Here’s an instructable on an alternate method for Pika Pika style light trace stop motion animation. Related: Made in Japan – Volume 5 featuring Pika Pika Light Graffiti Animation HOW TO – Enter the ghetto Matrix (DIY bullet time)
Flickr user Rob Cruickshank shares these photos of a bur-marigold in both visible and ultra-violet light. The dark marking seen in the UV picture (bottom photo) is believed to attract bees, which are able to see in that spectrum. – Bidens ferulifolia reflected UV
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Den-kuri Master – electrical MIDI stimulator [above, top-left] Old multimeter case reborn for synthing [above, bottom-right] Styrobots for school [above, top-right] Growduino in development [above bottom-left] Macro microchip
Flickr user Pianoman finds himself in an usually suspenseful situation with an Arduino project – So I built this little project for a friend. The idea is to take photos of a shuttle launch at down at Cape Canaveral. He has been doing this for a long time now… the routine goes like this: Accredited […]
Udi at DIY Photography made a tutorial for transforming a paint roller extension pole into a monopod for “aerial” photography. Just use your camera’s self timer or remote to take pictures from really high up.
According to the video, you can get these motion bases fairly cheap. Then again, a lot of our readers could whip one up with an Arduino and some servos. I really like the added dimension the panning head gives to the final video.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool DIY timelapse photo setup [above, top-left] Blinkybugs go out exploring [above, top-right] Sand egg sculpting [above, bottom-left] Homemade sun jar [above, bottom-right] TGIMBOEJ withdrawal & deposit DIY ‘tube’ amp
