{"id":5833,"date":"2016-01-05T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2020-12-22T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T20:00:58","slug":"floating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/floating\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been attracted to black and white photography so I set out the other day to capture images in color that would look good\u00a0when\u00a0converted to black and white. I looked in and around\u00a0the stream next to our home and found a few opportunities. I was especially attracted to this leaf floating in the creek. I setup my camera and tripod and captured this image.<\/p>\n<p>Photography has a very interesting history. I had the opportunity to see &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/permanent\/firstphotograph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The World&#8217;s First Photograph<\/a>&#8221; during the holiday break. It was on display at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Ransom Center<\/a> on the University of Texas campus. It was not a crystal-clear photograph (actually, it was completely dark) but they did have some visual aids to help visualize the composition. The first photograph was taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/permanent\/firstphotograph\/niepce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce<\/a> in 1826 or 1827. The image depicts the view from an upstairs window of his estate\u00a0in\u00a0France.<\/p>\n<p>I share the same interest as Ni\u00e9pce. He began experimenting with photography because of his inability to draw images by hand. I\u00a0am the same way. I have no drawing abilities so photography is the next best thing. Ni\u00e9pce experimented with light-sensitive varnishes and then with images produced in a camera. He was unable to prevent images from fading (as was evident by the photograph I saw). His best results were from using a solution of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bitumen_of_Judea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bitumen of Judea<\/a>\u00a0(which was actually mined in France not Judea). We are lucky that we can take color digital images and convert them to black and white images with the click of a mouse. Ni\u00e9pce\u00a0method required that the plate\u00a0be exposed in the camera for at least eight hours and probably for several days&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5830\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5830\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/floating\/floating-leaf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,982\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Floating Leaf&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1451925247&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2016&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Floating Leaf&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;exposure_bias&quot;:&quot;0\/1&quot;,&quot;flash&quot;:&quot;16&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Floating Leaf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Floating Leaf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf-750x491.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf-1500x982.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5830\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Floating\" width=\"1500\" height=\"982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf-500x327.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-04-Floating-Leaf-750x491.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floating Leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5ds\/\">Canon EOS 5DS<\/a> using my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-ef-100mm-macro\/\">Canon EF 100mm f\/2.8L Macro Lens<\/a>. The camera was set on <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/aperture-priority\/\">Aperture priority<\/a> mode with the aperture set at f\/5.6, shutter speed at 1\/8th of a second and the ISO set at 100. I chose to take four images using manual focus and use Photoshop to put together a <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/focus-stacking\/\">focus stack<\/a> using Photoshop. Final processing was done in Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1996\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T Kahler Signature\" width=\"177\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a9 2015 T. Kahler Photography<\/p>\n<p><em>PS: Please don\u2019t respond to this message as it will not reach me. Either post a comment or forward your response to my email address (terry@tkahler.com)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am attracted to B&#038;W photography. I set out the other day to capture color images that I could convert to B&#038;W. 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