Hi Bruce ... When the ivy is fuller, and the light a little softer, the full sculpture does jump out from the background. Then, using a red filter and B&W film nets some pretty nice results. The shot I posted was just a quick snap to show the piece in its entirety and in its surroundings, not as a "quality" photo.
Earlier and later in the day works pretty well for color film, especially if the lighting is soft, as with a light cloud cover, and using a longer lens to blur the background is helpful as well. However, the time of day I was there yesterday was to take advantage of the lighting on the skull and face, to get a little extra contrast, as that's what I wanted to work with using the digi and to compare the 77mm and K85/1.8 lenses (the 77mm seems to be a scosh sharper, the 85mm has, at least in this instance, a nicer bokeh. Both are excellent optics). It's really a nice piece of art work. One of the biggest problems I have photographing it is that the neighbors usually have their car parked in such a way that it's difficult, if not sometimes impossible, to get a nice, uncluttered shot. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > Hello Shel, > > The highlights look ok on my monitor. That is truly a unique mailbox. > One that I'd be apt to visit more than once. Seems like there must be > some perfect lighting to really make it jump out from it's > surroundings. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/w-face.html
