Triptych
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
The photo on the left was the one I chose to submit for Assignment #20: Paiting Light at The Mindful Eye. Due to the cold weather, I was “forced” inside my home for a subject. The bugle is an antique from the 1800′s, a gift from my mother to me a number of years ago and the flag was mysteriously planted in our front yard about two years ago on Memorial Day. In fact everyone on our block had one just like it below their mailboxes…hmmm…but that’s another story LOL. The background wall is a bit darker than mint green, hence the “green” glow highlighed by the one LED that I had placed off to the left side and one in my hand as well. This is straight out of the camera – resized only.
Overall I wasn’t pleased with my choices, but decided to play with some options and took it to the next stage of black & white. I modified it slightly by adjusting the highlight, midtone and shadow and I felt like I was really liking what was appearing before my eyes, but it wasn’t quite what I really wanted. So I continued to fiddle around more and decided to overlay the black & white version onto the original photo at a 29% transparency. I really liked the outcome of this and might even revisit it for a few more tweaks. Ulitmately I decided to try my hand at my first triptych which is what you see in this post.
As always, please click on the photo to see the full size.
Canon A590IS @ 5.8 mm lens focal length, F5, shutter speed 8 seconds, awb, iso 100
