Thanks, Frank! I have about two dozen exposures of this stairwell, most with people somewhere in them. I was following Sam Abell's dictum: find an interesting background, and then wait for something to happen.
Rick --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/2/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cropped, and white balance adjusted. > > > > The answer to the mystery of the light below the > > bannisters is: The stairwell is lit by a large > > skylight, which only illuminates the center. When > one > > gets out toward the edges, the dimmer mixed > > tungsten-fluorescent light takes over. I diddled > with > > things a bit to try to make this change less > apparent. > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6151795&size=lg > > > > Comments welcome! > > > > Rick > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > Didn't see the "original", but I really like this > one. Not just for > the terrific comp, but for the "perfect" timing of > the two passersby > below. > > Terrific shot, Rick! > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
