Jerry Funk  


Glass Basket & Shadow by Jerry Funk

March 2019 - Glass Basket & Shadow

March 2019 - Jerry Funk

Original

About the Image(s)

Nikon D810, Sigma 20mm, ISO 4500, f9.5, 1/125th sec. My original processed with DXO Photolab to eliminate both noise and distortion while correcting WB and adding clarity. The monochrome was processed and edited totally in Lightroom 6.

I was particularly impressed by the museum's artful display having a combination of an open grained wood base, weaved pattern of glass and a natural basket with a spotlight casting an interesting shadow. I reworked the monochrome a number of times over a period of months to achieve my final result, but I look forward to hearing others suggestions.

I was pressed for time at the museum and didn't think to take another shot using a longer lens. I'm sure if I put my camera closer it would have alerted a guard, but I would have liked to have stabilized my arm on the wood base.


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8 comments posted




Stuart Ord   Stuart Ord
An interesting original, and an even more interesting conversion.
I'm wondering if cropping off the top edge to leave just a little of black triangle left might concentrate the eye on the pattern?   Posted: 03/08/2019 15:59:00
 
Thanks, I agree. Sometimes, i'm too quick to choose a square format.   Posted: 03/08/2019 18:20:48



John Roach   John Roach
Jerry, you are so creative with these type of images...you see more then some of us see and teach us to look at possibilities. While I like the crop, I feel it would be much more compelling in the original color. There is a danger sometimes of showing the color original when it is so nice. I am just not so sure the monochrome variant works as well for me. Perhaps, if I had never seen the color, I would react differently. Nice study nonetheless and very creative.   Posted: 03/09/2019 09:20:21
 
Thank you. I think it's very important to always show the original and technical details. Without that, I think we lose an important part of our learning opportunity here.
A couple years ago before joining this group, I rarely considering monochrome variations. Now, when I see graphic forms, it's my first consideration because the colors ordinarily are unimportant. I think this is the exception because of the brilliant glass.
I am planning to print the cropped color version 2'x2' on glossy aluminum for my home and maybe sales. Since it's Chihuly glass I will have to make some artistic changes to it before offering it for sale. Perhaps someone will want it 3'x3' as I have done in the past.   Posted: 03/09/2019 11:17:48



Don York   Don York
I am distracted by the grain in the basket on the right and the foreground. It just doesn't seem to work for me.   Posted: 03/09/2019 14:28:50



Jerry Snyder   Jerry Snyder
This image nicely captures the graphical elements set up by the way the glass and basket were displayed and lit. At first the grainy appearance of the glass in particular was bothersome, but after seeing the original, it became less so. I would have liked to see more of the basket. A wider angle or longer subject distance would have allowed that.   Posted: 03/09/2019 15:25:53
 
My attempt to increase contrast and detail, I believe, increased the grain. I need more practice at that and will continue to work on this image although I think the grain may be minimized in a print. Do you think that is likely the case? I have little experience printing. Can others also comment on apparent grain or noise being reduced by printing?   Posted: 03/09/2019 16:41:06



 
I liked the original color version. That version is sharp with some great colors and patterns. In this mono version, you lost some sharpness and lot of noise on the objects.   Posted: 03/27/2019 10:07:57