This week it is a linguistic mystery, as the theme of the week is the Ear. Trouble is, that in my native language, sewing needle has an “ear”, while in English it is a proverbial “Eye of the needle”. So I am fulfilling theme only in one language 😉 Unless the Eye theme will be selected again! 😉 Behind the scene shots inside the article… © Patrik Banas, Nikon D800 with Macro 105mm lens and three additional Kenko extension tubes. f/40 @ 30sec, ISO 100. Tento týždeň sa v projekte 52 jedná o povestný lingivistický oriešok. Témou týždňa je Ucho. Menším problémom je to, že v mojom rodnom jazyku má ihla ucho, ale pri preklade do angličtiny, musím zmeniť “orgán”, nakoľko v angličtine sa jedná o “Oko ihly”. Takže tému mám splnenú len v jednom jazyku 😉 Alebo budem musieť počkať, pokiaľ témou nebude znova Oko…Zábery spoza foťáku vo vnútri príspevku…
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project 52 | week 9 – guess what?
In this case it is more “guess how and where”, as “what” itself is pretty easy to recognize. Would you guess how this picture has been taken and what is behind? Read inside to see the “behind the scene” shot and a bit of the background.V tomto prípade ide skôr o “Hádaj ako a kde” namiesto “hádaj čo to je”, nakoľko samotný objekt je celkom ľahko rozoznateľný. Uhádli by ste, ako bola táto fotografia nafotená a čo to vlastne je v pozadí? Viac info je vnútri článku vrátane záberu “spoza foťáku”. We went for a family walk around……a nearby lake and as the sunset has approached, we got a magnificent color of the sky, with the majestic mountains behind the lake itself – just incredible! It would be a sin not to take a picture! However I was trying to avoid to have a plain “nice cloudy” shot and I was looking for an object to spiced up the scene. There wasn’t much around except my son’s bike. So a very quick composition allowed me to take a nice silhouette against the sky and break the colorful sky. It was just then at home when I got an idea to turn the picture upside down to completely mess with the my viewer’s senses and the orientation 😉 Always think to add to the picture something else, what all others around you won’t… Vybrali sme sa na rodinnú prechádzku okolo neďalekého jazera a ako sa blížil súmrak, naskytol sa nám pohľad na úchvatnú farbu oblohy, s majestatnými horami v pozadí samotného jazera. Proste gýč ako prasa 😉 Bolo by hriechom to nenafotiť! Každopádne, pokúsil som sa nafotiť záber aspoň trošku ináč, aby to nebol len jeden ďalší záber na krásnu oblohu a obhliadal som sa okolo seba po nejakom zaujímavom objekte, […]
project 52 | week 8 – it’s a man thing!
OK, being a man it should be quite easy to come up with an idea specific for MAN, right? Well, it took me a bit of time to think – and then I got it! I’ve laughed and start to think how to visualize it the best way… Disclaimer first – I swear I am not one of us, who keep it up all the time, even though it might happen here and there… 😉 But, yes, I think we are quite notoriously known for not putting toilet seats down back… However, it might be also one of the stereotypical features.So I had the visualization on my mind right from the beginning (especially when we had opened this week our PPSOP.cz Flash course) and the idea is, that we are probably scared to put toilet seat back down again, as there must be something scary with the toilet itself! It has definitely nothing to do with being lazy!!! Two flash. One with blue gel – front lit with 1/4 power and second one with a red gel hidden in the toilet (! see behind the scenes below!) with 1/2 power. Camera set up: Nikon D800 with 24-70mm, f/5.6 at 1/200 sec. Happy toilet seating 😀 OK, ako chlap by som mal mať výhodu a prísť s nápadom na tému “Mužská záležitosť” by malo byť jednoduché, však? Nuž, chvíľku mi to trvalo – ale potom som dostal ten správny nápad! Pobavil som sám seba a hneď som začal rozmýšľať nad čo najlepším stvárnením… Na úvod ale musím kategoricky vyjasniť jednu vec – ja fakt vážne nepatrím k tým, ktorí nechávajú sedátko (český výraz prkýnko je môj obľúbený) hore, aj keď teda, je možné, že sa to sem – tam stalo… Každopádne, myslím si, že my ako chlapi sme notoricky spájaní s […]
project 52 | week 7 – odd or even (part 2/2)
This week picture has been taken during my last “painting with light” session, and can frankly fall under the sport session as well. But conveniently I am going to file it under “Odd or even” theme.Story is easy. It was the night after the birthday party of our kids and balloons where everywhere. Once I have finished painting the bike, I just wanted to see how it would looks like, if I would paint from behind the balloon with the same small source of light. And when I saw on my display first result of just a one balloon I was amazed with a colorful results! “Olympic rings idea” came to my mind immediately, so I was rotating with the little light source behind each of the baloon. Obviously, balloons had no intentions to stand on each other as I have envisioned it, so a little transparent tape came handy. Final image is just flipped, as you can see on the behind the scene shot 😉 You gotta admit, that looks cool, huh? 😉 © Patrik Banas, Nikon D800, f/22, 101sec, ISO 100 Tohtotýždňový záber bol nafotený keď som sa minule “Maľoval so svetlom” a pravudpovediac, kľudne môže spadať aj pod Športovú tému. Ale keďže som pohodlný, tak si to takto rovno splním aj tému “Párny alebo nepárny”.Celé to bolo vlastne jednoduché. V noci po narodeninovej párty našich detvákov boli balóny všade po celom dome. A keď som skončil s maľovaním bicykla, napadlo ma vyskúšať, ako by to vyzeralo, keby som kreslil maličkou baterkou spoza balóna. No a keď som zbadal prvý, krásne farebný pokusný výsledok na displeji, tak som podskočil nadšením! Ako prvé ma napadli Olympijské kruhy a tak som krúžil baterkou za každým z balónov. Samozrejme, balóny odmietali spolupracovať a nastavať sa na seba, tak som si pomohol […]
project 52 | week 6 – sport (part 1/2)
It has been a while I have “painted with a light”, so I decided to take this week “sport” theme as a challenge. Unfortunately, my own painting skills are very bad, so I have used my kids’ Strider bike as a template. In the middle of the night, when the rest of the family was sleeping already, I have created this lightning speed vehicle 😉 Shot below has been made straight in the camera with a pretty easy set up. Camera on the tripod and shutter speed on Bulb mode. It took me exactly 111 seconds to paint it with a small, one single LED diode lamp. I have aimed the light into the lens and was trying my best to copy the shape of the bike. And voilá 😉 Below is one more “rainbow” version (talking about Olympics, this is quite favorite color combination in Sochi right now 😉 Even though, there are no bike disciplines during the Winter Olympics… )PS: And that night playing brought me one more fantastic idea and shot, which I will share later on. It is about sport again, and I can just say, that it was the night after the kids’ birthday party! 😉 © Patrik Banas, Nikon D800, f/22, 111sec, ISO 100 Už dávno som “nemaľoval so svetlom”, tak som sa rozhodol, že tohto týždňovú Športovú tému si dám ako výzvu. Bohužiaľ, moje vlastné kresliace techniky sú veľmi chabé (ako by potvrdila pani učiteľka z prvého stupňa ZŠ, ktorá mi dala sólovú dvojku z výtvarných prác a písania!) a tak som si pomohol odrážadlom mojich detí ako šablónou. Uprostred noci, keď celý dom už spal, som vytvoril toto bleskové vozítko. Záber vyššie bol nafotený priamo vo foťáku a nastavenie bolo veľmi jednoduché. Fotoaparát na statíve a uzávierka na voľnom […]
project 52 | week 5 – triangle
This tiny red triangle I met walking up the street this week morning. And as I was in a search for a triangles, this red one got my attention! With a help of my favorite wide angle (and lady in a red) I could tell my story… © Patrik Banas, Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-14mm, f/14 @ 1/10 sec Tento maličký červený trojuholník som stretol, keď som kráčal jednou ulicou tento týždeň. No a keďže hľadám trojuholníky, tak mi hneď padol do oka. A s pomocou môjho širokouhlého objektívu (a dámy v červenom) som mohol porozprávať tento príbeh…
project 52 | week 4 – resolutions
This week theme is “RESOLUTION” – we are still quite at the beginning of the year, so it makes sense. And my resolution is to use those Brooks babies below more often then last year. After three half-marathons in a row, year by year, I become quite lazy last year. So… I really want to have less excuses why I can’t go run outside today. But hey, what if that would mean to cut more on photography?! Hmmm, let me think… 😉 Once I have realized what resolution I am going to photographer, the idea came quite quickly – typical approach: when you do not have an idea, pick up you macro lens.. and just play. © Patrik Banas, Nikon D800 with Macro Nikkor 105mm with 3 Kenko extension tubes, f/14 @ 1.3 sec, ISO 100 Tohto týždňová téma je “PREDSAVZATIA” a keďže nový rok začal ešte pomerne nedávno, tak to dáva celkom zmysel. No a mojím predsavzatím je používať tieto Brooksy trochu viacej ako minulý rok. Potom ako som tri roky za sebou zvládol pol-maratón som to minulý rok trochu flákal. Takže tento rok sa chystám mať menej výhovoriek, prečo práve dnes sa nedá isť si vonku zabehať. Hmmm, ale čo ak to bude znamenať, že sa budem musieť venovať foteniu trochu menej? Nuž… uvidíme 😉Keď som už vedel, ktoré predsavzatie si nafotím, tak s realizáciou to už bolo celkom jednoduché – aplikoval som klasický postup: keď nemám nápad, tak vytiahnem makro objektív… a len sa tak hrajem. © Patrik Banas, Nikon D800 with Macro Nikkor 105mm with 3 Kenko extension tubes, f/32 @ 25(!) sec, ISO 100 © Patrik Banas, Nikon D800 with Macro Nikkor 105mm with 3 Kenko extension tubes, f/13 @ 1 sec, ISO 100 Behind the scenes shot is now almost a must 😉Fotka spoza fotoaparátu je už takmer nevyhnutná súčasť fotenia…
project 52 | week 3 – yellow
Yellow idea came when I was enjoying an excellent dark chocolate, which was packed in a yellow box with unique pattern. So my background was clear. And then I have borrowed one (of the millions) small car of my son. Arranged. Added motion. And to emphasize the size, added a human element (my lovely daughter in this case ;). Monika helped with set up. Clearly a family teamwork… Thank you all!PS: Behind the scenes are at the bottom… Nápad na tohto týždňovú žltú prišiel, keď som si užíval skvelú tmavú čokoládu a bonboniéra bola žltej farby s naozaj originálnym vzorom. Takže pozadie som mal vyriešené. Požičal som si jedno autíčko môjho syna (z tej nekonečnej krabice). Naaranžoval. Pridal pohyb. A aby som podtrhol veľkosť záberu, pridal som tzv. ľudský prvok (v tomto prípade vypomáhala moja krásna dcéra). Monika mi pomohla s prípravou… Proste rodinná spolupráca… Díky všetkým!PS: zábery “spoza foťáku” sú nižšie.
project 52 | week 2 – legs
Well, second week of project 52 and I am still catching up and I am on time! 😉 This time THE opportunity came quite easily. I have been first time ever playing curling – and there were a lot of legs in a very different angles and positions. This one came out perfectly. Motion, action, lines… and of course LEGS!PS: Shot with my small point and shoot Leica D-Lux4… Tak, druhý týždeň projektu 52 a ešte stále stíham a dodávam načas! 😉 Tentokrát sa príležitosť vyskytla pomerne jednoducho. Bol som si prvýkrát v živote zahrať curling – a bolo tam k dispozícii kopec nôh v rôznych uhloch a polohách. Tento jeden záber mi vyšiel skvelo. Trochu pohybu, akcie, línie… no a samozrejme NOHY!PS: Nafotené malým kompaktom Leica D-Lux4…
project 52 is back! – week1 | first
OK, this year I am back in project 52 – thanks goes to Monika for organizing it all and pushing me to not be lazy (thanks sweetheart!). Let’s see how this will be developing this year! If you are not familiar with project 52, it is easy actually pretty easy. Every week there is a theme of the week announced within a small and very active photo community and I will do my best to force myself to take a picture with that theme. So please stay tuned. Theme of the first week is – what a surprise – “first“. And here’s my my first week assignment. Our FIRST mold of this year in our fridge! 🙂 Yeaah, this one raspberry didn’t make it! But the rest of them were delicious! PS: Macro shot has been lighted with my fantastic new “pringles softbox“. I love it! Tak, a tento rok som tu znova s projektom 52 – a to všetko vďaka Monike, ktorá to všetko vymyslela, organizuje a pomáha mi, aby som nezlenivel (ďakujem láska!). Uvidíme, ako sa to bude tento rok vyvíjať a či to dotiahnem až do konca. Ak nepoznáte projekt52, tak to je vcelku jednoduché. Každý týždeň je v rámci malej a veľmi aktívnej foto komunite vyhlásená téma týždňa a všetci sa budeme snažiť nafotiť niečo na túto tému. Takže ostaňte naladení. No a téma prvého týždňa je – tadááááá – “prvý” (prvá, prvé…).No a toto je moje spracovanie témy. Prosím pekne, toto je naša PRVÁ tohtoročná pleseň v chladničke. Veru tak, táto malina to už nerozchodila. Ale zvyšok bol veľmi vydarný!PS: Makro záber bol nasvietený s mojím novým “pringles softboxom“. Obľúbil som si ho!