This is another shot from my recent trip to the Johnson City feed mill with Dave Wilson. Outside the mill itself there's a covered area that used to be an outside bar and restaurant. On one wall there's a whole range of items fixed to the wall: car doors, drilling equipment, other rusty bits of metal, and so in ... including this flag.
On a related note, my trip to the US is drawing near to it's end. I've run my HDR workshop (on Friday), which went really well, and am half way through my Creating Dramatic Images workshop (it's the last day tomorrow). After that it's a superbowl party tomorrow evening, then off to the airport on Monday morning. All good things come to an end :)
captured camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter image editor plugins (etc) cropped?
comment byChris at 05:33 AM (GMT) on 6 February, 2011
I like the treatment you applied to this image. The colors are rich and bold, and the heavy vignetting makes it look like there was some lighting applied. Well done.
comment byCarlos Garcia at 06:05 AM (GMT) on 6 February, 2011
Sounds like you have had a great time! Nice patriotic shot :)
comment byDan Kaufman at 06:28 AM (GMT) on 6 February, 2011
I see what you did...but I'm not sure I'm on board with the warping of the image. ...and (gosh I'm starting to sound like a Mother...) I'd like to brighten the "background" just a tad.
but hey, it's Chormasia Nightingale's image, shut up and enjoy it!! (I do.)
comment byOlivier Jules at 12:10 PM (GMT) on 6 February, 2011
a beatiful point of view
comment byIan Mylam at 02:06 PM (GMT) on 6 February, 2011
Wonderful treatment - I love it.
comment byPete at 05:15 PM (GMT) on 6 February, 2011
I love this - the perspective, the lighting, the way the red and white pops out of the frame against that dark background.
comment byJames Howe at 08:37 PM (GMT) on 6 February, 2011
I like the transformation including the warp. I like the straighter line on the edge of the flag. I also like the more focused lighting in the finished version.
comment byJessica Sweeney at 05:55 AM (GMT) on 7 February, 2011
I think the processing takes this from a so so to a stellar photo.
comment byHelder Ferreira at 07:51 AM (GMT) on 7 February, 2011
Great shot! Congratulations!
comment by Hussain Darwish at 07:50 AM (GMT) on 9 February, 2011
Storytelling shot.
comment bydjn1 at 11:54 AM (GMT) on 9 February, 2011
Thanks everyone.
comment byChris Yakimov at 03:10 PM (GMT) on 9 February, 2011
I absolutely love the drama in this shot. The red in the flag along with the sharp rusty industrial pieces together echo of blood as the flag "flows" towards you. The colour treatment is superb - it looks cross processed (something I'm dying to find an easy way to do now that I'm not using my film camera). Beautiful.
comment by Al at 06:40 PM (GMT) on 10 February, 2011
Thanks for making this image a mini-psd David! You've read my mind. I really wanted to attend both of your workshops in Austin but it was too great of distance for me. I hope you come to the New England (preferably Boston : ) very soon (and hopefully during warmer weather). There are a lot of great venues here to hold your workshops not to mention all of the picturesque locations .
comment byKevin P. at 10:17 PM (GMT) on 15 February, 2011
Wow,Magnifique composition et un véritable oeil de photographe ! Je suis ravi d'avoir découvert votre site sur Coolphotoblog et d'avoir voté pour votre talent . Je prends toujours autant de plaisir à venir voir vos photos. Bravo !
This is another shot from my recent trip to the Johnson City feed mill with Dave Wilson. Outside the mill itself there's a covered area that used to be an outside bar and restaurant. On one wall there's a whole range of items fixed to the wall: car doors, drilling equipment, other rusty bits of metal, and so in ... including this flag.
Dave's version is here.
On a related note, my trip to the US is drawing near to it's end. I've run my HDR workshop (on Friday), which went really well, and am half way through my Creating Dramatic Images workshop (it's the last day tomorrow). After that it's a superbowl party tomorrow evening, then off to the airport on Monday morning. All good things come to an end :)
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
image editor
plugins (etc)
cropped?
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
16mm
f/5.6
1/30
aperture priority
+1/3
evaluative
400
no
RAW
Camera Raw
Photoshop CS5
Topaz Detail
minor transformation
I like the treatment you applied to this image. The colors are rich and bold, and the heavy vignetting makes it look like there was some lighting applied. Well done.
Sounds like you have had a great time! Nice patriotic shot :)
I see what you did...but I'm not sure I'm on board with the warping of the image. ...and (gosh I'm starting to sound like a Mother...) I'd like to brighten the "background" just a tad.
but hey, it's Chormasia Nightingale's image, shut up and enjoy it!! (I do.)
a beatiful point of view
Wonderful treatment - I love it.
I love this - the perspective, the lighting, the way the red and white pops out of the frame against that dark background.
I like the transformation including the warp. I like the straighter line on the edge of the flag. I also like the more focused lighting in the finished version.
I think the processing takes this from a so so to a stellar photo.
Great shot! Congratulations!
Storytelling shot.
Thanks everyone.
I absolutely love the drama in this shot. The red in the flag along with the sharp rusty industrial pieces together echo of blood as the flag "flows" towards you. The colour treatment is superb - it looks cross processed (something I'm dying to find an easy way to do now that I'm not using my film camera). Beautiful.
Thanks for making this image a mini-psd David! You've read my mind. I really wanted to attend both of your workshops in Austin but it was too great of distance for me. I hope you come to the New England (preferably Boston : ) very soon (and hopefully during warmer weather). There are a lot of great venues here to hold your workshops not to mention all of the picturesque locations .
Wow,Magnifique composition et un véritable oeil de photographe ! Je suis ravi d'avoir découvert votre site sur Coolphotoblog et d'avoir voté pour votre talent . Je prends toujours autant de plaisir à venir voir vos photos. Bravo !