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Ein kleines Experiment: Während ich normalerweise immer mit einem bestimmten Konzept, einer Idee im Kopf auf Instagram nach dem Hashtag #instakwer suche, um eine Auswahl zu erstellen, habe ich dieses Mal versucht, meinen Kopf völlig frei zu machen und die Bilder genommen, bei denen meine Augen länger hängen geblieben sind.
Das war zugegebenermaßen etwas riskant, denn wie erwartet gibt es in diesem instakwer verschiedenste Genres. Von Architektur über Portraits bis zu surrealen Landschaften. Es gibt Schwarzweißbilder ebenso wie Farbfotos und nicht zuletzt knackig scharfe Digitalaufnahmen ebenso wie Polaroids. Und dennoch passt alles irgendwie zusammen, finde ich. Wer weiß, was mein Unterbewusstsein wohl im Sinn hatte, bei dieser Auswahl.
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Ihr möchtet selbst ein Bild einreichen? Dann nutzt auf Instagram den Hashtag #instakwer und vielleicht seid Ihr schon beim nächsten Mal mit dabei.
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Aydın Büyüktaş, is a Turkish artist, who, inspired by the book of Edwin Abbat's “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.” has created bent and distorted aerial views of cityscapes entitled “Flatland and Flatland II”
Aydın says, “We live in places that most of the times don’t draw our attention, places that transform our memories, places that the artist gives another dimension – where the perceptions that generally cross our minds will be demolished and new ones will arise.”
These works aim to leave the viewer amazed by the surprising and surreal visuality, that is, at its heart, quite ironic. It leaves us a multidimensional, even romantic view of the world.
Enjoy some of the surreal images from Aydın's Flatland II series:
Red Road. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Red Hills on the Road. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Nursery. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Junkyard. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Aydın Büyüktaş is a photographer and visual effects, 3D, animation and video artist. Born in Ankara, he realized early on that a degree from Bilkent University's Tourism Management Department wasn't his dream, and he moved to Istanbul where he worked in film and advertising.
Aydın's love of the surreal, visual effects and animation was fostered working for avant-garde companies such as Sinefekt and Makinefx.
After finishing his education in the department of photography of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, he continued his life as a multimedia artist. By the end of 2015, his new series “Flatland” had gained international acclaim and he has continued this series with “Flatland II”.
Quarry. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Interstate. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Harvest Time. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Farm with Bales. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Farm in Desert. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Aydin says, “When I became interested in visual effects and animation in 2003-2004, the idea that I could create surreal places that I saw in my dreams during my childhood gradually started to occur in my mind.”
“During my childhood and adolescence, I used to read science fiction series of writers such as Isaac Asimov and H.G. Wells and Scientific and Technical journals. These books made me question the issues such as wormholes, black holes, parallel universe, gravitation, bending of space and time.”
Farm and Interstate. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Empty Car Park. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Desert Railroad. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Cow Farm. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Cemetery. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Bridge. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
BNSF Yard. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Baseball Field. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
American Football Field. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
Abandoned Greenhouse. Image by Aydın Büyüktaş
If you are interested inAydın’s work, you can see more of them on his website below and follow him on his social media accounts below.
If you are interested in creating digital art, you should check out Jimmy McIntyre's Art of Digital Blending.
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Placing your subject off-center in your frame can seem unnatural. When we think about our subject, it seems logical to just plonk it in the center of your image and, ta-da, you have your masterpiece. Well, sometimes, it really isn't that simple. Placing subjects in the center of the frame can lead to static images that are drab and contain no context or “life”.
Ok, so as always, rules and precedents are always there to be broken. So when might you place your focal point in the center of an image?
Answer: You might put your subject in the center of your photograph if you are capturing great symmetry.
If you take a look at the photograph below, the “light at the end of the tunnel” is in the center of the frame, but the symmetry and geometry are what makes this image dynamic.
However, most subjects benefit from having the focal point off-center.
Photo by Federico Alegría
In short, moving your subject away from the center of the image makes your eye wander around the photograph until it finds the subject, thus the person viewing your image is taking in the whole story of the photograph. There are a couple of compositional “rules” that will help you with this – ie the “Rule of Thirds” and “The Golden Ratio”.
The Rule of Thirds is a useful technique for inserting some dynamism in your photographs. By subdividing your frame into thirds with two vertical and two horizontal imaginary lines (see below) you find the areas in your frame where you should place your focal point.
You can use one or more of these intersections in your image to capture your subject in such a way that is aesthetically pleasing and also leads the viewer through your photo adding context and interest.
Where the horizontal and vertical lines meet is your focal point
So the Golden Ratio (The Divine Section) is more complex. Very simply, it is a compositional rule that dictates that a well-composed image can be achieved by dividing the frame by 1.6 several times.
Using the golden ratio and applying the ratio or 1:1.16, you'll get a golden rectangle and, much like the rule of thirds, you can use this to place your subject creatively off-center.
Jacob Hohmann Brown
So, you can also push your subject right to the edge of the frame as well. It won't work every time, but when it does, it really is a very clever move.
Well, beyond the cinematic feel it gives to a shot, it really enhances the drama to a scene by changing the mood of a regular photograph. While composing a shot, you should pay close attention to your viewfinder (or your LCD screen if your camera doesn't have an optical one) in order to see if the framing of your image looks good or not.
Photo by Federico Alegría
Composition is a difficult subject to get the hang of, especially if you are new to photography. One of the simplest ways to improve the dynamism and interest of your images is to place your subject off-center in your frame.
For a great guide to learning about composition, take a look at Kent DuFault’s Understanding Composition. This will give you a great foundation and help you take your photography and creativity to the next level.
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Previously we talked about the classic focal lengths for the most popular genres in photography and why they are well-suited to specific genres, but we spoke mainly of the full-frame format. Today we’ll talk about classic focal lengths in terms of cropped sensors and explain how cropped sensors work, since every manufacturer has its own cropping factor.
First let's discuss the full-frame format, which is very popular among photographers, but not yet very affordable. In the digital age, full-frame format refers to cameras whose sensor is the same size as a regular 35mm film frame, which was the standard in the days of analogue photography.
When this format appeared, it was considered to be tiny when compared to medium- and large-format photography, but due to its portability it quickly became a favorite among many photographers.
Photo by Mark Solarski on Unsplash
If you are an entry-level photographer, you probably have a camera with a sensor smaller than a full-frame sensor. But don't feel bad: cropped sensor cameras are extremely powerful. You just need to know what to expect when mounting different lenses on them.
Many lenses are designed to work on full-frame cameras, even though they can be mounted on cameras with smaller sensors. What happens in this case is that only a portion of the light the lens captures will pass through the camera and hit the sensor. This portion will vary according to the size of the sensor.
The ratio of the size of the full-frame format to that of the smaller format is known as the “crop factor”. It is typically in the range of 1.3 to 2.0 for non-full-frame digital SLRs. The greater the number, the smaller the sensor.
Here you can see a comparison chart of how cropped sensors are sized compared to a full-frame sensor.
But before you shake your head at the tininess of these sensors, look how tiny the 35mm full-frame format is compared to medium- or large-format film.
APS-C stands for “Advanced Photo System” type C, which is an image sensor format that is smaller in size than the aforementioned full-frame format. Each camera manufacturer has its own version of the APS-C sensor, and that is why there isn't a standard formula for stating that all APS-C cameras have a fixed-size sensor. The best way to know your camera's crop factor is to look at its specs; there you'll find a number like 1.5x or 1.6x.
If a camera specs say its crop factor is 1.5x, this means that any lens that you attach to it will have a viewing angle of a focal length corresponding to 1.5 times the size of the attached one.
So, since this is a bit confusing, I'll use a couple of examples before getting into how to achieve the classic focal length looks for the most popular genres of photography.
Photo by Ben Sauer on Unsplash
I'll take my camera as an example. My camera has a crop factor of x1.5 (1.5217, actually), and it comes with a fixed 23mm lens that gives an equivalent 35mm angle of view.
I bought the two conversion lenses that Fujifilm sells for this particular camera: one is a 19mm adapter that achieves an equivalent look of a 28mm lens, and the other one is a 33mm adapter that achieves an equivalent look of a 50mm lens. Even when the angles of view are achieved, we must not consider it as a zooming thing – it’s more like a visual restraint that reduces the angle of view of each lens.
Photo by Tookapic on Pexels
Photo by Nappy on Pexels
Also important: if you have an entry-level camera, you'll likely have an 18-55mm kit lens. This means that:
The kit lens is an amazing tool for learning what we will become passionate about when it comes to photography. Don't undervalue it – use it until you get a glimpse of your favorite photographic genre before even thinking about buying a new lens. By doing this you'll avoid a lot of unnecessary expenses.
Photo by Jonas Svidras on Pexels
Every camera scenario is different, so you should be extremely aware of your crop factor. Read the specs, or simply Google ‘”Camera brand and model” crop factor’ and you’ll be all set.
Please share any doubts or questions you may have in the comment section below.
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Bevor am Montag die nächste kwerbox in den Verkauf geht, wollen wir Euch natürlich unsere letzte Box hier noch einmal ausführlich vorstellen. Wie immer freuen wir uns auch über Eure Ergebnisse, also schreibt uns gern und zeigt uns Eure Unboxings und Fotos, die mit den enthaltenen Produkten entstanden sind.
Es gibt noch einige kwerboxen dieser Ausgabe im Shop. Dies ist auch der Grund, warum wir die nächste Ausgabe wieder auf 200 Stück limitieren. Ich bin kein Werbemensch und möchte daher diese Überraschungen niemandem aufdrängen oder jemanden mit Werbung zum Kauf überreden. Die kwerbox ist eher ein kleines Extra, das Euch und auch mir Spaß machen soll – ich möchte mit ihr spannende Produkte und Künstler*innen vorstellen und Freude bereiten.
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Drones – the modern scourge of the airways according to some – have struck again, this time alleged spying on a woman in the United States state of Missouri and captured by her on camera, natch.
Using her own surveillance system to spot the drone, the woman’s story was eventually picked up by local news media outlet KMOV which ran the story under the title “‘It’s disgusting’; surveillance shows drone flying outside woman’s window at night,” though, as PetaPixel points out, it has yet to be confirmed that what the woman’s own spy system captured was in fact a drone hovering outside of her house spying on her.
Image via Peter Fazekas from Pexels.com.
The whole drama unfolded when the complainant purchased a Wyse surveillance camera that she then positioned on her back porch. Describing the incident to KMOV, she said “The drone flies quite close to my camera…I’m really glad I know this was happening, instead of being inside and not knowing somebody was looking in.” The video of the incident shows buoyant lights that some users are adamant are not those of a drone.
Threatening to lodge a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration, the lady further asserts that the person piloting the drone is a man and that she “wants him to stop” though, as we’ve said has been reported across multiple outlets, nothing is confirmed about her allegations.
Nonetheless, the citizen has taken it upon herself to print up a letter warning others in the neighborhood about the alleged drone surveillance. As Twitter users are pointing out to KMOV, it is one thing to report on an actual, confirmed story of a drone being used illicitly to spy on people but a whole other thing to spin a story somewhat out of whole cloth based upon the unconfirmed suspicions of one person.
As PetaPixel highlights, a user on the Mavic Pilots forum, so named for the DJI Mavic series of consumer-grade drones, notes that he isn’t aware of a drone that can fly sideways as depicted in the woman’s video.
One forum member named Lisadoc according to PetaPixel theorized it was a spider web wafting in the breeze, the user saying: “It is an IR image of a spider web (a single thread) that is blowing in the wind across the frame of the camera lens. I’ve seen it hundreds of times before and recognized it immediately. …It is why it moves at that angle, ‘hovers’ across the camera frame several times, and only appeared at 4 AM. The ‘lights’ are simply drops of condensation (or globules produced by thickening of the spider thread) viewed by the lens at a relatively close distance.”
Since everyone is jumping to conclusions, what do you think?
You can view a video of the KMOV story here and an awesome video of the effects spider webs can cast on camera with a YouTube video here. Thanks to PetaPixel for finding that.
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Most of us think of black and white images when we hear the word monochrome. We can also use this word to describe an image with varying tones, shades, and tints of a single base hue. Monochromatic photos are often subtle – but not always. Take a look at this shot from Everglades National Park in Florida.
This is certainly a monochromatic image – it uses shades of just one color. The golden tones convey a sense of warmth. The simple color scheme is striking and unusual and the intensity of light adds a dramatic touch.
Here’s another example of a monochromatic color scheme. This shot of Pine Glades Lake (also in the Everglades) presents the view in shades of blue. The result is a moody image… cool and stormy skies over a deep, clear lake.
Monochromatic color schemes encourage the viewer to notice details and textures in the image rather than contrast. To create successful monochromatic images, you must ensure that your photos have smooth tones and lots of details. Here are few tips to capture stunning monochromatic colors.
You can easily come away with a monochromatic photo in nature when you combine even lighting conditions with unique geology. Here is an example where I used geology and even lighting conditions to produce a monochromatic photo. I took this shot with a wide angle lens when the entire scene was in shade.
Zebra Canyon, Grand Staircase-Esalante National Monument – Utah, USA
When you are faced with uneven lighting conditions, you can create a monochromatic landscape photo by simplifying your composition with a long zoom lens or a macro lens. The above shots from the Florida Everglades was captured with a 135mm lens mounted on a crop body. The following shots are some examples of monochromatic photos taken with a macro lens.
Big Island, Hawaii
Twinsburg, Ohio
Timing can be an highly effective tool in creating monochromatic images. Time of day, time of year, and seasonal change can all present landscape photographers with opportunity to capture some stunning monochromatic images. The blue hour image from Florida above is a perfect example of how timing and weather were used to capture a monochromatic landscape photo. Here is another example where timing played a critical role in creating a monochromatic color scheme throughout the photo.
Under the right conditions, reflections can be highly effective to create a monochromatic landscape photo. Reflections can occur on bodies of water as well as wet surfaces. Here are some examples where I used reflections to capture monochromatic images with my wide angle lens.
You can easily create a monochromatic photo when terrain you are photographing presents you with an even color pallet. Here are couple of examples of photos in nature that produce monochromatic images under even lighting conditions.
Pony Tales Falls, Oregon
Leading lines in nature – Jakusarlon, Iceland
Because monochromatic photos rely on textures and details to create impact, it is important to be able to capture all the colors and details in camera and then use post-processing technique to bring out these textures and details.
Monochromatic colors can also help to set a mood. Greens are fresh and vibrant. Yellows seem warm and inviting. Blues are cool and moody. Use these colors to convey strong feelings and emotion! Feel free to share you own monochromatic colors images in the comments below.
There is nothing more remarkable to me than the power of nature. It is both cataclysmic and subtle. Slow and continuous erosion by water and wind can create landscapes every bit as astonishing as those shaped by catastrophic events – and minuscule details can be as breathtaking as grand vistas that stretch from one horizon to the other. Nature is incredibly diverse. Burning desert sands and mossy riverbanks… Brilliant sunbeams and fading alpenglow… Silent snowfall and raging summer storms… Each offers a unique opportunity. I am irresistibly drawn to the challenge of finding my next photograph, and mastering the skills required to capture it effectively.
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The landscape made me feel like I was on another planet. _ I've never seen such incredible rock formations in my life. What an experienc...
