Today when I went to throw the trash out at our communal trash collection area, I noticed a printed circuit board in the electronics recycling bin. Being the geek that I am, I took it out to see if it had any valuable parts on it so I can use it in future DIY projects, when a flash of inspiration hit me. The idea was simple: create mini cityscapes photographs from this piece of circuit board!
I set up my camera on a tripod, placed the circuit board on my desk, and used my laptop's screen as the background. I found a suitable sunset image on my laptop and composed the shot. I also fired a flash underneath and behind the board to create this image.
For this shot, I used a spot light with an orange filter from the left of the board, and a flash with a blue filter from the right.
這張我用了兩個光源，一個橘燈從板子左側照射，另一個藍閃燈從右邊打。
1 sec, f/8, ISO 100
The Red Building
赤樓
For this shot, I used an image with the sun as the background, one light source from a lamp was used.
這張我從筆電上選出一張有太陽的照片當作背景，另外用一盞燈補光。
0.3 sec, f/8, ISO 100
Rooms
隔間
I spotted this section of the board that looked like rooms separated by walls. I composed a top-down view with light coming from behind the board.
我發現這部分的板子看起來特別像房子的室内藍圖，我從板子後面打了燈光。
10 sec, f/11, ISO 100
The Hub
中轉站
I used a light source behind this integrated circuit chip to make it look like a bustling transportation hub.
我從板子的背面打燈使得這顆集成電路芯片看起來像是繁華的中轉站。
6 sec, f/11, ISO 100
Silos
筒倉
While I was playing with the direction of the light on various parts of the board, I noticed that a certain low angled light produced these long shadows across the board cast by capacitors. I chose an "aerial" shot of the capacitor "silos" and used an orange filter for the left light, and a purple light from the right.
