I originally tried something inspired by Mark Laita's Giro helmet ads (they're quite fun - go see them) but it was akin to a third grader trying to do a Rembrandt with crayons. I learned a lot - to do a quality studio shot you need a studio, not a chair, a posterboard, and three desk lamps. So back to the drawing board... I was practicing with my tripod and my new remote control and the lamp looked like a willing subject (it doesn't move). I liked the picture. I considered that "famous" photographers have their pictures hung in galleries, hence the picture-in-picture idea. Finally, I LOVE jjbeguin's work, especially the duotoned/sepia shots so I attempted to create that tonal quality. I had considered titling it "Apologies to jjbeguin" but I wanted to acknowledge that Monsieur Beguin's work is extremely inspiring!
PP included my first DPC-entered attempt at spot editing (cloned out a prominent cat hair on the lamp), upping the shadow a bit in RAW (thanks SandyP!), USM, grayscale, duotone, save for web.
I like it, my mom likes it, and an online friend thinks it's "creepy".
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This is cool on so many levels - loved it when I saw it in the challenge, love it still!
The textures are just - hmm - it's like I can taste them! It's beyond being able to feel them, it's like an expereience - the repetition in the composition, the beautiful curves of the lamp base (not once but twice) - the texture in the lamp shade - how do you get texture in a lamp shade? Mine tend to just blow out!
Really it's kind of beyond my ability to express how this makes me feel - hopefully that gives you at least an idea of how cool I think this is.
I think it comes down to the magic of photography being so manifest here. It's a simple scene, could be any house (although it feels kind of retro so it calls upon memories I didn't know I had) but photography turns this simple scene into something that calls up all this emotion. Isn't that just magic?
Ohh my.. .. Simple lovely.. the ambiance.. is perfect.. To see such beautifully controlled ambience in a B/W shows good post processing and good lighting control.. u got to teach me this someday..
The is such a great image. Now you should take it one step further and put this image in the frame & reshoot, to give the impression of it extending to infinty.
fantastic shot! i was on a break when this challenge took place... the noise is perfect, the smooth gradient of the lighting is so pretty. and the reflection of the lamp? such thoughtful placement. great job!!
Wow - 24th place ain't bad at all! Great score! Congrats on your PB with a terrific shot and tribute. Love the composition here - you can just get lost in the graceful lines and lighting. Very nice work.
this is very good!
bumping up from 7 to an 8.
i like the simplisticness (?) of it and the twinning of the images.
i would like to try something similar myself.
good luck.
The absolute simplicity of this image is the thing that strikes me the most. Clean and simple and jjbeguin will definitely see this as a lovely tribute to his great work and contributions to this group. Lovely duotones ;)
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