Salon - - COMING SOON TO SNOW EVERYWHERE! - Scott Clarke

CJ Swartz · #1 12-22-2005, 01:16 PM

If you love dogs, or love imagery, or just need a laugh, I think you'll enjoy viewing this gallery by Scott Clarke. (I just noticed this last night as it reached the Top 10 in popularity on PBase.)

http://www.pbase.com/clarkwil/buddy_2

* if new to PBase albums -- (If you click on an image, you can see a larger version and read comments left by PBasers and guests. You can manuever through the gallery by hitting "Next".)

raniday · #2 12-22-2005, 02:47 PM

Thanks, CJ. I love all of them! My favorite (though I didn't understand the title) was "For the man with the green screen".

Kraellin · #3 12-22-2005, 02:54 PM

excellent, cj. but you've got to get him here so he can tell us how he did those.

craig

CJ Swartz · #4 12-22-2005, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kraellin

excellent, cj. but you've got to get him here so he can tell us how he did those. craig

I wish! He hasn't answered any comments that I've seen asking about how he did it -- if I see any info, I'll add it here. You have a good point about asking him here -- I'll send him a note and invite him to RPro.

CJ Swartz · #5 12-22-2005, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by raniday

Thanks, CJ. I love all of them! My favorite (though I didn't understand the title) was "For the man with the green screen".

I love that one too! (I hadn't noticed the title before you mentioned it, but the only green screen I know about is used to aid in compositing images... hmmm?).

There is another gallery with the same dog doing similar takes in the water -- total effect is not as stunning, IMO, as the snow background.

http://www.pbase.com/clarkwil/buddy_

Look at his butterflies also -- http://www.pbase.com/clarkwil/image/40821409
His photographic eye and in-camera processing are superior, but I'd love to know what else he does to make his images so stunning...

Ed_L · #6 12-22-2005, 08:02 PM

Thanks for the link, CJ. I couldn't resist checking that one out!

CJ Swartz · #7 12-22-2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed_L

Thanks for the link, CJ. I couldn't resist checking that one out!

Ed, bet you've seen a "snow dog" a time or two in your neck of the country!

Ed_L · #8 12-22-2005, 08:27 PM

Yep. I see 3 of them every day.

raniday · #9 12-22-2005, 08:36 PM

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His photographic eye and in-camera processing are superior

I think so, too, CJ. I've put him in my favorite artists list.

palms1 · #10 12-23-2005, 02:20 AM

Thanks for the link c.j. what a great gallery, have you looked in his photoshop gallery, the selective colour there is inspirational, and the winter 2005 is excellent, As it seems we are having no seasonal weather here in my part of the uk i will have to sit here look and sigh

Palms

CJ Swartz · #11 12-23-2005, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by palms1

...have you looked in his photoshop gallery, the selective colour there is inspirational, and the winter 2005 is excellent, As it seems we are having no seasonal weather here in my part of the uk i will have to sit here look and sigh Palms

I agree, palms; if you enjoy his color, you might like to look in his bullfight gallery -- I don't like bullfighting, but his images are highly diffused and don't show gory detail -- they do show a lot of color and movement. This gallery has a lot of comments attached, and I found one by the artist that states that he creates most of his effect WITHOUT photoshop. In camera techniques (filters, exposure, etc.) and film processing techniques (he has many pre-digital galleries) appear to create much of his look.

"...Now for the photoshop issue, you would be very surprised at the lack of photoshop used on these. They are shot this way, you determine for yourself how I do it..." -- comment by Scott Clarke

Ohh -- you might enjoy his "On the Green River" gallery also -- delightful colors reflecting from bubbles... http://www.pbase.com/clarkwil/green

However he creates his images, I wish I could mimic them...

palms1 · #12 12-23-2005, 05:21 AM

Ohh -- you might enjoy his "On the Green River" gallery also -- delightful colors reflecting from bubbles... http://www.pbase.com/clarkwil/green

C.J. I might enjoy the "On the Green River" ?

I LOVE it, for me it is the best gallery, and for once i am glad it is not done in photoshop otherwise i would spend days no months trying to achieve something remotely similar, what a talented person, It is no good i am going to have to have a new camera and take some (ok a lot of ) lessons

Palms

Kraellin · #13 12-23-2005, 06:13 AM

most enjoyable and a great study in bubbles

craig

CJ Swartz · #14 12-23-2005, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by palms1

...It is no good i am going to have to have a new camera and take some (ok a lot of ) lessons Palms

I did a Google search for tips on photographing bubbles, and didn't find a clear how-to, but we can keep hunting. I've tried water drops (limited success, but I need to keep practicing), but never bubbles. Scott Clarke mentions he was/is a crime scene investigator, and has done photography all thru his work career. He has practiced this craft a lot, and seems to enjoy creating beauty all the more as a balance to his work-a-day subject matter.

I did find these links so far:
http://www.pbase.com/michaelsv/bubbles (look at his Splashing (water) Drops gallery also ) NOTE: These photos are shot with a Panasonic FZ-10 (NOT an expensive SLR camera -- It is true what they say -- "Cameras don't take pictures; people do."). Click on the "Show EXIF info" to see his exposure information -- he uses shutter speed of 1/200 sec., uses a higher ISO of 200, and some images show a sink drain below, so you can do it in your own home. He says the colors are real, although saturated a bit in PShop. He may use something colored to add some colors to the bubbles -- I don't know. It could be fun experimenting!

[Note: there is SOME difference in what cameras can do -- a Linhof large-format bellows camera system utilizing 4 x 5-inch sheet film and imaged using an apo-macro Nikon large format Nikkor-AM ED 210 mm f-5.6 lens was used for this wonderful image] -- (but most of can't afford or know what to do with a large-format camera or bellows attachment)
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/featured...ap03small.html
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macin...un/bubbles.htm (information)

http://www.worth1000.com/cache/conte...ay=photography Worth1000 contest entries

http://www.polarimage.fi/soap/soap1.htm (pages of images, but no how-to)

http://bubbleart.com/first%20edition.htm and http://bubbleart.com/index.html
Fan Yang appears to have some world record bubbles.

palms1 · #15 12-24-2005, 01:21 AM

wow Thanks C.J. you have put some work in here,Fan Yang is incredible, but back to images I like the ones at worth100 and the hint that it keeps the kids amused blowing bubbles, will have to see it the same can be said for husbands. Yes that means i will have to have a try even with my little point and shoot ( but it will be after the holidays and when i can find some bubble mixture, no washing up liquid isnt as good !) if i get any results will post them here !
thanks again
Palms