<< Previous Next >>

ACUPUNCTURE


ACUPUNCTURE
Photo Information
Copyright: Reed Radcliffe (rlrad) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 129 W: 10 N: 275] (1053)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2009-02-14
Categories: Daily Life, Artwork, Decisive Moment, Experimental
Camera: Nikon D300, Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, 72mm CPL (Polarizer)
Exposure: f/8, 1/30 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-02-17 5:25
Viewed: 226
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Yesterday I posted the first shot from Valentines day and explained that there were two things that interrupted our day, one was the butterfly and the other was Dr. Ginger, the acupuncturist. We had to go by her office as my wife made an appointment for that day. I followed her and Dr. Ginger back into the exam room.

This is the resultant image. It's different in that I seldom use black & white and don't really try for anything too artistic. It is an experimental shot, I thought this might be the place to get some comments on my methods.

It was pretty dark and lit by fluorescent lights in the exam room, plus Linda was wearing black, and being winter, her skin has a porcelain tone. I only needed to control the depth of field in order to keep the needles in focus, so I set the camera to aperture mode and set the aperture to f8, which gave me a shutter speed that I thought I could safely hand hold with the VR lens. I'm none too steady, even with the VR. I had also left the CPL filter on that lens, but I forgot about it until the next day. Somehow it worked, though and I thought it looked best after running it through Photoshop. I created the frame and resized there, then I used DxO Filmpack, V2 to convert to B&W, then used the Neat Image demo to remove noise and sharpen a bit.

I thought it was interesting. What do you think?
vendicare, nipunjotsoni has marked this note useful
Only registered TrekLens members may rate photo notes.
Add Critique [Critiquing Guidelines] 
Only registered TrekLens members may write critiques.
Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To tafal: Hello Nestor!rlrad 1 02-17 17:44
To vendicare: Ciao Pandora -rlrad 1 02-17 17:42
You must be logged in to start a discussion.

Critiques [Translate]

Ciao Reed,

very interesting shot and original idea. I like the composition and the B&W. Works really well here. Looking forward to your new images.

Ciao,

P.

  • Great 
  • tafal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 117 W: 0 N: 77] (1036)
  • [2009-02-17 11:22]
  • [+]

Hi Reed.
Very clever and interesting idea.
very good foto.
excellent.
Nestor

Calibration Check
















0123456789ABCDEF