Year of the Rooster

Happy year 2018, folks. Some oldies goldies on the notes. Camera details Camera: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile phone F5321 Exposure: 0.0625 sec. (1/16) Aperture: f/2.0 ISO: 1600 Focal Length: 4.2 mm (approximately 35 mm equivalent after 1.2 times zooming and cropping) Lens: Clip-on macro lens (magnifying glass). Editing: Snapseed mobile phone photo editing application.

It is again time to open the magic box (open the second image for explanation):

Soundtrack Last Christmas Wham cover by Past Midnight: soundcloud.com/pastmidnightmusic/last-christmas-wham-cover Happy New Year!

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Soundtrack Salt Photographs by Serein: soundcloud.com/serein/salt-photographs More shots inspired by the topic on notes. Camera details Camera: Sony Xperia Z1 Compact mobile phone F5321 Exposure: 0.03 sec. (1/32) Aperture: f/2.0 ISO: 64 Focal Length: 4.2 mm (approximately 50 mm equivalent after 1.8 times zooming and cropping) Lens: Clip-on macro lens (magnifying glass). Editing: Snapseed mobile phone photo application.

Soundtrack Fuel To Fire (David Lynch Remix) by Agnes Obel: soundcloud.com/agnes-obel-1/fuel-to-fire-david-lynch-remix Dark stripes intentionally caused by banding (aka flickering, aka interference): dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/19853/horizontal-banding-flickering-due-to-electronic-rolling-shutters Solarisation (aka solarization, aka Sabatier effect, aka Sabattier effect) done with curves tool on GIMP: www.paintshopprotutorials.co.uk/html/sabattier_conversion_gimp.html

Soundtrack Xmas Rush by Nathan Fake: soundcloud.com/pamparecords/nathan-fake-xmas-rush-dub

Playing with Nik Collection, and ended up to test the fog effect. Do notice Nik Collection is again changing the owner from Google to DxO, but the current Nik Collection will remain available for free: nikcollection.dxo.com Ordering the download links from DxO first tricks one to subscribe to their email list. But the promised download links become sent eventually. Happy Fence Friday, and have a nice weekend!

Soundtrack Spoonful by Howling Wolf: soundcloud.com/joewalsh1892/newla78333332s-1 Camera & post processing details Camera: Canon PowerShot G5 X Exposure: 0.033 sec. (1/30) Aperture: f/2.8 ISO: 250 Focal Length: 8.8 mm (35 mm equivalent: 24.1 mm) Editing: Solarisation with W-shaped curves tool, Film edge frames on PicMonkey. More about solarisation (aka solarization, aka Sabatier effect, aka Sabattier effect) done with curves tool on GIMP: www.paintshopprotutorials.co.uk/html/sabattier_conversion_gimp.html

... for everyone.