Dürer - Hand
Albrecht Dürer
(1471-1528, Nürnberg)
Detail from a study for the hands of St Dominic (1506)
Seen in Vienna's Albertina Gallery at the exhibition "Leonardo, Dürer, Masters of the Rennaissance - Drawings on Coloured Ground". ("Leonardo, Dürer - Meisterzeichnungen der Renaissance auf farbigem Grund ")
I visited the exhibition twice, once with the Pentax K-1 and the second time with the K-3iii Monochrome. The drawings on display were all examples of a technique known as "chiaroscuro", which simply means "light/dark". Amazing effects of light and shade are achieved using only white and black on a coloured middle ground. I thought it might be a good challenge to take photos with the monochrome camera, slightly adjusting the contrast curve to bring up the effect. I hope you like the result! I think it reproduces the three-dimensional quality achieved by these great masters.
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome
HD Pentax-DA 35mm f:2.8 Macro Limited
Cropped to square, otherwise SOOC.
Dürer - Hand
Albrecht Dürer
(1471-1528, Nürnberg)
Detail from a study for the hands of St Dominic (1506)
Seen in Vienna's Albertina Gallery at the exhibition "Leonardo, Dürer, Masters of the Rennaissance - Drawings on Coloured Ground". ("Leonardo, Dürer - Meisterzeichnungen der Renaissance auf farbigem Grund ")
I visited the exhibition twice, once with the Pentax K-1 and the second time with the K-3iii Monochrome. The drawings on display were all examples of a technique known as "chiaroscuro", which simply means "light/dark". Amazing effects of light and shade are achieved using only white and black on a coloured middle ground. I thought it might be a good challenge to take photos with the monochrome camera, slightly adjusting the contrast curve to bring up the effect. I hope you like the result! I think it reproduces the three-dimensional quality achieved by these great masters.
Pentax K-3iii Monochrome
HD Pentax-DA 35mm f:2.8 Macro Limited
Cropped to square, otherwise SOOC.