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Self Portrait by Dean Chiang | Xyclopx

A Land Rover + my Evo = rental car. Figured I should put some miles on the car while I have it so I decided to drive up ~250mi to Fort Bragg. My friend took some pics about a year ago and it was really cool--a whole beach of glass pebbles in a rainbow of colors! So, when I finally got there I was super excited..... but alas, the whole frickin' beach was picked clean!!! All within a year. So sad. I guess too much word of the place got out and city wasn't smart enough to control access, and well... I guess the 5 or so businesses along the main street with "Glass Beach" in their name can close their doors now.

Anyway, woke up the next morning ~5am and decided to try for some macro stuff, since most of my sunset pics of the previous night were a bust without the special glamour of colored glass. Carefully walked around on the slippery rocks and found a place to pluck down my tripod, spread its legs all the way, and placed rocks underneath the feet to get it focused at 1:1 magnification. Set down my portable stool and got to work.

The anemone was constantly moving, and was in a different orientation in each frame, arms flailing around, so auto blending didn't work. I ended up manually blending a focus stack of 3 frames.

Hope you guys enjoy this Self Portrait. An enemy in me.



Sep 30, 2014 at 09:25 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · A Self Portrait


Interesting shot. Beautifully done.
cheers,
peter



Oct 01, 2014 at 12:35 AM
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Wow. Very nice shot of a different (for this board) subject.



Oct 01, 2014 at 10:19 PM
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Until I read your description, I was convinced it was coloured glass.

Harold



Oct 02, 2014 at 01:47 AM
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Thanks all for the kind words and support!

And hey they featured this photo @ Gizmodo / Sploid!:

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-amazing-photo-is-yet-another-proof-of-why-earth-is-1641678537




Oct 02, 2014 at 10:41 PM
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Whoa, I'd day you did good with the manual blend Dean.
Sure disheartening to read about the glass pebbles disappearance.
Thanks for sharing this well thought piece.

...Lee



Oct 06, 2014 at 08:42 PM
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Lee Nelson wrote:
Whoa, I'd day you did good with the manual blend Dean.
Sure disheartening to read about the glass pebbles disappearance.
Thanks for sharing this well thought piece.

...Lee

Thanks Lee. I'm very glad you appreciated it.

You know, I think what happened to the Glass Beach can be seen as a microcosm of our natural lands in general. I am not a tree hugger by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it's clear from this situation that if left unprotected, nature would just be picked apart by people, especially those areas that are easily accessible.



Oct 06, 2014 at 09:24 PM
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Really cool shot.


Oct 06, 2014 at 11:02 PM





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