Fine Art Photoblog

Going Places

Andreas Manessinger — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:11:49 +0000

An evening scene in rural Poland, shortly after sundown, about in the middle between Kraków and Auschwitz.

Artichoke

Dawn LeBlanc — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:06:24 +0000

Several images of an artichoke heart combined using Helicon Focus in order to keep it pin sharp throughout. Shot using a 5DMark II with a Canon 100mm macro lens.

Prehistoric Terrain

Brian Auer — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:00:56 +0000

Taken at the tide pools in La Jolla, California at a super-wide angle of 10mm (or 15mm at full-frame equivalent).

Flight of the Bumblebee

Dawn LeBlanc — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:26:52 +0000

I recently visited the Devonian Botanic Garden and took some shots along the way, one of which was this of a Pink Coneflower (Echinachea). As I was about to take the shot, a lovely little bee decided to add his presence to the shot. This was shot outdoors handheld using the Canon 5D Mark II with a Canon 100mm micro lens. Because the light was bring and the sun was out, it was tricky trying to decide on the DOF as the flowers were large and so I wanted to get most of the flower in focus but a shallower DOF lent itself to a better result since the flower was in a garden with lots to distract in terms of background. In terms of processing, I did little but did decrease the luminance of the greens in Lightroom to make them a bit darker, as well as added a slight post-crop vignette, again to darker the edges of the image.

Do Not Climb on the Sculpture

Brian Auer — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:43:33 +0000

A cropped view of the V-J Day Statue in San Diego, California.

I’ve taken other shots of this statue in the past, but I really like this cropped version that I shot recently. I think it leaves a bit more to the imagination and the scale difference between the sign and the statue is more prominent.

Untitled, Nude #4

Joseph Szymanski — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:14:51 +0000

Untitled, Nude #4. San Francisco, California.

Salton Sea Sunset

Brian Auer — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:37:33 +0000

A view of the Salton Sea at Sunset. The three threes in the photo are somewhat famous dead oaks, and they have been photographed by many people before me. This location resides in the Sonny Bono Wildlife Refuge at the southern shore of the Salton Sea.

Burano Diptych

Andrew Gibson — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:07:52 +0000

Wall decorations in Burano, an island near Venice. The buildings on Burano are painted in bright colours. I created a diptych with these two images. They fit together well because one is blue with a little pink, and the other is pink with a little blue.

Roulette Table, Las Vegas

Joseph Szymanski — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:02:49 +0000

Roulette table. Planet Hollywood Casino. Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Congregation

Andreas Manessinger — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:06:38 +0000

Only some days before, I had made an image in the very same place, at the same time of day and in the same morning light. I had even used it on my blog as an Image of the Day, thus there was no need to try it again. I can’t really say why I still did and what I hoped to achieve, but in any case it was harder than the last time, because I was in a hurry and constantly people were passing by and cast all sorts of shadows that I did not want. This is one such failed attempt, and only at home, when I saw it, it struck me that this had an interesting quality.

It looked like a gathering, and more, those shadows not only gathered, they gathered in front of this sign, almost like a religious cult. Thus came the title: The Congregation.