Wow, these are beautiful, Frank! If I owned this farm, I would love to get a collage made out of these little snippets. It would be something that a whole family would treasure. I love the lines and textures that are clear to see, and there aren't any pesky shadows messing up the effect.
What was the aperture on the top picture of the plant? Did you use a really short lens? (I am thinking of purchasing a 50mm lens that goes to 1.8.) I like the way that the background is super blurry, and yet the entire plant you are focusing on, top leaves, stem and all, is equally in sharp focus. Beautiful.
Frank - I really enjoy looking back at the middle shot. It made me stop... why? I think because the negative space defined the positive on the roof opening. What time of day was this? I wonder how the shadows might have changed if the sun had been coming through the left side and shone through the negative space more. Also, did you take the picture from many different angles? I wonder if that would have changed the shadows... fun to think about! Thanks!
These are great shots, Frank. I absolutely love the picture of a flower with amazing curvy lines. The sharp image of the flower contrasts well with the blurry depth of field. Well done, Frank!
Let's talk about light! In the top image, the light illuminates the top of the plant where the spikes are and makes it look--AAAAAA!!!!--touched by God. The light is coming from the right side, and the sun is somewhat high in the sky, because it illuminates the whole thing well, and yet it does not leave the front/left of the plant in shadow. There is just enough darkness that we can clearly see the depth and the spikes. Could you see that favorable lighting when you were looking for the spot to shoot from? I need to train myself to notice the sources/direction of light more. I hope that it is a skill that can be aquired with attention and practice. It's beautiful the way that this is illuminated.
In the middle one, you are getting the contrasts that are desired--light coming through the waffle pattern in the roof to show the pattern clearly, but yet there are no shadows that we can see cast anywhere else on the image to distort. And light metering-wise, you've got potential complications with the light coming through the back barn window and the waffle pattern light squares from above, and peeking through the gaps in the boards in the back, and yet you have such rich red-browns on the boards on the front face of the barn. If the front had been lit too brightly, those browns would have been washed out. I'm wondering if you went to some thought and made adjustments with your camera, because I don't imagine that this successful lighting/exposure was by chance.
Then on the middle one it is so striking that you have that bright blue sky and JUST enough shadow working to show little dark lines at the bottoms of the boards to really emphasize those patterns. I really can't see a light source here, but I imagine it is high in the sky and slightly to the right?
All of them are beautiful images. I love the bokeh on the first image. At first glance, I liked the first barn photo better but looking at the second one now I am not sure. It has a nice simple quality to it with the wood panels creating a horizontal repetition pattern and then the pattern is broken up with the checker pattern inside the window.
Wow, these are beautiful, Frank! If I owned this farm, I would love to get a collage made out of these little snippets. It would be something that a whole family would treasure. I love the lines and textures that are clear to see, and there aren't any pesky shadows messing up the effect.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the aperture on the top picture of the plant? Did you use a really short lens? (I am thinking of purchasing a 50mm lens that goes to 1.8.) I like the way that the background is super blurry, and yet the entire plant you are focusing on, top leaves, stem and all, is equally in sharp focus. Beautiful.
Love the shape, texture and color of the flower and love the shapes and shadows of the barn pictures.
ReplyDeleteFrank - I really enjoy looking back at the middle shot.
ReplyDeleteIt made me stop... why?
I think because the negative space defined the positive on the roof opening.
What time of day was this? I wonder how the shadows might have changed if the sun had been coming
through the left side and shone through the negative space more.
Also, did you take the picture from many different angles? I wonder if that would have changed the shadows... fun to think about!
Thanks!
Chelsea.
These are great shots, Frank. I absolutely love the picture of a flower with amazing curvy lines. The sharp image of the flower contrasts well with the blurry depth of field. Well done, Frank!
ReplyDeleteLet's talk about light! In the top image, the light illuminates the top of the plant where the spikes are and makes it look--AAAAAA!!!!--touched by God. The light is coming from the right side, and the sun is somewhat high in the sky, because it illuminates the whole thing well, and yet it does not leave the front/left of the plant in shadow. There is just enough darkness that we can clearly see the depth and the spikes. Could you see that favorable lighting when you were looking for the spot to shoot from? I need to train myself to notice the sources/direction of light more. I hope that it is a skill that can be aquired with attention and practice. It's beautiful the way that this is illuminated.
ReplyDeleteIn the middle one, you are getting the contrasts that are desired--light coming through the waffle pattern in the roof to show the pattern clearly, but yet there are no shadows that we can see cast anywhere else on the image to distort. And light metering-wise, you've got potential complications with the light coming through the back barn window and the waffle pattern light squares from above, and peeking through the gaps in the boards in the back, and yet you have such rich red-browns on the boards on the front face of the barn. If the front had been lit too brightly, those browns would have been washed out. I'm wondering if you went to some thought and made adjustments with your camera, because I don't imagine that this successful lighting/exposure was by chance.
Then on the middle one it is so striking that you have that bright blue sky and JUST enough shadow working to show little dark lines at the bottoms of the boards to really emphasize those patterns. I really can't see a light source here, but I imagine it is high in the sky and slightly to the right?
All of them are beautiful images. I love the bokeh on the first image. At first glance, I liked the first barn photo better but looking at the second one now I am not sure. It has a nice simple quality to it with the wood panels creating a horizontal repetition pattern and then the pattern is broken up with the checker pattern inside the window.
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