Persian King
Keitai Strap
Posted by Amir (Tehran, Iran) on 3 September 2007 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.
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Keitai Strap, is a Japanese term for cellphone (Keitai) strap and extremely popular not only in Japan, where it originated, but around world.
Today we had a lot of rain, therefore I stayed home and made this image after exhausting every other subject to photograph.
This image is taken using Canon A640 camera and it's the result of well over 70, that's right, seventy images stacked up for maximum depth of field. If you are interested in this kind of photography you might wanna view few of my images captured and processed using the same method.
Here is the list:
The method of production is explained in details in above links. In this particular image, the depth of field is well over 5-6 cm and if you look closely everything is fairly in focus. This is extremely hard if not impossible to achieve with one or two shots.
Warning:
This process requires powerful computer for processing. I have a 2 Ghz, Core2Due Centrino laptop with over 1 Gb of ram. 71 images at full 10 Megapixle resolution each, took well over 45 minutes.
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Shiva from Kajang, Malaysia
dude! thanks for visiting... btw, a little bit more light would have made this pic a gem!
3 Sep 2007 6:37am
@Shiva: Thanks for your constructive criticism.
@Maysam: Thanks a bunch
Inés from Namur, Belgium
Cool, la mode n'a pas encore totalement atteint la Belgique ! bientôt ;o)
3 Sep 2007 7:46am
@Inés: Thanks
Quintino from Portugal
Funny, my twins have that on their cellphones and never imagined it had that name.
Nice picture... clearly form someone who noes what he's doing.
3 Sep 2007 8:45am
@Quintino: Funny indeed. Glad you liked it. Thanks for compliment.
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
The combination of lighting and shade is really cool here!
3 Sep 2007 9:36am
@DaveB: I am happy you liked it.
@Dimitrios: Thanks Dimitrios.
Stan Pulsar from Strasbourg, France
Nice, vivid and, of course, sharp shot !
This technique is very efficient (at least in your hands).
3 Sep 2007 12:03pm
@Stan Pulsar: You are kind, I appreciate it.
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Whoa, absolutely FABULOUS close-up!! I admire your immense skill and effort reflected so perfectly in this creation, Amir. Brilliant, man! :)
3 Sep 2007 1:22pm
@Rebecca: I have got no photographic skill, but you are kind, thanks for dropping by.
Soodabeh from Yazd, Iran
WOW! So much time it took! What a patience you have! Lovely shot indeed. I always love such decorative stuff and lovely dolls.
3 Sep 2007 4:33pm
@Soodabeh: I was bored. Thanks for your comment Soodabeh Jan.
Hamid from Tehran, Iran
man you have a lot of patience :-) I can't imagine i spend so much time on a photo. good result though. well done.
3 Sep 2007 5:11pm
@Hamid: Thanks, but I am in fact a very inpatient guy.
@Lost Valley: Thank for visiting.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Funny, I watched a French movie over the weekend, Sans Soleil, that is sort of a philosophical travelogue of Japan and the Cape Verde islands, and it featured a temple of the cat, with much larger, but stylistically similar figurines.
4 Sep 2007 3:50pm
@Twelvebit: I know what you are talking about. Thanks for stopping by.
miu* from GA, United States
Hello,Amir!
I am very interested in these straps!
Where did you get them?!
When I was in Japan(4 years ago),I had so many straps on my cellphone.
(Mayde 3 or 4.)
4 Sep 2007 11:43pm
@miu*: My wife is Japanese and she gets them for me.
Thanks for stopping by.
miu* from GA, United States
Thank you for answering!
Really?Your wife is Japanese!!
I feel familiar to your family so much!!
5 Sep 2007 12:11am
