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Shadows on the wall; dramatic, pastoral to abstract!

Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Some shadows seem to have their own inherent character. In S.F. the coastal air dives away any dust and the light is clean. At midday the shadows are dramatic on the pastel colored homes which is the fashion.

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Asher Kelman: S.F. Fire Escapes on Pastel​


one can also mine within an original:


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Asher Kelman: S.F. Fire Escapes on Pastel sample​


For the cropped portion, I blended a blurred layer with the original to soften it.


Have fun chasing the light!

Asher
 
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Mark Hampton

New member
Asher,
this image is fun for me - when I read it I am forced down by the lines which is the opposite of the function of the fire escape - and the split from the pole makes reading it take that bit longer... I guess you could crop the right – but then the wires mirror/compliment the shadows.

Asher Kelman said:
Some shadows seem to have their own inherent character. In S.F. the coastal air dives away any dust and the light is clean. At midday the shadows are dramatic on the pastel colored homes which is the fashion.

S.F. Pastel and Shadow_800.jpg


Asher Kelman: S.F. Fire Escapes on Pastel​

Have fun chasing the light!

Asher
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Here is a shadow picture to add to the collection - the light in my office was not so clear/clean - its an older image from my phone - reworked when I saw the thread..



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as I work - Mark Hampton​
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Mark Hampton said:
Here is a shadow picture to add to the collection - the light in my office was not so clear/clean - its an older image from my phone - reworked when I saw the thread..
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as I work - Mark Hampton​

Mark,

The phone is getting to be the camera one always has around! I think it's especially suitable for what I call, "sketching", sampling interesting sights, perspectives, textures that one might want to come back with one's better lenses and film/ bigger chip camera.

This image is interesting and I hope you will work more with the shadows on a seres of times during the day! That means coming early or staying late!

Asher
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Mike Shimwell said:
For a change of mood:)
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Mike,

Yes it does immediately change the mood, and that's interesting how shadows can have such diverse influences on mood!


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(c) Mike Shimwell​

I like this picture and seem to have seen it some time ago? Could that be?

Asher
 
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Rachel Foster

New member
I love shadows.

I've posted this before, but it's still a favorite.

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Jacob Eliana: Lily With Shadow​

This is a still life I'm working on but not satisfied with yet.


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Jacob Eliana: Buttefly House​
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
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Jacob Eliana: Lily With Shadow​

I missed this the first time! Great idea. I'd love to see more space for the shadow to have as its territory. It seems to me that it might, perhaps, need that for balance. Is there any thing more to the right or that's how it was shot?

Asher
 
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Michael Nagel

Well-known member
Shadows can contribute a lot to the atmosphere or just be an ornament drawn by light.

I could not walk past this one yesterday.


I loved the simplicity here.

Best regards,
Michael
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Michael Nagel said:
Shadows can contribute a lot to the atmosphere or just be an ornament drawn by light.

I could not walk past this one yesterday.I loved the simplicity here.

Best regards,
Michael
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This is a great catch, indeed! I'd wonder if you might be able to process a separate layer to bring out the "waves" of the trowel marks in the cement stucco of the wall. It might be that this would go up another notch in impact!

Asher
 
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Maris Rusis

Member
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Vine and Wall​

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC111 VC FB, image area 21.0cm X 19.3cm, from a Konica IR750 negative exposed in a Mamiya C330 twin lens reflex camera with a 80mm f2.8 lens and #25 red filter.
 
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Mike Shimwell

New member
Maris, interesting as usual. The other new additoinas are also ncie to see.

A recent image.

Mike


Self Reflection - Mike Shimwell
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Michael Nagel

Well-known member
Asher Kelman said:
This is a great catch, indeed! I'd wonder if you might be able to process a separate layer to bring out the "waves" of the trowel marks in the cement stucco of the wall. It might be that this would go up another notch in impact!
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Thanks!

I will try and come back with a different version. It might take a while...

Best regards,
Michael
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Maris Rusis said:
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Vine and Wall​

Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC111 VC FB, image area 21.0cm X 19.3cm, from a Konica IR750 negative exposed in a Mamiya C330 twin lens reflex camera with a 80mm f2.8 lens and #25 red filter.
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Maris,

The plants invading the cracks in the concrete make for an interesting balance to the rectanagular forms. I love that 80 mm lens on the Mamiya 330. This is one of the finest treasures folks can buy and for a song. The viewfinder is so bright and it's easy to focus except of course live view is upside down! Why did you choose to use the red filter? Can you get the same effect in choosing your paper contrast?

Asher
 
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Maris Rusis

Member
Asher Kelman said:
Maris,

The plants invading the cracks in the concrete make for an interesting balance to the rectanagular forms. I love that 80 mm lens on the Mamiya 330. This is one of the finest treasures folks can buy and for a song. The viewfinder is so bright and it's easy to focus except of course live view is upside down! Why did you choose to use the red filter? Can you get the same effect in choosing your paper contrast?

Asher
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The viewfinder of the Mamiya C330 is bright but the image is not upside down. Something worse happens; its right to left reversed. A standard view-camera screen shows an image rotated 180 degrees (upside down and left to right reversed in popular speak) but after the first thousand looks I can't remember it as anything but normal. On the other hand the C330 viewfinder still tricks me. Turn left and the picture goes right, signs read backwards, and horizons tilt the opposite way to the camera...con-fus-ing!

A grey-green vine on grey wall may cast nice shadows but there is more to do. By using Konica IR750 film that features some sensitivity in the infrared it is possible to exploit the high IR reflectivity of chlorophyll and make the leaves glow white. The red filter lets through the IR, blocks nearly 90% of the visible, and the effect is obtained.

It is not often that a world full of small scale chaos yields a simple three tone picture; black, white, grey.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Maris Rusis said:
A grey-green vine on grey wall may cast nice shadows but there is more to do. By using Konica IR750 film that features some sensitivity in the infrared it is possible to exploit the high IR reflectivity of chlorophyll and make the leaves glow white. The red filter lets through the IR, blocks nearly 90% of the visible, and the effect is obtained.

It is not often that a world full of small scale chaos yields a simple three tone picture; black, white, grey.
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Thanks for the technical explanation! It's so helpful! I plan to try it myself.

Asher
 
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