Measuring4.34 by 3.21 by 0.5 inch (11 x 8.15 x 1.27 cm), the drive is compact enough to fit right inside your palm. Other than the different colors, the new My Passport Ultra looks very similar to the old version. The new My Passport Ultra comes in four color choices.
The fact that it comes in a ton of colors and has the option to secure your data in case of loss or theft is an extra bonus.įor more options that might fit your budget better, however, check out this list of top portable drives on the market.
If you're looking for a compact storage device that offers a huge amount of storage space to carry data or backup on the go, the new WD My Passport Ultra is an excellent buy.
(WD says that the street price will be lower and that pricing and availability for UK and Australia will be announced later.) It was illuminated from within by 6-60 watt light bulbs.However, all things considered and at the suggested retail price of $80, $100, $130 and $200 for 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 3TB, respectively, the new My Passport Ultra is still one of the best portable drives on the market. Coloring was achieved by shifting white balance.īreaking Point: The Volcano is made out of tile grout, cotton, and phosphorous ink. This is a mixture of many different materials tile grout, moss, bottle brushes (pine trees), actual clippings from the ground, and built on top of a standard outdoor patio table (water glass). The model was actually set on fire to achieve this effect. In this example of forced perspective, the CH-47 Chinook helicopter above is more than eighteen feet tall and almost one hundred feet long.īurning Room: Made of wood, nylon, plexiglass, purchased dollhouse furniture. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture. The perspective is forced, and the lighting effect was created by simply shifting the white balance.įorced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. The stars are simply strobe light through holes in cork board.įields, After the Storm: This model is made out of faux fur (fields), cotton (clouds) and sifted tile grout (mountains). The trees were composited from life (so far the only real life element in any of these images). Mars was Matthew’s first model he made in this seriesĪurora Borealis: This was made by photographing a beam of colored light against a black curtain to achieve the edge effect. Paprika Mars: Made out of 12 pounds paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili powder and charcoal. All works are currently available for acquisition. For images documenting how these works are made see my facebook fan page Matthew Albanese. Using a mixture of photographic techniques such as scale, depth of field, white balance and lighting I am able to drastically alter the appearance of my materials. Every aspect from the construction to the lighting of the final model is painstakingly pre-planned using methods which force the viewers perspective when photographed from a specific angle. My work involves the construction of small-scale meticulously detailed models using various materials and objects to create emotive landscapes. Tornado made of steel wool, cotton, ground parsley and moss The waterfall was created from a time exposure of falling table salt “Salt Water Falls” model made out of glass, plexiglass, tile grout, moss, twigs, salt, painted canvas & dry ice. Enjoy Matthew Albanese’s ‘Strange Worlds’ series: If you can’t believe it’s not butter, you won’t believe these aren’t real until you see the set-up pictures that follow. Matthew creates incredibly detailed miniature-scale model landscapes and then uses a camera technique known as forced perspective to create super-realistic photographs you swear were real! I first discovered Matthew Albanese’s work through my friend Johnn圜at, an author/editor for the newly-designed Neatorama.