Bruce Michelotti  


Untitled by Bruce Michelotti

August 2020 - Untitled

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I shot this old Kodak and 620 roll film against a black background hoping that the viewer would focus on the subject. I used a Canon 7D MII with ISO at 800, f/8 and 1/15 sec. Zoom lens was at 40mm. My biggest challenge was the lighting and trying to get the items evenly lit without spectral highlights or blown out areas on the silver metal. I did a lot of adjustment and put up more than a few flags to shape the light. I also did some final adjustments in Lightroom


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Harley Rubens   Harley Rubens
A wonderful still life. I had one of those and remember that film. Very well lighted and laid out. I applied sharpening with a program focus magic. I masked it and only applied it to a few sections. Wonder what you think.   Posted: 08/06/2020 17:20:30
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Bruce Michelotti   Bruce Michelotti
Thanks Harley, I like what you did.   Posted: 08/06/2020 18:15:01
Harley Rubens   Harley Rubens
Thank you. Focus magic was said to be designed to sharpen and read license plates etc via satellite. It may have just been a rumor.   Posted: 08/07/2020 10:54:30



Mark McKinney   Mark McKinney
This just GREAT! Technically it is just perfect! More important is the story! Especially to photographers! This photo has tremendous impact for a still life! That is hard to do! Great idea! I wish I could think of stuff like this!   Posted: 08/08/2020 12:06:48



Mark McKinney   Mark McKinney
This just GREAT! Technically it is just perfect! More important is the story! Especially to photographers! This photo has tremendous impact for a still life! That is hard to do! Adding the roll film was a real plus! Great idea! I wish I could think of stuff like this!   Posted: 08/08/2020 12:06:48



Bruce Michelotti   Bruce Michelotti
Thanks Mark   Posted: 08/08/2020 14:40:53



Lane B Lewis   Lane B Lewis
Very nice still life and I love the way you have arranged the subjects. I wouldn't change a thing. Nice image.   Posted: 08/23/2020 20:55:56
Bruce Michelotti   Bruce Michelotti
Thanks Lane   Posted: 08/24/2020 07:43:28



 
the arrangement of the photo is nice. would increase sharpens to the elements otherwise will keep it as it is. nice beauty you got   Posted: 08/30/2020 19:05:58
Bruce Michelotti   Bruce Michelotti
Thanks for your comment, I agree on the sharpness.   Posted: 08/31/2020 07:31:34



 
This brought back so many memories of film processing. It was so cold in the darkroom we had to put the dev in a saucepan and heat it on a gas ring and, depending on how cloudy and grey the liquid was, adjust the dev time accordingly! I love the lighting and the composition and I wouldn't want to change anything.   Posted: 08/30/2020 19:07:13
Bruce Michelotti   Bruce Michelotti
Thanks for your comments Mike. Heating up the developer must have made the darkroom smell especially pleasant (Ha Ha).   Posted: 08/31/2020 07:33:49