Light Shavings

Photography by Scott Whittemore

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Out of Context :

Out of Context

Updated: Jul 13, 2008 3:12pm PST

Flora : My usual reason for photographing a flower, leaf or plant is to 'remember' its features so I can identify it later. Occasionally, I get a flower (or leaf) image that somehow, for me, rises above the others.

Flora

My usual reason for photographing a flower, leaf or plant is to 'remember' its features so I can identify it later. Occasionally, I get a flower (or leaf) image that somehow, for me, rises above the others.

Updated: Jul 13, 2008 1:06pm PST

Mineral Crystals : These are photographs of naturally formed crystals that I have collected from various mines, prospects, roadcuts and rock outcroppings. Some of them have been photographed with the Olympus Zuiko Digital 50 mm macro lens and 25 mm extension tube; others (the smaller specimens) were photographed through a Meiji RZ trinocular stereo microscope. In all cases, the camera is either the Olympus E-1 or Olympus E-330. The microscope shots are difficult to enlarge beyond about 5X7 or 8X10. The high degree of magnification results in very shallow depth of field and the microscope optics can't produce an image with the kind of sharpness and resolution one expects from a good photographic lens. If you like these and would like to see more, check out my MinDat gallery here.

Mineral Crystals

These are photographs of naturally formed crystals that I have collected from various mines, prospects, roadcuts and rock outcroppings. Some of them have been photographed with the Olympus Zuiko Digital 50 mm macro lens and 25 mm extension tube; others (the smaller specimens) were photographed through a Meiji RZ trinocular stereo microsco ...

Updated: Jul 09, 2008 8:05am PST

Fauna :

Fauna

Updated: Jun 24, 2008 1:52pm PST

Iceforms : I find wintertime ice formations fascinating. These are scenes involving natural ice formations.

Iceforms

I find wintertime ice formations fascinating. These are scenes involving natural ice formations.

Updated: Aug 08, 2007 4:56pm PST