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[mfreg]

This is what happens when I'm bored.....









... And I find an old kaliedescope..........

I know they're pretty lame but thanks for lookin'

mike

[B..]

Originally Posted by mfreg

This is what happens when I'm bored........ And I find an old kaliedescope..........

I know they're pretty lame but thanks for lookin'

mike

Love the colors!

But I want to see the hexa(octa)gonalism of a kaleidescope ...

[chintex]

Why Lame???? They are actually pretty cool. How did you take it?

[mfreg]

But I want to see the hexa(octa)gonalism of a kaleidescope ...

Yeah, I was hoping I could get that too, the viewing port of this kaliedescope is about 1/8 diameter, I spent about 2 hours trying to get the alignment right to get that view and I couldn't do it, the best I got was a couple of double ( mirror) images.

Why Lame???? They are actually pretty cool. How did you take it?

I guess after I was done I looked at them and thought o.k......what's the point ? what do I do with these ? that's why the seemed lame.

This particular kaliedescope is an egg shaped wooden one that sits in a brass stand, I layed it down on its stand and set a flashlight behind it on some towels. I was using my 100mm f2.8 macro with a 25mm extension tube. then I just turned the thing in various directions trying to get a shot right down the middle.
I'm thinking what should have done, and might try this weekend is to punch a hole in some black poster board and set it on a piece of glass with a light underneath, then position my camera over the top of it. I might have a better chance of getting the alignment right that way.

thanks for the comments.
mike

[chintex]

Mike,

Thanks for your feedback. The thing I like about such Forum is that the members are so happy to share 'how they did it. ' Great learning opportunity.