Elektrojänis
FDT #284 (I quess it worked!)
The original picture from year 1975 by Eeva Rista that I was trying to replicate: www.helsinkikuvia.fi/record/hkm.HKMS000005:km0000lskn/
Rough translation of text on the banderol on the original picture:
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THIS HOUSE MUST NOT BE DEMOLISHED
COMMUNITY CENTER AND A LIBRARY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KRUUNUHAKA
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So... I quess it worked!
The light was all wrong for this shot. A lot earlier on the day when the sun is behind the building or if it was overcast it would have been better. A little earlier when I first arrived here it would have been better too as the sunlight came straight from the side and lit the pavement too... It wouldn't have replicated the conditions of the original, but it would have looked better. However at the time some event in the building ended, and whole lot of people came out and some of them stayed in front of the house chatting and waiting for their transportation etc.
So... I had to resort to exposure bracketing and HDR / tone mapping to get the dynamic range at least somewhat in control.
One lucky thing happened though... There was another car parked in front of the house. It left while I was setting up the camera. If it hadn't I would have only been partially visible in the picture.
Anyway... There was a reason why I wanted to do this today. It says in the description of the original photo that it was taken 12.06.1975 (european date order dd.mm.yyyy). I had already thought of replicating that photo some day, but I only noticed that date on it today while browsing the pictures. If I checked it out correctly, next time 12.6. is tuesday is year 2029.
I did two tries on this... On the first one someone came out of the door and asked if I was OK. :)
Safety note: I had to cross the street from the camera to my spot. I wouldn't have done this if that street was any busier. Luckily the traffic there is slow. I checked very carefully that there were no cars coming before pressing the shutter release and crossing the street. After hearing the shutter go off I got up and checked again that there are no cars coming as anyone crossing the street should. If you do anything like this, stay safe.
FDT #284 (I quess it worked!)
The original picture from year 1975 by Eeva Rista that I was trying to replicate: www.helsinkikuvia.fi/record/hkm.HKMS000005:km0000lskn/
Rough translation of text on the banderol on the original picture:
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THIS HOUSE MUST NOT BE DEMOLISHED
COMMUNITY CENTER AND A LIBRARY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KRUUNUHAKA
---
So... I quess it worked!
The light was all wrong for this shot. A lot earlier on the day when the sun is behind the building or if it was overcast it would have been better. A little earlier when I first arrived here it would have been better too as the sunlight came straight from the side and lit the pavement too... It wouldn't have replicated the conditions of the original, but it would have looked better. However at the time some event in the building ended, and whole lot of people came out and some of them stayed in front of the house chatting and waiting for their transportation etc.
So... I had to resort to exposure bracketing and HDR / tone mapping to get the dynamic range at least somewhat in control.
One lucky thing happened though... There was another car parked in front of the house. It left while I was setting up the camera. If it hadn't I would have only been partially visible in the picture.
Anyway... There was a reason why I wanted to do this today. It says in the description of the original photo that it was taken 12.06.1975 (european date order dd.mm.yyyy). I had already thought of replicating that photo some day, but I only noticed that date on it today while browsing the pictures. If I checked it out correctly, next time 12.6. is tuesday is year 2029.
I did two tries on this... On the first one someone came out of the door and asked if I was OK. :)
Safety note: I had to cross the street from the camera to my spot. I wouldn't have done this if that street was any busier. Luckily the traffic there is slow. I checked very carefully that there were no cars coming before pressing the shutter release and crossing the street. After hearing the shutter go off I got up and checked again that there are no cars coming as anyone crossing the street should. If you do anything like this, stay safe.