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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventy One: Making the most of a rainy day > Translucence, New York City, New York, 2009
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29-JUL-2009

Translucence, New York City, New York, 2009

Their plastic ponchos made translucent by the headlights of waiting traffic, two men cross 34th Street in a deluge of rain. I spot metered on the lights of a car, which turns day into night, and intensifies the translucence.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
1/160s f/5.0 at 120.0mm iso250 hide exif
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Date/Time29-Jul-2009 11:44:37
MakePanasonic
ModelDMC-G1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length120 mm
Exposure Time1/160 sec
Aperturef/5
ISO Equivalent250
Exposure Bias-0.66
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
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Exposure Programprogram (2)
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Phil Douglis04-Aug-2009 23:33
That's what is so incongruous here, Tim -- all these people running around New York in large plastic bags, some made translucent by the oncoming traffic. I love to use translucence as an expressive tool and I know that you will as well. I think I first became aware of its potential for expression when you and I were shooting together back in 2004 at the Botanical Garden in San Diego's Balboa Park. I made this image there:http://www.pbase.com/image/28253758
Tim May04-Aug-2009 19:14
Again I find myself wondering here - You can find a very large plastic bag - but you can't find an umbrella? I love the translucence here - maybe I should explore translucence sometime in my photos :-)
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