James Newman
Member
This is a piece that belonged to my Mother-in-law that I find very interesting. She is one of my biggest fans and loves looking at my flower photographs. I thought she would get a kick out of this one because she had this piece herself for so long in her life. All I really know about it is the artist's name was Ivan and my in-laws had it for over 50 years. It reminds me a lot of the things my mother used to have in our home when I was very young. Late 50's and early 60's saw a lot of this kind of "art" and it brings back some fond memories for me.
This particular shot at first concerned me. You can see the different horizontal lines in the background paper and the different shades produced in each and I was not quite sure if I liked it. It's a little strange and I hope not too distracting. In the end, it actually ended up being what I liked the most in the photo. To me it seems to work well with the verticle aspect of the flowers and their shadows.
This was actually another long exposure "light painting" experimental shot. Nikon D3 with 105mm macro lens. f/11 5 second exposure. I took in a completely dark room and when the shutter opened for the 5 second exposure I turned on my little led maglight very briefly to light the flowers and cast the background shadow. I would be interested in what others think about a subject such as this and whether it would be worth more study. I happen to think it would or could.
James Newman
This particular shot at first concerned me. You can see the different horizontal lines in the background paper and the different shades produced in each and I was not quite sure if I liked it. It's a little strange and I hope not too distracting. In the end, it actually ended up being what I liked the most in the photo. To me it seems to work well with the verticle aspect of the flowers and their shadows.
This was actually another long exposure "light painting" experimental shot. Nikon D3 with 105mm macro lens. f/11 5 second exposure. I took in a completely dark room and when the shutter opened for the 5 second exposure I turned on my little led maglight very briefly to light the flowers and cast the background shadow. I would be interested in what others think about a subject such as this and whether it would be worth more study. I happen to think it would or could.
James Newman