My thoughts would be to go along the lines of time of day.... Using the golden hour of sunset, when the sun is red, if you can catch it with the sun full on the statue, you will get the best light.... at least as I envision it. I suppose that maybe a morning sunrise shot would work as well... I think also of my brown-tinted sunglasses. They tend to make greens more intense, but also darker. Is there such a color filter for cameras? That would help even more....
Of course I could be completely off base here. On 4/19/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > That's the thing ... it's easy to do in Photoshop, but I'd like to find a > way to do it outside of Photoshop, ideally using natural light, and making > it happen with film choice, exposure, processing, and so on. > > Thanks for your suggestion about exposure ... 'tween you and Bob and a > comment or two made by another person off list, I think I know how I'm > going to approach this. After all, photographers did things like this for > years without Photoshop. > > Shel > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist > > > Of course with BW you have the option of colored filters to selectively > > alter the light. With color, it's tough to exercise a lot of control in > > camera. More light on the rusted art with a reflector or diffused flash > > would help. With negative film a bit of overexposure might help as > > well. But the easiest and best way to do it is post process. And since > > almost all color film is scanned these days, it's a simple matter to do > > it in PhotoShop. As you know you can simply select the grass or mask > > the sculpture and treat them individually. > > > On Apr 18, 2005, at 11:37 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > I know how to control contrast and tonality with B&W film, but how > > > does one > > > do it with color? For example, there's a piece of artwork that I'd > > > like to > > > photograph. It's rusted metal and the background is green grass. I'd > > > like > > > to photograph it in such a way that the grass is much darker and the > > > art > > > work is lighter, resulting in more contrast between the two. Is this > > > possible? > > -- -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
