This turned out to be a difficult sculpture to photograph. It was about to be taken down and moved to another site when I arrived. Being rushed, it was hard finding a vantage point where you could clearly see its head. I've been admiring it for a couple years - it's made of parts of car bumpers, spoons, and the like. Figures they'd take it down the day I decided to shoot it. It's fighting a very cool dragon out of view to the left. Used levels, some cloning to eliminate support rods and a parking lot through the trees, and USM.
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I currently work in the building that this piece used to be in front of. People often call and inquire about what happened to it. Here are some other pics of this sculpture that I have found:
This would be a much better shot if it had a more forgiving, and OOF background. As it is, it's far too cluttered, and he looks like he was impaled on that tree.
Pretty stunning overall BUT the lack of a head AND the fact that the tree is sticking out of the body knocks the rating down. I'm guessing it was hard enough just to get this shot and you got what you got. Good effort!
great exposure for what could be a tough range of brightness - the juxtaposition of the most prominent background object (tree) through his torso should probably have been avoided
Well now! This would have been just awesome with some artistic blur or brush strokes or something added, perhaps selectively (was that allowed?) Not your everyday photo! 8.
Fun concept... You figure doesn't emerge from the background, though. The tree coming out of his shoulder doesn't help. I would have also liked to see his head. Good effort, and great idea!
I am certainly not the first who complains the cropped foots. Also the knight has no head (at least it is hidden behind the hands). You should definitly make further shots with that incredible silver armor.
Very cool armor. Good lighting and focus. But I would recommend using different pose so the head would be visible. Not sure where you're located but more medieval background would be really nice.
Looks interesting enough but the composition is not good IMO, you cut off his feet and the tip of the sword and you can´t make out a face and you get no sense of what the hell he is doing and the backround doesn´t seem to go with the armour but this could have been a killer shot, keep it up.
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