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[–]ExposureRep[S] 14 points15 points ago

[–]sweatysocks 16 points17 points ago

Thanks for the repost! Here are all of the high resolution photos from that shoot.

David

[–]sirbloodbath 0 points1 point ago

I really like these. They breathe new life into a stale subject. Well done.

[–]Berkel 0 points1 point ago

The title mentions refocusing, what's the technique used to achieve these photos without focusing to infinity?

[–]sweatysocks 0 points1 point ago

Entirely by hand. Just know the limits of your lens, and turn almost all the way to infinity. I had a white piece of tape on the lens so I knew exactly how much to turn it to focus where I needed.

[–]RedDeadVagina 1 point2 points ago

Wow! So would the San Diego fiasco look like a big ball?

[–]sethamphetamine 1 point2 points ago

Thanks for reposting or I may have missed this.

[–]catcard 0 points1 point ago

Looks like pollen particles... cool!

[–]-Shirley- 0 points1 point ago

kind of looks like a pineapple.

i think it is funny.

[–]Dockboy 1 point2 points ago

Dem fractals.

[–]xJuturna 0 points1 point ago

Looks like a durian.

[–]MinnowActual 0 points1 point ago

Wow, this has been reposted three or four times TODAY. And not once by the original OP. Sweatysocks, you're being way cooler about this that I would have been. golf clap

[–]sweatysocks 4 points5 points ago

There's a certain type of pride seeing photos you've taken crawl over the web. Pretty cool, I would have never dreamed of something like that happening. I'm glad that I've shown people something cool and new (it's cool and new to me too!) so I appreciate spreading it around. Karma is a bit of a gimmick to me. Thanks!

[–]Oxyuscan 0 points1 point ago

exposure porn sounds inappropriate

[–]notacrook 0 points1 point ago

I shot a time lapse of the NYC fireworks this past year - nothing as awesome looking as this, but still pretty cool I think:

https://vimeo.com/45277351

[–]Emiel000 0 points1 point ago

I thought this was a cactus by the thumbnail.

[–]Mesquite_Skeet_Skeet 0 points1 point ago

I used to go to warehouse rave parties and those look like the lights they'd have hanging from the ceiling.

[–]pics-or-didnt-happen 1 point2 points ago

You know, I would have expected /r/exposureporn to be something else entirely.

This is pretty neat!