vivek iyer

A question begs more questions and fewer explanations with some preamble.

 

To me, the very fact that the photgrapher attempted to do something different- thought about it, spent many hours struggling with the experimentation and is sharing one of his experimental results freely,

is commendable.

 

I also commend the photo.net folks who chose to highlight this as POW

(whether it deserves that or not from a technical point of view or from an "aesthetic"potrayal, I am not getting in to that. There are plenty of folks with a rich vocabulary of superlative or derogatory remarks for that). This image does fit in to the theme chosen for this week.

 

It did generate some thought provoking discussions- some chose to try to understand the technical process that went in to making this image.

That is good.

 

Did this image (before I checked any remarks on how it was produced) evoke any emotional thoughts? Yes, it did.

 

It reminded me of that shabby little girl running towards the vehicle with her handcrafted greeting cards for sale and the triumphant face when she succeeded in getting her 2 cents for it. I have a small collection of such cards made with carefully preserved leaves mounted on handmade paper with very coarse structure from Nicaragua, El Slavador, Ecuador, Belize, Sri Lanka, India.... Beautifully crafted and real pleasure to look at.

 

The photographer's image (intentional or not) did remind me of some of my visits, experience... and with that he achieved something and I am thankful for that.

 

Why use a scanner? Why not? As I understand it, it will be a very very difficult task to do what Juergen has done. No, it is not just a pushing the "scan" button to acquire the image. Not at all!

 

I have been struggling with a scanning rig (nothing to do with scanners, by the way) for several months now, I do not know if it will get completed and if I will ever be able to take photographs with it.

 

Will I ever choose to share it with others in photo.net?

 

I will have to give it a lot of thought after looking at this highlighted image and the ensuing discussion!

Daniel, While I disagree with your disagreement, I am happy to note that no one has chewed off your head or tried to impose the definitions from many a dictionaries at their disposal...yet!

One can put larger (3D) objects (caterpillar, etc- as long as they do not move) and get a highly detailed image if a different and bit more advanced technique is used.

 

Please see the links I posted above.

 

The leaf looks like a (pulp bleached out) fig leaf.

Perhaps, it is appropriate to add this here as well:

 

http://lsvl.la.asu.edu/lsp/ckazilek/slp/scanart.html

 

Uses "real film", "real camera", "real lens"- similar technique.

I did not have the patience of going through all the posts in the discussion but some, which I have gone through fleetingly, evoke some response from me.

 

First, I Like Juergen's rendering and can very well understand the effort that has gone in to making this ("real film" or not).

 

F-stop, shutter speed, click? In addition to the links that are posted above (a real positive contribution for a real discussion), let me add a few more:

 

Bjorn Rorslett's creativity:

 

http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html

 

Society for Scientific photography:

 

http://japan-inter.net/ssp/e/index5_e.html

 

Juergen, keep up the good work!

 

(If anyone wants to be confined to a box, it is their choice and hope it offers the safety they desire).

I love it! Beautiful colors and fantastic composition. Great shot!