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The programme for Norma on 8th Nov 1952 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden -
Maria Callas as 'Norma' and Joan Sutherlands as 'Clotilde'.
Maria Callas born 2nd Dec 1923 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA and died 16th Sept 1977 in Paris, France.
[Dame] Joan Sutherland born on 7th Nov 1926 in Sydney, Australia and died 10th Oct 2010 in Les Avants, Montreux, Switzerland.
I think the way we photograph flowers reveals a lot about how we look at things in general.
Flowers are so rigidly defined in our perceptions as "pretty." We hardly ask what makes them pretty, or what elements of them are perhaps not appealing to us when regarded consciously. We mostly choose focus on them in a fashion that seems rote, and sometimes almost prurient.
My thoughts while taking this were simple: The curl of the flower is beautiful, and I want to avoid a sharply focused stamen.
(DSCF7526)
For Strobist:
- Travelite 750 through small softbox on camera left.
- Shot against a dark gray backdrop 3 ft behind the flower.
- 1/200s, f/13
#AbFav_MONO_🌗
Frederic Chopin: "Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art."
This statuesque proud flower did not need anything else...
The pure black and white brings out the structure and shape, no?
Mono is all about the light, shapes and the textures.
An image is more an abstraction when not in colour.
Zantedeschia, usually erroneously called Calla or Arum lilies (only when white), they are not a true lily.
It is named after Italian botanist Francesco Zantedeschi.
All parts of the plant are toxic!
Monochromatic? Not really he?
All the shades of grey... from a true black to white... as it should be!
I wish you a great day, Magda, (*__*)
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TMAX 100, expired July, 2000.
Inspired by Maplethorpe, this is a shot that I always wanted to do. This photograph is featuring a withered calla lily.
Calla lily is a species of Zantedeschia (botanical name: Zantedeschia aethiopica), also known as Arum / African / Egyptian / Trumpet lily and Lily of the Nile among others.
Sorry to add another..but I had a blast 2 days in a row in the corner of the Rose Garden where the white Calla's where..everybody who knows me knows that I love these flowers..they are my favorite.. I had Eric's 35-100mm f2.0 lens. That lens brings me to my knees!!! lol! I spent a good 20 minutes or so...making love to these flowers!..I have a ton..of images..this one just caught my eye right now...so thought I would throw it up here. I just know that lens is missing me!! :-D
I know the lighting is harsh on here..but I enjoy the challenge of shooting in the full sun without blowing whites out & I like the shadows on here!.
This calla lily is made completely of paper aand has no armature for support. It is illuminated with a 20 watt bulb and the base of the pistol. No paint was used only paper.
Calla Lily
White foam board V flats left and right sides, piece of foam board covering the top. Single Vivitar 285HV left hand side, 1//4 power pointing straight up. Black card shielding the flash from the flower.
Setup drawing here;
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Calla lilies are my wife's favorite flower and last year I bought her a potted group that she planted in the backyard. A few short days later the dog dug them up. She replanted them, but the dog dug them up again. Now they are ex-lilies. She was having a really bad day last week and I decided to surprise her with another bouquet of lilies. I did manage to hold off a couple days before I asked her if I could borrow them for some photos, otherwise she'd see right through the rouse (I hope she's not reading now).
As far as technical details, I placed these in my new home studio (a desk in the living room) and originally set up one tungsten studio modelling light to the right, but decided that it was much too harsh. Without much room to set up another or play with a reflector, I switched off the modelling light and went with a regular tungsten lamp (from Ikea nonetheless) immediately to the right of the frame. I tried the best I could to underexpose the leaves underneath, but wasn't entirely able to block the light without affecting the petals.
In RAW I adjusted white balance, tinting, exposure, contrast, sharpness, and added a little vingetting just to tone down the green leaves. I then bounced to Photoshop and burned in the leaves to the top left a little, cropped, and saved as JPG.
I hope you like it. Let me know your honest opinions!
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The back of the Calla Lily and it's wonderful curves and lines from the back just called to me when I first saw it and I tried my best to capture it! Here's my attempt