Charissa Lansing
About the Image(s)
In August, I graduated from Jon Fishback’s fun and challenging PSA course on still life light painting and this attempt at a story-telling shot was one I resubmitted at the end of the course. It was inspired by my young grandson’s interest in dragons and these pewter paper weights had been a favorite of my son when he was younger. I tried to bring them to life for them.
The image was captured with a single exposure made with a Canon Rebel XSi camera mounted on a tripod, and fitted with a 100 mm macro lens and cable release. Camera settings were: ISO =100, f/32, 25 sec. exposure. An LED zoomable, focusing flashlight (BYBLIGHT 800 lumens) was the only light source in a completely dark room, devoid of any ambient light.
I was happy with the results of the lighting although there are still some light trails reflected in the marble that I wasn’t successful in eliminating in post processing without affecting the brightness and translucency of the marble. Do they detract from the image for you? I’d welcome any suggestions to improve my work.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
6 comments posted
Unusual interesting subject to capture. To me the brightness and color of the marble balances out any brightness of the dragons. I do not notice any negative detractions at all. I feel the dragons need to have the center stage as you have shown causing me to look and see what the dragons are concerned with.
Simply a great image!
Janet   Posted: 09/07/2020 11:52:19
(Group 65)
  Posted: 09/12/2020 14:12:59
I've had a chance to view the posts in the group over the past several months and suspect I will learn much and enjoy the dialogues.
Thank you for the warm welcome!   Posted: 09/12/2020 17:56:11
The figures are standing on some pieces of discarded asphalt bonded to turf which I discovered on a neighborhood walk. I hoped they would suggest part of a stone wall when photographed.
Thanks, too, for the suggestion in regard to the composition.
  Posted: 09/19/2020 08:42:28