f.64
Enthralled by the f.64 group, about a year ago I took it upon myself to try and create an image in their impeccable style.
The most difficult project I ever undertook! Finding the right subject matter and having it presented was the first task; Cauliflower after cauliflower - it had to be sliced right. and mind you, I don't eat cauliflower regularly... finally one evening, preparing dinner I made the right cut.
The light was wrong, the shadows placed wrong - bring out the butter and let's eat.
A month later, another good slice, another failure.
I wanted to bring the intensity and BW harmonics which Weston did in his "cabbage" image or Davis did with his "artichoke" photo.
One day it all came together - the cut, the form, the design. A leaf ! Through my previous failures I knew to shoot it in dull lighting with a thin piece of paper over the light. I knew where I wanted it's shadowing and scattered dark zones. I wanted to span the zones and nuanced gray areas, and then quite unexpectedly the cauliflower started to sweat.
We look for that singular moment in street photography when everything is in perfect alignment. Little did I expect that same alignment would be necessary to achieve an f.64 photo.
I know (it's f/5.0). and yes, I could have made tis crystal clear in Photoscape, but there's more to f.64 then simple sharpness.
Now, can I do the same with film as they did?
Possibly impossible.....
f.64
Enthralled by the f.64 group, about a year ago I took it upon myself to try and create an image in their impeccable style.
The most difficult project I ever undertook! Finding the right subject matter and having it presented was the first task; Cauliflower after cauliflower - it had to be sliced right. and mind you, I don't eat cauliflower regularly... finally one evening, preparing dinner I made the right cut.
The light was wrong, the shadows placed wrong - bring out the butter and let's eat.
A month later, another good slice, another failure.
I wanted to bring the intensity and BW harmonics which Weston did in his "cabbage" image or Davis did with his "artichoke" photo.
One day it all came together - the cut, the form, the design. A leaf ! Through my previous failures I knew to shoot it in dull lighting with a thin piece of paper over the light. I knew where I wanted it's shadowing and scattered dark zones. I wanted to span the zones and nuanced gray areas, and then quite unexpectedly the cauliflower started to sweat.
We look for that singular moment in street photography when everything is in perfect alignment. Little did I expect that same alignment would be necessary to achieve an f.64 photo.
I know (it's f/5.0). and yes, I could have made tis crystal clear in Photoscape, but there's more to f.64 then simple sharpness.
Now, can I do the same with film as they did?
Possibly impossible.....