1707_0790 Grain Elevator
I went out one starlit night to photograph the two grain elevators at the edge of town. This is the older of the two, renovated a couple of years ago. For this image I made two separate exposures, defocussing on one, and then in Photoshop I added some gaussian blur to further fuzz the shot. Then I blended it with a tack sharp version until I had the effect I wanted. The light on the elevator is ambient, from village street lights.
It's a bit like an Orton image, the technique perfected a few decades ago by Mike Orton with slide film. He would shoot the same scene in and then out of focus, then sandwich the two slides in a single slide mount. The result was a slightly surreal view with a strange glow.
Photographed at Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1707_0790 Grain Elevator
I went out one starlit night to photograph the two grain elevators at the edge of town. This is the older of the two, renovated a couple of years ago. For this image I made two separate exposures, defocussing on one, and then in Photoshop I added some gaussian blur to further fuzz the shot. Then I blended it with a tack sharp version until I had the effect I wanted. The light on the elevator is ambient, from village street lights.
It's a bit like an Orton image, the technique perfected a few decades ago by Mike Orton with slide film. He would shoot the same scene in and then out of focus, then sandwich the two slides in a single slide mount. The result was a slightly surreal view with a strange glow.
Photographed at Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.