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Photographer James Cook  James Cook {Karma:38068}
Project #58 Concentricity Camera Model Canon PowerShot SD550
Categories Others
Alternative Process
Photoart
Film Format Digital JPEG High
Portfolio Luxagraphia
Luxagraphia Electronica
Luxagraphia - Shot Glass
Lens fixed, no digital zoom
Uploaded 5/20/2007 Film / Memory Type 3072 x 2304
    ISO / Film Speed 50
Views 1242 Shutter 4/5
Favorites Aperture f/2.8
Critiques 38 Rating
6.40
/ 5 Ratings
Location City -  Ballard
State -  WA
Country - United States   United States
About No PS work. No post-processing work. No digital manipulations of any kind.

Camera motion only--pure luxagraphia.

This photograph (8031) was shot on 2 May 2007.

This is the seventh in a series of seven where I have used a shot glass interposed between my lense and the subject, using loxagraphic techniques, to generate unique visual effects.

Thanks for stopping by for a peek. I look forward to your questions, comments, and criticisms.

I have changed my title back to its original, in part due to popular demand. Also in part because I've been listening to Judas Priest's Electric Eye ever since I shot this one.

http://www.soundunreason.com/InkWell/?p=1204
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There are 38 Comments in 1 Pages
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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 7/3/2008
FOusHA - Thanks for taking a look. I remember yours too.

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FOusHA®  FOusHA®     {K:1257} 7/2/2008
MMM nice work
Cool. Here is my eye:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/1311918.html
;o)

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 7/21/2007
Art - Nice.

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Art McCaffrey Art McCaffrey   {K:23645} 6/9/2007
eye robot,. excellent james,. great colour,. regards art,.

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 6/8/2007
Ziad - Thanks. It's my favorite from the series.

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Ziad Kadi Ziad Kadi   {K:2847} 6/8/2007
Cool shot James.

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/25/2007
Marian - Thanks. This is definitely my favorite out of the series.

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Marian Man Marian Man   {K:80636} 5/25/2007
absolutely fantastic dear James!!!! this techique of your is great!!!!!
all the best
Marian

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/23/2007
Hehe. Good luck with that, Jan.

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Jan Hoffman Jan Hoffman   {K:39467} 5/23/2007
I must remember to wear my aluminum foil hat the next time I view your pictures.
--Jan

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/23/2007
Leora - Thanks. They vary but pure energy does come through in many of them. Some are more like wet paint:

http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1156101

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/23/2007
Jan - Just keep in mind that when you were viewing this photograph, which is in fact a cleverly designed piece of spy technology, I was able to analyze your entire secret base.

Moohoo-hahaha!

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Leora Long Leora Long   {K:11135} 5/23/2007
Pure energy..I can see why you are so fascinated with this.

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Jan Hoffman Jan Hoffman   {K:39467} 5/23/2007
James -- You have managed to develop a technique that results in some very creative and intriguing designs. This one appeals to me particularly, rendering color, light, shape and motion into an exciting pin-wheel like effect. Well done and keep your imagination in high gear; it produces excellent results. The Emperor Orzack commends you as well. He and his minions enjoy looking at abstracts from their hidden base in my front yard.
--Best to you, Jan

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/22/2007
Steve - Thanks. It took a little work to get a shot that was convincingly a human eye (I shot probably a couple of dozen rejects). I am pretty pleased with the similarities in this one.

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Steve Aronoff Steve Aronoff   {K:18393} 5/22/2007
The colors, clarity, and composition here are wonderful, James. It almost looks like the distortion of a human eye.
Well done!
Steve

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/21/2007
Arian - Oh, here is the other in this series that was very controlled. The other five were a bit more from the hip as it were.

http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1305584

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/21/2007
Arian - Thanks. Glad you like it.

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arian berisha arian berisha   {K:13697} 5/21/2007
soo much control of camera here

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arian berisha arian berisha   {K:13697} 5/21/2007
superb superb shot ,, NO COMMENT

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/21/2007
Tuna - Nope. Same as all the others in this series. I put a shot glass in front of my camera lens and used camera motion to create what you see. The constituent lights in this shot are from a candle and a neon OPEN sign (and probably some other incandescent lights in the bar).

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/21/2007
Annemette - I'll let you know if I'm coming that way.

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/21/2007
Thanks, Onie. I do what I can. This addition to my photographic arsenal (a shot glass) was most fruitful. But really this whole idea goes back to Phillip Minnis and some work he did with a glass plate. His stuff is definitely worth checking out.

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Tuna Esener Tuna Esener   {K:-2953} 5/21/2007
really uniqe,what is it exactly?Some kind of light reflections from a cd?

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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen   {K:55244} 5/21/2007
Oh really? Hmm I thought otherwise after hearing that many of the old hippies now live in Seattle.
In general I find Americans to be very open and friendly, but big citypeople usually "protect" themselves more by having a certain attitude.
Anyway you´re welcome anytime in little Denmark to experience life here. Some find us cold and others just the opposite. I guess we´re the most openminded people in Scandinavia, but closed-up compared to Southern Europe:-)

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Leonie Fitzpatrick Leonie Fitzpatrick   {K:40551} 5/21/2007
:))) James... Super excellent Sir...

As with Annemette, and your first thought title... First thought was iris...:)))

To my minds eye this is an iris... Just trying to work out as to which part of the body those purple intrusions would be if I was an Iridoligist ~~GRIN~~...

These are great James... and again extremely creative & interesting...:)))

Onie...

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/21/2007
ok

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174022} 5/20/2007
You're welcome, James!:)

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/20/2007
Thanks, Shirley. The violet is from an OPEN sign (technically red and blue).

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/20/2007
Annemette - I don't know. I've travelled a bit and I have found that people here are the least friendly people anywhere. Great place; lame people. And I grew up here. Go figure.

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/20/2007
Roger - Thanks. This was my favorite of the series, but I guess it's all in my head.

Are you going to respond to the Hulk shot where I posted the original just for you or are you dissin' me?

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174022} 5/20/2007
I like this one very much, too, James, and the little touch of violet adds to it.:)

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Roger Skinner Roger Skinner   {K:81846} 5/20/2007
nice one....

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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen   {K:55244} 5/20/2007
Oh yes, considering functionality it could be "hip som hap" as we say in Denmark, but in terms of beauty the title Iris would fit better:)
Noone comes to ask you anything? Hmm it sounds like Copenhagen - in the cities people don´t dare approach each other. and some live there to actually disappear. That´s why I moved away from the city out where I can breath and see the season´s changing and chat with people while walking Little Henry.

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/20/2007
Annemette - Thanks. I was originally thinking I would title it Iris, but decided to go with Aperture since they are basically the same sort of thing.

Choosing the correct plane of focus is what gives sharp v. fuzzy results. A wider DoF (caused by larger aperture number or smaller hole) helps to keep more subject matter in focus.

What do people think? I live in Seattle. No one talks to anyone else.

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James Cook James Cook   {K:38068} 5/20/2007
John - Thanks. For a luxagraphic shot, 4/5s is pretty long (I mean you don't have to move too fast).

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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen   {K:55244} 5/20/2007
I like the title - very fitting although it can also look like fireworks.
One question, no make that two: How is it possible to make the clarity well in a luxshot when the photo depends on movement? Some of mine look more clear than others, but I haven´t figured out why yet.
Secondly: what do the people at the pub think when you shoot your photos?:-) Many comments I suppose?
Be well
Annemette

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John Hatz John Hatz   {K:156973} 5/20/2007
Unique result, looks like a long exposure and the result as an abstract composition is surely original, I like it James!

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