OMG - what a picture!
Gasha
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Bruce ...
When the ivy is fuller, and the light a little softer, the full sculpture
does jump out from the background. Then, using a red filter and B&W film
nets some pretty nice results. The shot I posted was just a quick snap to
show the piece in its entirety and in its surroundings, not as a "quality"
photo.
Earlier and later in the day works pretty well for color film, especially
if the lighting is soft, as with a light cloud cover, and using a longer
lens to blur the background is helpful as well. However, the time of day I
was there yesterday was to take advantage of the lighting on the skull and
face, to get a little extra contrast, as that's what I wanted to work with
using the digi and to compare the 77mm and K85/1.8 lenses (the 77mm seems
to be a scosh sharper, the 85mm has, at least in this instance, a nicer
bokeh. Both are excellent optics).
It's really a nice piece of art work. One of the biggest problems I have
photographing it is that the neighbors usually have their car parked in
such a way that it's difficult, if not sometimes impossible, to get a nice,
uncluttered shot.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Bruce Dayton
Hello Shel,
The highlights look ok on my monitor. That is truly a unique mailbox.
One that I'd be apt to visit more than once. Seems like there must be
some perfect lighting to really make it jump out from it's
surroundings.
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Best regards,
Bruce
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