J.L. Briz
Nena tocant l'aigua
Dedicada con mucho afecto a / warmly devoted to Marta (www.flickr.com/photos/120927183@N07/) and Xevi Casas (www.flickr.com/photos/xevius_pics/)
[Esp. / Eng.]
Niña tocando el agua es una escultura de Marta Solsona, inaugurada el 10 de agosto de 2006, situada en el lago de Bañolas junto a la Oficina de Turismo.
Girl touching the water is a sculpture from Marta Solsona, inaugurated on Aug. 10th, 2006, placed by the Lake of Banyoles, next to the Tourism Office.
You might want to listen this song from Lluis Llach while looking at this picture:
Technical details. There are just a few hours (on a sunny day) during which the sunlight is at the proper angle if you want to capture that backlit. On the other hand, the statue lies a few meters away from the bank, just in front of the lake's tourist boat, with a red inflatable lifeboat usually moored just below. You have to work while the tourist boat is away (every 40' during service hours) to get a clear background, and carefully frame the picture. I had to sacrifice the girl's finger to avoid the garish red lifeboat while composing the lights bokeh in a pleasant set up. Postprocessing: I just underexposed a wee bit the lowlights in LR, and fixed the contrast and curve levels in Color Effex Pro, honoring the original blue tone.
Nena tocant l'aigua
Dedicada con mucho afecto a / warmly devoted to Marta (www.flickr.com/photos/120927183@N07/) and Xevi Casas (www.flickr.com/photos/xevius_pics/)
[Esp. / Eng.]
Niña tocando el agua es una escultura de Marta Solsona, inaugurada el 10 de agosto de 2006, situada en el lago de Bañolas junto a la Oficina de Turismo.
Girl touching the water is a sculpture from Marta Solsona, inaugurated on Aug. 10th, 2006, placed by the Lake of Banyoles, next to the Tourism Office.
You might want to listen this song from Lluis Llach while looking at this picture:
Technical details. There are just a few hours (on a sunny day) during which the sunlight is at the proper angle if you want to capture that backlit. On the other hand, the statue lies a few meters away from the bank, just in front of the lake's tourist boat, with a red inflatable lifeboat usually moored just below. You have to work while the tourist boat is away (every 40' during service hours) to get a clear background, and carefully frame the picture. I had to sacrifice the girl's finger to avoid the garish red lifeboat while composing the lights bokeh in a pleasant set up. Postprocessing: I just underexposed a wee bit the lowlights in LR, and fixed the contrast and curve levels in Color Effex Pro, honoring the original blue tone.