After the ‘gentleness’ of yesterday’s entry (which, by the way, if you’re a regular visitor I’d like you to take a look at), I thought I’d go with something a bit more dramatic/harsh today. This is one I took about ten days ago, and I didn’t post it at the time as I thought I had better things to put up.
That said, it’s grown on me, and I now quite like its regular angularity … and it does make a pronounced change from yesterday.
And in case you’re wondering; it’s one of those large doormats that you find in corporate buildings (the ones with metal strips wth nylon(?) brushes in between) surrounded by various different bits of carpet. The image is a reasonably straight shot but the contrast and saturation were increased by the use of an unblurred duplicate layer set to overlay mode, and a reasonably strong Curves adjustment.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance optical filter
Canon G5
12.50pm on 19/2/04
f2.0
1/15
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
7.2mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
Thanks. And Doglord, yes, it was hand held. For reasonably close subjects I can just about manage 1/15 without too much difficulty, particularly as I tend to use the LCD for composition rather than the viewfinder; i.e. it's much easier to wedge the camera against some part of your anatomy when you don't have to use the viewfinder.
After the ‘gentleness’ of yesterday’s entry (which, by the way, if you’re a regular visitor I’d like you to take a look at), I thought I’d go with something a bit more dramatic/harsh today. This is one I took about ten days ago, and I didn’t post it at the time as I thought I had better things to put up.
That said, it’s grown on me, and I now quite like its regular angularity … and it does make a pronounced change from yesterday.
And in case you’re wondering; it’s one of those large doormats that you find in corporate buildings (the ones with metal strips wth nylon(?) brushes in between) surrounded by various different bits of carpet. The image is a reasonably straight shot but the contrast and saturation were increased by the use of an unblurred duplicate layer set to overlay mode, and a reasonably strong Curves adjustment.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
optical filter
12.50pm on 19/2/04
f2.0
1/15
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
7.2mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
I love this photo! It's so wonderfully graphic and clean and the colors are absolutely brilliant. Kudos.
Catherine
i had to study this.
i thought it was a grate that had been carpeted around at first hehe
striking!
Excellent patterns. Well framed.
Some times the simplest of subjects make for the most interesting visuals. The complimentary tones in this are awesome.
Very appealing.
1/15th of a second? Was this hand held, or did you use a tripod?
Thanks. And Doglord, yes, it was hand held. For reasonably close subjects I can just about manage 1/15 without too much difficulty, particularly as I tend to use the LCD for composition rather than the viewfinder; i.e. it's much easier to wedge the camera against some part of your anatomy when you don't have to use the viewfinder.