Hi Paul -
Thanks for the comment. It was actually one of a dozen roses I gave my wife for valentines day this year. It had wilted and over the last several years I've been experimenting with carbonizing flowers in the Charbroil grill with the idea of a shot something like this. Never got around to doing it, but on a slow day last month I tossed the roses into the oven and did a bunch of experimental shots. For this image I just grabbed the burnt rose by the stem, wacked it against the linen backdrop, and shot.
one caveat - cooking roses really makes the house stink.
- MCC
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www.markcassino.com
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Flower Shot
That has to be a Michigan rose :-). Froze to death just like the rest of us. Seriously, it's an interesting image. The starkness of the black and white treatment coupled with all the broken bits on the ground render it almost macabre in tone. I was going to say "very nice," but that would be inaccurate. Instead I'll say, "compelling and well executed."
Paul
On Apr 30, 2005, at 9:19 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
A simple shot of a single rose:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/peso/Burnt_Offering.jpg
Technical details: Pentax 6x7, Takumar170mm f2.8, Canon 2 element close up filter, Classic Pan 200 film, HCC110 Dil H, Magic chef oven, 425 for 20 minutes (for the rose.)
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