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Published: 2010-02-06 02:06:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 77; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 2
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Taken for my first assignment for my photography class. It was a basic elements/principles of design, the subject doesn't matter, blah blah, that kind of assignment. The professor said that taking photos of people would be bad for this assignment but I wanted to do something with the human body, hence the eyelashes.This is my right eye, and I used my laptop screen to reflect the camera screen, so I could check if I had everything lined up. Took me about twenty minutes to get it perfect and I like the way it came out... even if the ISO is a little off.
Also, fun thing that I just learned. Apparently, when I zoom in to max, my camera cuts down the dimensions of the pictures. Normally, they come out two thousand something-or-other by three thousand something-or-other, but this time it was 1064 x 768. It was weird. Anyways, enjoy!
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Oh I love those kinds of assignments, always a lot of freedom and testing the water kind of things right? And I know what you mean about the human body thing, I kinda just want to make a whole series on scars. Weird, huh? 
And that's weird that your camera cuts down the dimensions like that... but then again you always seem to get all the weird devices, huh?
But yes, I do love the way your eyelashes create such beautiful lines. Kind of reminds me of graphic paintbrush lines.
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Thanks. And speaking as someone who has taken many pictures of scars, there is a lot of difficulty to it.
Scar tissue is one of the most unpredictable kind of cells that can be found in a body and has so many different forms and appearances, it really can be a challenge to get a picture of. Your GI scar (at least from what I remember of it) has lots of texture to it, so it would grab light, make shadows and not be too bad to photograph, but smoother scar tissue is harder because it nearly disappears when you try to get an image of it. Most of my scar tissue is smooth, so that's my problem. And that is your photo lesson for the day.
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lol I know about those smooth scars too, I tried to take a picture of the scar on my foot and didn't quite register. Kind of want to try and steal a macro lens from the school and try that in a good light set up. I dunno, just a random idea. I guess I'm still stuck on that aesthetic vs. anti-aesthetic discussion from a couple of days ago.
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Sounds like an interesting discussion.
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