Comments on: Macro photos of the inside of musical instruments http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zarray http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1366931 zarray Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1366931 Yeah I though it was a giant building. Yeah I though it was a giant building.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1366902 penguinchris Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1366902 Maybe they used some sort of tilt-shift setup, and combined multiple images at different focus distances in photoshop. Maybe they used some sort of tilt-shift setup, and combined multiple images at different focus distances in photoshop.

]]> By: benenglish http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1366865 benenglish Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1366865 I have no good explanations.  Some of the shots (e.g., the pipe organ shots) could have simply been good light and a small aperture. The shots inside the stringed instruments are more problematic.  I can think of a dozen possibilities and it may be some combination of them all and not all of them involve the way the photos are shot. Notice the first picture at this link:  http://www.behance.net/werk314/frame/340016 Look at the finish of the wood edges of the f-hole on the right.  It's quite clear and it looks like it was hacked out with a penknife wielded by a spastic hand.  Then look at the f-hole on the left.  It's fuzzy.  Both are approximately the same distance from the apparent camera position.  Both should be just as in focus.  They aren't.  I won't hazard a guess but something funny is definitely going on.  "Funny", in this context, isn't by any means the same as "bad" but this pretty clearly isn't "straight" photography. I have no good explanations.  Some of the shots (e.g., the pipe organ shots) could have simply been good light and a small aperture.

The shots inside the stringed instruments are more problematic.  I can think of a dozen possibilities and it may be some combination of them all and not all of them involve the way the photos are shot.

Notice the first picture at this link:  http://www.behance.net/werk314/frame/340016

Look at the finish of the wood edges of the f-hole on the right.  It’s quite clear and it looks like it was hacked out with a penknife wielded by a spastic hand.  Then look at the f-hole on the left.  It’s fuzzy.  Both are approximately the same distance from the apparent camera position.  Both should be just as in focus.  They aren’t. 

I won’t hazard a guess but something funny is definitely going on.  “Funny”, in this context, isn’t by any means the same as “bad” but this pretty clearly isn’t “straight” photography.

]]> By: Nick Fotopoulos http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1366682 Nick Fotopoulos Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1366682 This makes me want to build a room that looks like the inside of a giant violin... This makes me want to build a room that looks like the inside of a giant violin…

]]> By: dmatos http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1366180 dmatos Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1366180  I marvel at the depth of field they've managed to get with this photography.  I have to assume either very long exposure times, or magic. As a(n ex)photographer, would you care to comment on that?  I marvel at the depth of field they’ve managed to get with this photography.  I have to assume either very long exposure times, or magic.

As a(n ex)photographer, would you care to comment on that?

]]> By: IndexMe http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365907 IndexMe Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365907 I recently found the otherwise junky lens on my android (HTC Evo 4G) phone took some really nice pictures of the interior landscape of a kind of open lid pot by just looking over the brim. I wonder if there are endoscopy like extensions one could connect to a camera phone so as to allow photos of tight places. I recently found the otherwise junky lens on my android (HTC Evo 4G) phone took some really nice pictures of the interior landscape of a kind of open lid pot by just looking over the brim. I wonder if there are endoscopy like extensions one could connect to a camera phone so as to allow photos of tight places.

]]> By: Rick Turner http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365802 Rick Turner Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365802 Where's the soundpost?  Where is a label?  This looks bogus...though it is a pretty picture. Where’s the soundpost?  Where is a label?  This looks bogus…though it is a pretty picture.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365780 Art Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365780 Damn!  It's downright architectural. Great concept and masterfully done. Damn!  It’s downright architectural. Great concept and masterfully done.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365752 Lobster Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365752  Yeah, that was my first thought.  You can probably buy a cheap violin and a hacksaw for less than a high-quality camera small enough to slip through an f-slot.  Yeah, that was my first thought.  You can probably buy a cheap violin and a hacksaw for less than a high-quality camera small enough to slip through an f-slot.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365753 Lobster Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365753 Reminds me of the cargo hold of a ship.  A very fancy ship. Reminds me of the cargo hold of a ship.  A very fancy ship.

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365740 Thorzdad Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365740 You're assuming they are intact instruments. You’re assuming they are intact instruments.

]]> By: Cefeida http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365627 Cefeida Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365627 That's what I want to know. Are those photos, or is it CGI? I can't find any description at the link to explain. That’s what I want to know. Are those photos, or is it CGI? I can’t find any description at the link to explain.

]]> By: Crashproof http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365556 Crashproof Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365556 How are they getting cameras *in* there? How are they getting cameras *in* there?

]]> By: benenglish http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365463 benenglish Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365463 I'm being pedantic.  Stop reading now if that bothers you (it bothers me, too) but I was a photographer for too many years to let this one go by. I went to the links.  I saw some lovely, fairly close-up photography.  I saw no macrophotography.  "Macro" has a specific meaning and I don't care if the Wikipedia article is waffling about it and indicating that the terms is being used more broadly.  If it ain't 1:1 reproduction or higher, it ain't macro. This is almost as irritating as people referring to EVF (electronic viewfinder) cameras as SLRs.  Any camera type with "reflex" in the name has a mirror in it.  I've actually seen manufacturer advertising that gets this wrong and it drives me nuts. OK, two pet peeves aired.  Everyone feel free to jeer away. I’m being pedantic.  Stop reading now if that bothers you (it bothers me, too) but I was a photographer for too many years to let this one go by.

I went to the links.  I saw some lovely, fairly close-up photography.  I saw no macrophotography.  “Macro” has a specific meaning and I don’t care if the Wikipedia article is waffling about it and indicating that the terms is being used more broadly.  If it ain’t 1:1 reproduction or higher, it ain’t macro.

This is almost as irritating as people referring to EVF (electronic viewfinder) cameras as SLRs.  Any camera type with “reflex” in the name has a mirror in it.  I’ve actually seen manufacturer advertising that gets this wrong and it drives me nuts.

OK, two pet peeves aired.  Everyone feel free to jeer away.

]]> By: Hakuin http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365381 Hakuin Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365381  domo!  domo!

]]> By: EchoCharlie http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365342 EchoCharlie Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365342 they're centered around the bridge, which in a stringed instrument like a violin is a floating one. in a violin, they're not meant to work the same way the holes in a guitar work. violins are fairly rigid on the top bit, so the f-holes create a bit of springiness around the bridge, allowing the vibrations to transmit through the body of the instrument. as far as I know the shape is mostly traditional, but it seems to me the shape of the classic f makes for the most springiness with the least reduction of stability / change of tone. also, boo. ;) they’re centered around the bridge, which in a stringed instrument like a violin is a floating one. in a violin, they’re not meant to work the same way the holes in a guitar work. violins are fairly rigid on the top bit, so the f-holes create a bit of springiness around the bridge, allowing the vibrations to transmit through the body of the instrument. as far as I know the shape is mostly traditional, but it seems to me the shape of the classic f makes for the most springiness with the least reduction of stability / change of tone.

also, boo. ;)

]]> By: Hakuin http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/macro-photos-of-the-inside-of.html#comment-1365313 Hakuin Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147895#comment-1365313 why are f holes f's? why are f holes f’s?

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