last of the autumn sun?

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with rain being forecast for the next few weeks, I hope this isn't the last dry leaf I see for a while.

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Have Mobile Studio will Travel

The latest in studio technology - the inflatable studio.
How can it be safe I wondered ? According to the manufacturer "If it starts to deflate you would have roughly 4 minutes to make your way to an exit." which sounds fine I suppose, it's the statement "if you suffer from a rare disease that causes you to run in slow motion this may not be the product for you", are these guys for real ?
Judge for yourself at http://www.ips-studio.com/.
Kudos to the Strobist for the link.

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Wide open @ f/1.4 part 2

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Why sometimes cobwebs make me hungry.
I love how the out of focus droplets on the web look, it makes me
think of an Aero ad. This is straight of the camera.

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Wide open @ f/1.4 part 1

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I wonder how much depth of field I've got wide open at 2 feet. As you'll see from this image of a rope swing in the woods, in the words of Paul Daniels - "not a lot".

According to DOF MasterDepth of field Total 0.04 ft
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god sky in the woods - Autumn is here

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It's that time of year again when you get the lovely mist in the woods early in the morning, worth getting up for.

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The Hunt Museum - Photographic Exhibition.

Fond Memories Bring the Light: the Photography of Franz Sebastian Haselbeck October 13 - November 7 2010
Www.huntmuseum.com

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Shadow Catchers Exhibition

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/shadow-catchers-camera-less-photography/

The essence of photography lies in its seemingly magical ability to fix shadows on light-sensitive surfaces. Normally, this requires a camera. Shadow Catchers, however, presents the work of five international contemporary artists - Floris Neusüss, Pierre Cordier, Susan Derges, Garry Fabian Miller and Adam Fuss - who work without a camera. Instead, they create images on photographic paper by casting shadows and manipulating light, or by chemically treating the surface of the paper.

Images made with a camera imply a documentary role. In contrast, camera-less photographs show what has never really existed. They are also always 'an original' because they are not made from a negative. Encountered as fragments, traces, signs, memories or dreams, they leave room for the imagination, transforming the world of objects into a world of visions.

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