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Photo of the Week – George Rembert

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Nature’s Quiet Fireworks.

George Rembert - Bursting Milkweed Pod

George Rembert - Bursting Milkweed Pod


This image goes back to November 1980, a Canon A-1 35mm SLR and color print film. A dry milkweed pod was brought into the house and placed on a table covered with a piece of dark green wool. The camera was mounted on a tripod and two flash units were connected to fire simultaneously. The shutter was set to 1/60 sec (the standard flash sync speed) and the correct aperture determined using a flash light meter. It would be the flash duration, not the shutter that would stop the action. The focus was set. The seed pod was then opened, the pressure inside the pod quickly forcing the seed out and the room air currents moving the seed away. There was time for only one shot before the scene was a jumbled mess. Fortunately everything worked as planned to produce this image-with an added good shot of luck.

Photo of the Week – Janice Mastorio-Worth

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Janice Worth has a talent for locating interesting people  in exotic settings, finding the best perspective and framing the scene to tell a complete story.  Below is the capture of Balinese
taking part in a Hindu water purification ceremony where the old is washed away to allow for a new beginning. If you look closely you’ll see five queues, winding peacefully and happily to place  offerings and bathe in the water gushing from fountains spaced along the wall.  It’s probably not a shot that will walk away with the blue ribbon in a juried show as it doesn’t employ any special techniques, there’s nothing here that “grabs” the viewer and perhaps it doesn’t follow the “rules” of composition but overall it has great appeal.

Janice Mastorio-Worth - Hindu Purification Ceremony on the island of Bali

Janice Mastorio-Worth - Hindu Purification Ceremony on the island of Bali

There is an additional shot available here that shows a different perspective on the same scene.