banjon's Photos : Popular Photos : Day 298 - Ring-Neck Pheasant Usually when I see these birds, by the time I react, "Oh Pheasant!", they are already making a bee line to the bush. This day it was a bit different. This one decided to hang around a bit and see what I was up to. I took a dozen or more photos, then let him be. Its the closest I've ever gotten, well unless you count the time one flew over my car windshield. I usually see them fussin around with their harem of hens. Always on the look out for hawks or eagles. Jan 21 2009

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banjon > Day 343 - Liquid Form

I was about to embark on my next daily photo, when the condensation in this little bottle sprayer caught my eye. I tried a few shots, and then brought the lighting closer to the bottle. I then experimented with the white balance, and added a polarizer to help with glare.

Setup: Small plastic black spray bottle, with a little vinegar in the bottom. Vinegar seems to condensate better than water for some reason. I used a 25 watt halogen (50 watt began to melt the bottle hehe) for back lighting. It was placed pretty close to the bottle opposite the beads of vinegar. I tried a few white balance settings - this one is Flourescent, the other nice one which made it look like silver - K2500. I then added a polarizer and adjusted to eliminate any glare from the middle.

Mar 10 2009

banjon > Day 316 - Separate Ways

Having some fun with the pulsating shower head.
One of my favorites experiments to try is water in motion.
Something about the randomness I really like. You never know what you'll get.

Feb 09 2009

banjon > Day 302 (2/2) - Frosty Morning

Frost clings to the trees along the ocean inlet. Mist slowly rises as the sun begins to warm the chilled water.

Its still cold (-20C), but feels like a heat wave after yesterday's windchills in the -25C to -30C range.

Jan 27 2009

banjon > Day 298 - Ring-Neck Pheasant

Usually when I see these birds, by the time I react, "Oh Pheasant!", they are already making a bee line to the bush. This day it was a bit different. This one decided to hang around a bit and see what I was up to. I took a dozen or more photos, then let him be.

Its the closest I've ever gotten, well unless you count the time one flew over my car windshield. I usually see them fussin around with their harem of hens. Always on the look out for hawks or eagles.

Jan 21 2009

banjon > Day 130 - Amber Light

I was reading up on the polarizing of clear plastic. Thinking I needed two polarizers to do this, I thought what about polarized sunglasses. Will they work? I started to play around with the polarizer, rotating the filter, when all of a sudden the amber colored sunglasses went jet black! :) cool!

I tried it on a few things, but do you believe I could only find my filter case that is clear plastic. That worked by the way, not as I hoped. So while I had the polarizer in hand and glasses in the other, I somehow positioned them that I could see the halogen lamp.

What I soon realized is the two polarized filters against the halogen lamp let me look right at the filament while the light was on full power. I then repositioned the glasses and found I can see the blue and purple light in the filament. I just need a bigger polarized surface. Maybe pick up a second cheaper polarizer to play with. :)

The color is from the amber sunglasses. I liked how the light bulb was back lit.

June 25 2008

banjon > Day 336 - Orange Burst

I always like dissecting oranges slice by slice, and then breaking apart the slices revealing the inner pockets of juice. Not sure what they are called, but I sure like eating them. :)

Some interesting info about oranges I read trying to find what the pulp part is called. The seeds are called pips. The white area separating the skin and fruit is called the pith (which they make pectin from). Also, what I found surprising is that they are classified as berries. All Seedless Navel oranges share the same genetic makeup from the first seedless orange almost 140 years ago (they are reproduced by cutting and grafting). Lastly, they were also known as Chinese Apples because they originated in Southeast Asia.

Mar 03 2009

banjon > Day 338 - Red Frost

Taking advantage of a vase that has lost its etching and a silk flower. One commenter referred to it as a representation of a modern art-deco abstract.

Mar 05 2009

banjon > Day 307 - Honey, Honey

Funny thing is up until a year or two ago, I never really cared for honey. My mom tried, but I just did not like the taste. I did like honey cough drops and such, but not the sticky substance. I couldn't see what people saw in it.

That all changed when we bought some honey from the local farmer's market. Barb likes honey, and we started using it for a ham glaze (which is really nice). Well I was put in charge of mixing the ingredients for the glaze. Sometimes the honey would need to be coaxed off the spoon. Well, it being sweet and all, somehow crossed my taste buds.

I really liked the taste. I tried honey before, but it never tasted like this. It was sooo good we started adding it to our coffee (which gives it a nice flavor). One day while enjoying a cup of coffee, I read the honey jar. It stated the honey was cultivated from bees on the local blueberry and strawberry farms of Nova Scotia.

That was it! That was the difference. The honey had a slight taste of wild berry to it.
Much different than other honey I tasted, which is probably cultivated near apple farms.

So now we go through a medium size jar a month. My grandmother is probably laughing - see I told you it was good. :)

Feb 01 2009

banjon > Day 337 - Two Paths

Barb picked up a ruler a few months back. I always liked the color and the way the light shone through it. Living most of my life in the US where Imperial Measurements still rule (hehe good pun), I never saw a ruler that was just metric. I was taken back a bit at first... wow no inches! :)

I learned TV media really work those big numbers to death here. Holy Smokes! Its going to snow 30 centimeters! 30cm = 1ft. Then they bring out the big guns, or little ones, millimeters for some extra sensationalism. Watch for 50mm tomorrow - hehe that 2 inches. Those meteorologists always trying to pull a fast one.

Setup: The ruler is elevated by bottom edge about 3 inches above the flat surface. Back lighting is used to illuminate the transparent ruler. Then I add a sheet of white paper under one edge of the ruler allowing it to flow down to the flat surface - like a hill side flowing into the valley. Applying different inclines gets different effects. :)

Mar 04 2009

Day 298 - Ring-Neck Pheasant

Usually when I see these birds, by the time I react, "Oh Pheasant!", they are already making a bee line to the bush. This day it was a bit different. This one decided to hang around a bit and see what I was up to. I took a dozen or more photos, then let him be.

Its the closest I've ever gotten, well unless you count the time one flew over my car windshield. I usually see them fussin around with their harem of hens. Always on the look out for hawks or eagles.

Jan 21 2009