net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Tech/Misc&image=_B005825oof50.jpg>
>> 
>> On the ground was a tiny, maybe 1/8" sq., piece of glitter; lots of kids
>> birthday parties in this park. With the sun reflecting fully off it, I took
>> this intentionally very OoF shot, and liked the results. It wasn't very
>> interesting in focus; didn't even push the button. ;-)
>> 
>> The second is tricky, but it must be a macro shot of an old leaf, perhaps
>>> on a lake bed or wet mud near a lake.
>>> 
>> 
>> This is the weird one. A pretty straightforward focus stack of a leaf,
>> maybe 7" long, lying on a slightly reflective surface. The surface ended,
>> in very dark area, too close visually to the top of the leaf. So I selected
>> that area in PS and tried Content Aware Fill. CAF is sometimes
>> astonishingly good, sometimes so-so, sometimes just weird. This was the
>> latter, with artifacts that looked remarkably like distant mountains. But I
>> kinda liked it, so I went with it, trying out a couple of other results,
>> moving things around, removing a few artifacts that didn't fit.
>> 
>> So a shot that covers a couple of feet of actual subject looks like one of
>> those things you and Rick guessed. I love serendipity.
>> 
>> The third is a charcoal drawing.
>>> 
>> 
>> This is a C-U of a scraped area on a yellow enamel surface. I think it
>> looks like a drawing, too, which is why I shot, processed  and posted it it.
>> 
>> The fourth is the bottom of a plate with dents to give it a stand on the
>>> underside.
>>> 
>> 
>> I can see that. Actually the reverse, the top of an outdoor stool, with
>> drain holes.
>> 
>> I’m being bold, here . . .
>>> 
>> 
>> Indeed! And I much appreciate it! I would certainly never have seen the
>> downward tapered opening appearance of the first. I also like separating
>> images from the things that were photographed in interesting ways.
>> 
>> On 2/4/2017 9:25 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>> 
>>> Here goes nothin'....
>>> 
>>> 1. Serena Williams winning ball
>>> 
>> 
>> I LOVE it! I'm surprised no one suggested the final asteroid, entering our
>> atmosphere. It does look fast and hot. I also thought the background looks
>> rather like clouds at night.
>> 
>> or a moose-made pinhole lens.
>>> 
>>> 2. Dead leaf on s frozen pond.
>>> 
>>> 3. A negative image of......
>>> 
>> 
>> Actually, a positive.
>> 
>> 4. Water draining.
>>> 
>> 
>> Some of these stools have had water on them when I've photographed them,
>> but not this time. And they are yellow; the blue just looked good to me
>> when I was pulling an AG, wildly slinging a slider. :-)
>> 
>> No one thought black holes??
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/5/2017 12:15 AM, Philippe wrote:
>> 
>>> Sole of a steam iron?
>>> 
>> 
>> Yes! Why don't they make them in colors?
>> 
>> Good book title, too. "Soul of a Iron, A Steamy Look at the Creation of
>> Order Out of Chaos"
>> 
>> Thankful Moose
>> 
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