spring diagonal

light clouds in the sky make isolation of outdoor objects on white a piece of cake - providing you can find an angle where the object is seen against the sky. up the exposure (maximun +2 is used here), and the background sky will burn. If it doesn't burn completely, call the "levels" dialog in photoshop, pick up the white sampler from the panel and click on the areas that are still not completely white.

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wishing for summer

divers alarums

or something

pied piper of hamelin

Timur in "pied piper of hamelin"



I was always puzzled by the "pied" bit. apparently it's quite simply means "multicolored". there goes my nice theory about pies being thrown at the piper at some point

muscari

I also have a pot of muscari at home, and those haven't yet even started to open, whoch is another way round from the usual situation

infinity sign

the light is very mixed, and only a feeble attempt is made to rectify the white balance on the jumper - throwing the rest of the pic into blue and creating "stage light" appearance
boys pics on shutterstock

bird scroll

just playing

this guitar has a very nice wood grain to it and color is beautiful, so left most of the color in the guitar intact

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november in Norway

dunno why I processed this pic today, but there you go. That was taken last November in Norway. Name of the lake I can't recall at all

ranunculus

when florists pompously call those guys "Ranunculus", you can hardly guess it means "buttercup", essentially :)

the one grown as cut flower is apparently Ranunculus asiaticus (Persian Buttercup)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus

this morning condensation

more backgroundy type of pics at shutterstock

maybe I should have left that beard on after all

I don't have studio equipment, not even a flashgun, so I make do with sunlight and white paper for reflectors.


other model-released pics on shutterstock

more crocuses

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lot more flower images for sale at shutterstock

life cycle of umbrella bearers

- Can I hold this umbrella?
- It's better if I do.
- Why?
- 'Cos I am taller than you.
- When I grow up… Well, then you may be old, say, you
will be dead. That means, you go to heaven.
- And?...
- You know, heaven is far above. Higher than sky. But
you can't see nothing because you're, well, dead.
- And?...
- You know, this is a LIFE CYCLE of us. First you are a
baby,then you are a toddler, then a child, then a grown-up.
And after that you go to heaven. And after that you are a baby again.
- Really?!...
- Yes.
- And?!
- And when I am a grown up and you are a baby again, I can hold the umbrella.


This dialog is old, Yuri was about 6 when it happened. It still amazes me, though

crocuses today in Cambridge

there were quite a lot of people around this little lake of blue, snapping away, small cameras, SLRs, mobile phone cameras, you name it.

when I was getting into my car (parked for 20 mins at the Backs), whet looked like a japanese television crew was getting out of a van in the next slot. wondering if they came for crocuses too

multiplayer chess in fourth dimension

a challenge, for sure

snowdrops

Galanthus nivalis, common snowdrop, flowering on a roadside. My jeans' knees are now dirty :)

fractal feather background

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other fractals for sale at shutterstock

instant sunshine

today is quite gloomy here, so a pic from costa del sol with (appropriately) sun in it. Btw, when you fully close the aperture in order to take this type of "star sun" image, what does the number of visible rays depend on? )there are eight of them on this one). My guess is the number of "petals" in the lens, but not sure.

btw2 - not dissimilar picture remains my bestseller on istockphoto site, accumulating over 400 dollars by now. There are pictures with lot more sales there, but they belong to other people, alas)

true colors : photovandalism

almost monochrome image of narrow street in Fuengirola. Was too boring in original shape, so played with it in photoshop and quite like the results :)

perching

Spain, Fuengirola beach. Well, you can't see where it is, you have to take my word for is

full frame at lori