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Guest
11-Dec-2003 19:33
I am absolutely THRILLED to see you guys talking about this shot! I love that it's got you wondering!! I want to take pictures that make people think or question or feel something, so your comments probably make this one of my proudest photographic moments! My favorite comment is that it appears that the daylight is indoors and the the tungston is outdoors. :)
Ok, I'll tell you what you're looking at. I am taking this shot from my sons' room and the lit window is my daughter's room. It was taken at night. The shot was horribly yellow from the sodium vapor lamps in the yard, so I needed to color correct. The lit room has one red wall, 2 lavender walls, and a blue wall. With the naked eye, the brick had a yellow cast from the lighting, but the light coming out of the room and reflecting off the snow was bright white, having had the tungston in the room naturally balanced by the blue and lavender in the room. When bluing up the brick and fire escapes, to correct for the yellow outdoors, it "corrected" the already natually corrected tungston, thereby turning it too blue. The intense glow it created in the snow stuck me as quite interesting and surreal. It made me think that people would wonder what was going on in that room! Are there aliens inside??? What is it?!!
I didn't necessarily deem the shot to be a beauty shot, but an intriguing one that would make people wonder. Your questions are proof that I did my job well and I am so very excited about that! :)
This shot was not taken with the challenge in mind, but once I saw the results of my work, to me it screamed 'Challenge!'.
Thanks for making my day. :) ~Lonnit
Guest
11-Dec-2003 19:08
I too think this is a good image, keeps you looking around and has a very 3D feel. I am sure I know what is going on in that room. They are using a sun lamp, if your color is correct which judging from the rest of the the photo it is, then that is UV light. Take a look at them next time you see them, they will claim sking, tropics, etc.
Don't know what the secret is all about inside, there's a photographer in the other apartment and,
has the studio lights on inside and, is in the middle of a Christmas shoot or,
a photo shoot for THIS challenge? :-) Mark J
Victor
10-Dec-2003 07:00
...or maybe it's supposed to look like it's indoors, illuminated through the window at the right. But then why would the snow be inside? You've got me wondering on this one.
Victor
10-Dec-2003 06:58
Hmmm. I take it opposites refers to the opposite room or something like that. What strikes me immediately is the wide open exposure, despite the look of a normal day. I take it this was actually taken at night with the room illuminating the porch. BUT, then the color bias would seem to be opposite of what it is, assuming the room light is tungsten and the ambient light is, say, moonlight.
The snow around the balcony to the right appears somewhat solarized. Is this from processing?
Maybe what I should have said was, can you share something about your technique here?
