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Vauxhall Chevette by Paul Woods

Along came a spider By Paul Woods This image is a photo stack of 12 images shot with an external speedlite with a plastic bag and elastic band as a diffuser .   Triggered of camera by radio trigger.  I  shot 12 images before the spider moved (it was slightly chilled in the refrigerator in a film canister before hand) the recycling time of the speedlite meaning I had a few seconds between each shot . As anyone knows macro at such a magnification can have DOF issues . I have used a reverse ring and an old kit lens from a 35mm film camera 35-80mm from a 50eos . One has to pick an aperture and pressing the dof preview button dismount the lens to keep the aperture set. This in turn means a darker viewfinder if one picks a large fstop as needed for macro to increase area in focus.  I used  photoshop to stack the images - this image still needs more cleaning up before I print (always an ongoing process). It needed a bit of work too after the stacking as it is a co...

Paul Woods comes from a fine art background attending Art college for 2 years before leaving. Having worked as a professional screenprinter among other professions he always seemed to utilise computers to create artworks whether it was graphic design or 3d modeling or digital photography. Later adding multimedia to his skillset he embraced animation and music . Paul has illustrated a spanish poetry book drawing from photoshop collages. His work seems to enter and exit a computer's inputs and outputs a number of times before competition.  Photography became a major driving force in his creativity  through webdesign and local camera clubs where he met and explored different styles. He shoots Mainly digital but most of the work represented here is personal, for fun he prefers to shoot film - the older and more unpredictable the better; often using an old dusty scanner and allowing parts of the negative's tracks to be  exposed in the frame . Some examples of his co...

Beautiful traditional  Italian restaurant !  Street Shot Rochester Looking in to a pub from the outside would love a tasty pint of Ale !  Rochester Castle in the evening  - all image shot on 35mm film on an eos 50 with 50mm f1.2 

Why create art ? It is my firm belief that artist create because the can , they must and have a duty to others to perform this task as not every human is the same . Dreaming and imagination are as far removed from one as murder and killing is to another - although some what dramatic my description is,  none the less there is an ounce of truth in it. Think of your old schoolmates, the diversity , sporty against nerdy , even sporty people can be creative or not every nerdy person can be creative or visa versa , this breaks down infinitely.  So why have I posted a piece of music like this already created by another man a fractal by another mathematician. Simply, because I can  -  I play with music and sound design , I have zoomed fractals for years and years ,  making and editing videos so its a logical progression and believe it has some merit  as not everyone does this or can do this or has the time to do this.  Although it is nothing new it in fact ...

Here are some photos I took in Ballybunion Beach and Town after the awful weather we had at the start of 2014 . The Images were taken on fuji 400 film expired a few years and scanned to disk in an ordinary chemist - they needed a bit of photoshop work to look  any way decent. The last picture was taken in Listowel Square - I saw a story in the Change or lack of it !