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Nigella

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 26, 2011235 views13 comments

What is it? A jelly fish or plant. If you want to know more, go to this page on Wikipedia.

Just discovered that I could do macro with X-ray

In fact x-ray is used commercially to assess seed quality.

GE mammo machine 28kv 40mAmp. Thanks for viewing and C&C appreciated.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on August 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM

Fantastic creature from the deep here Gary, great seed pod !

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 27, 2011 at 1:32 AM

Now that is very cool, Gary. I looked at the manual for my camera and can't find that setting. What custom function is this exactly?

Registered on September 9, 2006, 130 Posts, 2281 Comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on August 27, 2011 at 4:52 AM

Another great work, Gary !
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Grabski on August 27, 2011 at 8:06 AM

Very interesting.

Registered on April 29, 2011, 122 Posts, 431 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Graham on August 27, 2011 at 11:11 AM

Keep up the experimenting, Gary, you are creating fine works :). I like how you kept the traditional b/w feel of a radiograph instead of inverting it. The mammo machine can really resolve the fine details. I'm not sure if you are using digital or film, but did you try a second exposure to penetrate the center and then try HDR on it?

Registered on August 22, 2006, 842 Posts, 2824 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on August 27, 2011 at 5:26 PM

Very interesting, Gary! Does look like a jellyfish.

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 27, 2011 at 6:40 PM

I thought Nigella was a cookbook author (with some great recipes).

It looks like a plant. Great shot.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 27, 2011 at 8:03 PM

Very cool technique providing great interest Gary..I thought I'd tuned in to the discovery channel

Creative image, hat's off to ya

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on August 28, 2011 at 10:16 AM

Cool technique, Gary! I may have had a hand in that camera of yours!

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on August 28, 2011 at 10:30 AM

Gary, great post! Push the walls out for all of us with creative applications. How about that shot...well done!

Registered on September 5, 2008, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 29, 2011 at 4:47 AM

Thanks everyone for your comments. Much appreciated.

Govind:
From your comment, I am guessing you work for GE and you are a colleague of Ram?

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on August 29, 2011 at 4:10 PM

Gary:

Yes, I work at GE. I am not sure how old your mammo system is, but I worked on designing one a few years back.

Haven't met Ram yet, but have heard the name. And of course, I see his masterpieces here.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Basil Greber on September 4, 2011 at 6:19 PM

I like this very much, and the same applies to the blossom that you've posted in flora. Stunning.

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