Topic: Light and Shadow at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA (Read 1363 times)

James Clark · « **on:** June 13, 2019, 05:59:24 pm »

Shot on iPhone, because "the best camera..." etc.

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2019, 06:18:48 pm »

A very nice set.
Your iPhone must have good swings and tilts.

James Clark · « **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2019, 06:22:09 pm »

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 13, 2019, 06:18:48 pm

A very nice set.
Your iPhone must have good swings and tilts.

HA!

The first has quite a bit cropped from the bottom, the third a bit less, the second I was standing on a wall to get a straight-on shot, and the fourth required quite a bit of keystone correction. Good call, though

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2019, 06:48:57 pm »

Good stuff, James.

Jeremy Roussak · « **Reply #4 on:** June 14, 2019, 03:38:02 am »

They're interesting shots of a spectacularly hideous building.

Jeremy

32BT · « **Reply #5 on:** June 14, 2019, 03:40:57 am »

WTF @ sky in #2???

How does that happen?

Ivo_B · « **Reply #6 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:21:58 am »

A very fine set of long exposure architectural pictures.
(The second is delicious)
What filter do you use? Format Hitec Firecrest?

Cheers Ivo.

Ivo_B · « **Reply #7 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:25:38 am »

Quote from: 32BT on June 14, 2019, 03:40:57 am

WTF @ sky in #2???

How does that happen?

I guess long exposure with a ND 10 or so. Check Joel Tjintelaar.

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #8 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:40:58 am »

Quote from: Ivo_B on June 14, 2019, 09:25:38 am

I guess long exposure with a ND 10 or so...

With an iPhone?

James Clark · « **Reply #9 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:44:50 am »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 13, 2019, 06:48:57 pm

Good stuff, James.

Thanks Slobodan - it was a fun way to kill an hour or so. I hadn't expected to have any time, but my hotel ended up being right next door so I got out early and accessed what I could. Sadly, the interior was closed.

James Clark · « **Reply #10 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:46:18 am »

Quote from: Jeremy Roussak on June 14, 2019, 03:38:02 am

They're interesting shots of a spectacularly hideous building.

Jeremy

Thanks, I think

The building is hideous perhaps, but also one of the most important buildings in the States, architecturally, historically, and operationally. I like London's National Theatre in the same brutalist style as well.

James Clark · « **Reply #11 on:** June 14, 2019, 09:52:08 am »

Quote from: Ivo_B on June 14, 2019, 09:21:58 am

A very fine set of long exposure architectural pictures.
(The second is delicious)
What filter do you use? Format Hitec Firecrest?

Cheers Ivo.

Thanks Ivo - I can't decide if I like the first or the second better.

32 - The skies are an approximation of a long exposure done after the fact via PS, but the originals were shot on iPhone. The "real" skies were fine, but static and took away from the starkness of the buildings so I isolated them with a mask, then applied a motion filter and a blend into the sky space. It's not perfect like it would be with a big ND, but it's abstract and I think the streakiness of the filter complements the image composition.

Back to Ivo - I generally use a LEE setup, but I've heard the Hitec filters are more color neutral, and I may give those a try one day.

Ivo_B · « **Reply #12 on:** June 14, 2019, 12:00:35 pm »

Quote from: James Clark on June 14, 2019, 09:52:08 am

Thanks Ivo - I can't decide if I like the first or the second better.

32 - The skies are an approximation of a long exposure done after the fact via PS, but the originals were shot on iPhone. The "real" skies were fine, but static and took away from the starkness of the buildings so I isolated them with a mask, then applied a motion filter and a blend into the sky space. It's not perfect like it would be with a big ND, but it's abstract and I think the streakiness of the filter complements the image composition.

Back to Ivo - I generally use a LEE setup, but I've heard the Hitec filters are more color neutral, and I may give those a try one day.

Well you surely got me fooled. Well done, I like the result.

Yes, the Hitec is practically color neutral. Expensive but much better than Lee.

James Clark · « **Reply #13 on:** June 14, 2019, 01:14:04 pm »

Quote from: Ivo_B on June 14, 2019, 12:00:35 pm

Well you surely got me fooled. Well done, I like the result.

Yes, the Hitec is practically color neutral. Expensive but much better than Lee.

Appreciate the compliment, and any comparison to Tjintelaar I'll happily accept! I need to check out that Hitec set. Lee has been the standard for so long that I just sort of lock in, but things are always changing.

Ivo_B · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2019, 02:54:41 pm »

Quote from: James Clark on June 14, 2019, 01:14:04 pm

Appreciate the compliment, and any comparison to Tjintelaar I'll happily accept! I need to check out that Hitec set. Lee has been the standard for so long that I just sort of lock in, but things are always changing.

I’m very happy with my firecrest set. Maybe I could show some of my attempts.

James Clark · « **Reply #15 on:** June 14, 2019, 06:14:10 pm »

Quote from: Ivo_B on June 14, 2019, 02:54:41 pm

I’m very happy with my firecrest set. Maybe I could show some of my attempts.

Would love to see them!

Rajan Parrikar · « **Reply #16 on:** June 14, 2019, 08:16:05 pm »

Wonderful set.

John R · « **Reply #17 on:** June 14, 2019, 10:07:10 pm »

Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on June 14, 2019, 08:16:05 pm

Wonderful set.

Yes, very nice set.

JR

brandtb · « **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2019, 07:48:30 am »

James Clark · « **Reply #19 on:** June 16, 2019, 10:51:39 am »

Thanks Rajan, John, and Brandt!

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