One of the things that truly entrances me about this photo is the exquisite balance of light and shadow, detail and softness, and the beautiful look of the grain—how it all, together, contributes to the whole of the figure and setting. Truly a wonderful piece. I look at it often as I consider what to do with rendering …
It goes beyond the nude. G On Nov 29, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > That is beautiful, Godfrey! Thanks for sharing! I once flirted with idea of > photographing athletes in action with lighting similar to the lighting in the > photo below—lighting which would highlight the exertion of the muscles of the > body in play—say a basketball player striving for a slam dunk with lighting > on the leg muscles etc—all in black and white. But it’s clearly a project > beyond my capability and resources. > > Cheers, Christine > > > On Nov 27, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > >> one of the most beautiful figure studies i've seen: >> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/Solitataire-3910.jpg >> "Solitaire" by Naomi Stanley. >> >> I have a print of this photo that I bought sometime in the late 1980s. >> >> Is it "Not Safe For Work"? I dunno. I've used this snapshot of the print as >> a computer screen desktop image, now and then, both at home and at work for >> more than 20 years. No one has ever complained. Many have seen it and asked >> where they could buy a print... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
