Eye to Eye...
...with an angel...
I didn't have much choice for "Wing" if I didn't want to photograph the white feather again. So I photographed a souvenir from a cruise along the Danube in December 2016, a tiny guardian angel pendant/talisman bought at Melk Abbey, the famous monastery complex in Austria. Melk was the first station of that cruise, albeit way too short. Our group was rushed through the most important parts of the impressive and huge building complex in a guided tour, and we were only left "off the leash" at the souvenir shop, so that is the clearest memory I have from Melk because the guided tour itself was somewhat of an information (and image) overload.
Since, as you know, sharpness isn't everything and the pattern of the silver wings gave a nice bokeh, I decided to go for the blur, focusing only on the tip of the tiny angel's right wing (or the left wing; it's practically identical here because the angel's head and body are made of two amethyst beads that you can turn around every way you want to). The "eyes" are the two LED lamps I'd placed on both sides of the talisman. The blur helps to obscure any unwanted detail or dust on the amethyst beads. I also used the natural light LED light from above, placed slightly behind the angel so it would give just a little bit of backlight to give a nice glow to the semi-translucent beads.
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
Eye to Eye...
...with an angel...
I didn't have much choice for "Wing" if I didn't want to photograph the white feather again. So I photographed a souvenir from a cruise along the Danube in December 2016, a tiny guardian angel pendant/talisman bought at Melk Abbey, the famous monastery complex in Austria. Melk was the first station of that cruise, albeit way too short. Our group was rushed through the most important parts of the impressive and huge building complex in a guided tour, and we were only left "off the leash" at the souvenir shop, so that is the clearest memory I have from Melk because the guided tour itself was somewhat of an information (and image) overload.
Since, as you know, sharpness isn't everything and the pattern of the silver wings gave a nice bokeh, I decided to go for the blur, focusing only on the tip of the tiny angel's right wing (or the left wing; it's practically identical here because the angel's head and body are made of two amethyst beads that you can turn around every way you want to). The "eyes" are the two LED lamps I'd placed on both sides of the talisman. The blur helps to obscure any unwanted detail or dust on the amethyst beads. I also used the natural light LED light from above, placed slightly behind the angel so it would give just a little bit of backlight to give a nice glow to the semi-translucent beads.
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!