Project Athena - Day 329 (Metal)

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

Lightening bolts and metal. Huh. I think I will shoot indoors today. I wanted to create a large "Pyramid O' Nuts" to photograph, with a reflection, but that turned out to be much harder than it sounds. After more than two dozen attempts to stack the nuts and position the light without the nuts falling over, I settled for a big "Pile O' Nuts and Bolts" and a different sort of texture photo. I am still gonna get that pyramid shot someday. All I need is a super strong magnetic tray that is perfectly flat.

Pile O' Nuts and Bolts

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 135mm • F/9 • 1/7s • ISO 200

Project Athena - Day 328 (Metal)

Metal Umbrellas

I shot this image several weeks ago while on the CSU Campus. I was drawn to the shiny metal umbrellas, reflected in the metal framed windows. This is actually meant to be a "scouting shot" since the golden light was not quite there and I did not have my tripod. I am super excited to go back and take the this one again.

Court Yard at Lory Student Center, CSU Campus

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 46.6mm • F/22 • 1/5s • ISO 200

 

Project Athena - Day 326 (Metal)

Cu

Copper is such an awesome element especially because it's atomic number is 29, my birthday! It's great for conducting heat or electricity and it's so soft and malleable. My favorite thing about copper though is when it corrodes or gets heated up, it turns amazing colors with on a sort of patina look.

I purchased this copper coil for the photo tonight thinking I could just return it to Home Depot when I am done. But now, I feel a creative project coming on. I have never worked with copper but what's the worst that can happen, eh?

Copper Coil

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 116.10mm • F/9 • 1/12s • ISO 400