#bokehrama

[wfxue]

20230227_F0001: Snowflakes floating in the air by Wei-Feng Xue Via Flickr: - From a snowy winter morning over #10YearsAgo. Shallow focal plane really shows off the lovely snow flakes floating in the air.

[portraitofscience-blog]

Johannes (Yogi), Research Group Leader Hometown: Chur, Switzerland

What are you working on? I am interested in what makes organisms different from non-living systems, and how we can understand the peculiar structure and form of living beings. It is not the what organisms are made of that makes them different. It is how these materials are organized by processes that constantly convert them in complex and intertwined ways to keep the organism active and alive.

Have you always wanted to be a scientist? Not quite. I am the first scientist in my family. My interest in science awoke during my high school years. Thus: early on, but not always!

Why did you choose science/your discipline? I chose to study biology because I could not really decide which branch of science interested me most. The biology curriculum included some chemistry, physics, and geology as well, so I went for that.

What is science for you? Science consists of a collection of rigorous methods, agreed upon by scientists, to study reality. It involves a critical selection process by which ideas that do not match reality are amended or (ultimately) discarded.

What drives/motivates you? I want to understand! Especially my particular place in the universe. I would like to be a natural philosopher like they existed before we fragmented our research communities and ourselves into narrow intellectual habitats.

How do you balance life and science? I try, but fail more often than I succeed. On the one hand, science is more of a lifestyle than a job. On the other hand, there are many, many things that are important to me, which lie outside the scope of science. It's difficult to combine all of them. But it's necessary.

What is most important for you in life? To live my own philosophy. Only that way lays happiness and fullfilment.

What was your most important shaping experience/biggest achievement? My most important shaping experience and my biggest achievement is that I have followed my own path in life and scientific career.

Why science is fun? The thrill of the unknown. But also spending so much time with excellent intelligent and idealistic human beings that are as far removed from the population average as you can possibly get.

Any advice for future students? Think long and hard about what you want to do in life. Choosing an alternative career is not defeat or failure, but often a path to new adventures and increased happiness. If you are one of those determined to stay in academia, no matter what: the longer you survive and stick around, the higher your chance of success! Or as Lemmy from Motörhead put it:  "We're still here because we should have died a long time ago but we didn't." Be like Lemmy. Live long and prosper!

[jens-hertel]

Osterbrunnen - Marktplatz Neckargemünd - Bokehrama

[kajumski]

[Brenizer] girlfriend portrait

nikon d7000

lensa 85mm f.2.2 

brenizer eq : 26mm f/0.6

30 foto

[jbtography]

Casey and Logan. . . . . . . . #Bokeh #bokehmood #bokehrama #bokehballs #bokehlounge #bokehpanorama #bokehkillers #bokehnation #bokehlover #bokehlicious #bokehaddicts #bokehgram #bokehphoto #bokehinstagram #bokehpic #bokehsluts #bokehfactory #bokehcity #bokehphotographer #bokehfanatics #bokehimage #bokehbaby #bokehcamfx #bokehthisway #bokehlens #bokehholic #bokehphotographers #bokehinataboke #bokehstock #bokehkillersvv (at Crewe)

[portraitofscience-blog]

Jacqui, Research Group Leader

What are you working on? The skull is essential for human life but its development is poorly understood. Our goal is to understand how the skull grows during embryonic development. To do this we perform time lapse microscopy of bone cells in the developing mouse skull. By watching the cellular behaviours of these bone cells, we can understand the biological processes that drive skull growth in the embryo.

Have you always wanted to be a scientist? I have always wanted to be a scientist. When I was small, my mum gave me a book entitled “1000 Facts About Our World” and I was hooked. From then, I sought to understand how the world works.

Why did you choose science/your discipline? I chose to study developmental biology after I first saw an embryo developing under the microscope. I fell in love with how beautiful they are and became fascinated with how cells can organise themselves to shape a tissue.

What drives/motivates you? I am motivated by discovery; I want to see things in the world that no one else has ever seen.

How do you balance life and science? Balancing life and science is difficult at every level in research and I can’t pretend to be good at it. I try to be strict about time for friends and family.

Why science is fun? Science is fun for me because I get to use my imagination constantly; developing testable predictions from data is a very creative process.

Any advice for future students? My advice to future students is that they should talk to as many people as possible about their work. This is the best way to improve one’s thinking and build collaborations that lead to new discovery.

[austinwphoto]

Chipotle & Hammock⠀ ---⠀ This was the first time I had done the "brenizer method" for a photo in a while, I definitely need to start doing them more often!⠀ ⠀ #austinwphoto #canon5dmarkiii #brenizer #brenizermethod #bokehrama

[jbtography]

Lisa and Logan. . . . . . . . #Bokeh #bokehmood #bokehrama #bokehballs #bokehlounge #bokehpanorama #bokehkillers #bokehnation #bokehlover #bokehlicious #bokehaddicts #bokehgram #bokehphoto #bokehinstagram #bokehpic #bokehsluts #bokehfactory #bokehcity #bokehphotographer #bokehfanatics #bokehimage #bokehbaby #bokehcamfx #bokehthisway #bokehlens #bokehholic #bokehphotographers #bokehinataboke #bokehstock #bokehkillersvv (at Crewe)

[jens-hertel]

Neckargemünd - Hauptstraße - Bokehrama

[chrisegonsearle-blog]

#springtime Macro magic. The flowers are blooming strong 💗💗👌 Be sure to visit my website for more photo stories. Link in bio @chrisegonsearle www.chrisegonsearle.com . . . #macrophotography #macromob #miniatureart #miniatura #flower🌸 #flowerstagram #flowershot #greenandpink #greenandyellow #bokehrama #bokehlicious #followforfollow #followme #followmeifollowback #teamfollowback #likeforlike #likeapro #like4like #photooftheday #ukartist #ukphotographer (at Newcastle upon Tyne)

[danclementsphoto]

https://ift.tt/1YCgc77 #toronto #musicgarden #torontomusicgarden #bokehrama #brenizermethod #dcp #dcphoto #dcphotography#toronto #danclementsphoto #danielclementsphotographer #danielclementsphotography #torontoweddingphotography #torontoweddingphotographer #niagaraweddingphotography #niagaraweddingphotographer #niagaraweddingphotographers #torontoweddingphotographers #weddings #wedding #weddingideas #weddingdecor#flowers #weddingpictures https://ift.tt/2KZWlyF

[portraitofscience-blog]

Ramya, PhD Student Hometown: Kerala, India

What are you working on? I work on meiosis, a reductive cell division process which generate gametes (sex cells). Most importantly, genetic information is reshuffled (meiotic recombination) during meiosis producing genetic diversity in populations . I'm trying to understand the process of meiotic recombination that generates this genetic variation which makes us all unique. Errors in meiosis have severe implications in human health and hence by studying meiosis , we can better understand various genetic /developmental disorders and infertility problems.

Have you always wanted to be a scientist? No. I believe, two vital ingredients seem to be necessary to make a scientist: the curiosity to seek out mysteries and the creativity to solve them. I definitely had the curiosity to question things but It was during my masters I figured out, I could have the latter too. Some of the awesome mentors I had during my masters course really motivated me to follow this path.

What is science for you? To me, it is a tool to understand the world within and around us, which is what makes it so fascinating.

What is most important for you in life? Exploring and reaching my full potential.

Any advice for future students? Failure is going to be an inevitable part of your journey if you pursue science, but learn from others and your own mistakes. If something fails, try again but this time try smarter and harder. Proving a hypothesis wrong is often just as useful as proving it right because you learned something along the way. Lastly ,think out of the box and try to look at a problem from different angles.

[another-test-bog-2-blog]

This Guy Made an 8×10 Large Format Video Camera

Photographer Zev Hoover has created a rather unusual camera: it’s one of the world’s first 8×10 large format video cameras.

Hoover believes his creation is the first of its kind ever made. The company LargeSense showed off a 4K sample video shot with a large format digital camera back in 2015, but that involved an expensive digital sensor and was made by combining TIFF file readouts from the sensor at 24fps.

Hoover’s camera, on the other hand, is much more affordable and practical for everyday people. The front half is an old large format still camera built around a cheap video slider for adjusting focus during shooting by moving the lens and bellows forward and backward.

On the front of the camera is an old Ukrainian large format lens that projects an image onto the white plane at the back of the camera. A separate digital camera is then placed underneath the large format camera, capturing the image on the white plane through a hole and using a wide-angle lens.

“The camera works by projecting a huge (bit over 8×10) image — with all of the lovely depth and aberrations of large format glass — onto a matte surface, like a perfect projection screen,” Hoover tells PetaPixel. “I then reimage that plane with a wide angle lens (Irix 15mm f2.4 Firefly) on a Sony a7S.”

To compensate for the fact that the video camera is capturing the white plane at an angle, Hoover uses 12mm of shift.

Hoover can also attach an external monitor that allows him to shoulder mount his hefty camera contraption.

Here’s a 4-minute video Hoover made that shows sample footage from this camera and an explanation of how it works:

“It is amazing to work with the image quality of large format,” Hoover says. “[It’s] like IMAX but waaaaaay bigger.”

“The main downside is sensitivity,” Hoover tells PetaPixel. “In the process of reimaging, I lose about 6 stops of light. As you can see in the video, even with the fantastic sensitivity of the a7S, indoor shots were nearly impossible.

“It is all worth it for the fantastic bokeh and amazing flares. I used to do a lot of extensions (aka the Brenizer method or ‘bokehramas’) and this camera captures a similar image in one shot, and works for video!”

Here are some still photos Hoover captured with this 8×10 hybrid camera:

Hoover says he’s hoping to try other large format lenses on this camera, particularly the Aero Ektar. You can find more of his work on his website, Flickr, Instagram, and Facebook.

[jbtography]

Logan with bokeh lights. . . . . . . . #Bokeh #bokehmood #bokehrama #bokehballs #bokehlounge #bokehpanorama #bokehkillers #bokehnation #bokehlover #bokehlicious #bokehaddicts #bokehgram #bokehphoto #bokehinstagram #bokehpic #bokehsluts #bokehfactory #bokehcity #bokehphotographer #bokehfanatics #bokehimage #bokehbaby #bokehcamfx #bokehthisway #bokehlens #bokehholic #bokehphotographers #bokehinataboke #bokehstock #bokehkillersvv (at Crewe)

[jens-hertel]

Frühlingsgruß - Menzerpark Neckargemünd - Bokehrama

[chrisegonsearle-blog]

#springtime Macro magic. The flowers are blooming strong 💗💗👌 Be sure to visit my website for more photo stories. Link in bio @chrisegonsearle www.chrisegonsearle.com . . . #macrophotography #macromob #miniatureart #miniatura #flower🌸 #flowerstagram #flowershot #greenandpink #greenandyellow #bokehrama #bokehlicious #followforfollow #followme #followmeifollowback #teamfollowback #likeforlike #likeapro #like4like #photooftheday #ukartist #ukphotographer (at Newcastle upon Tyne)