Featured Photo – Tall One

I found this interesting tea pot and I was fascinated by the shape. An image formed in my mind and I set out to bring that image to life. I knew that there could be an interesting play of shadows and light. It was mid afternoon and the sunlight was still harsh so I had to take this one well inside. Once I did there was nto much ambient light to play with so I had to bump up the ISO to 800. The light was coming in through a large window and I made sure the handle pointed towards the light. Then it was a matter of careful exposure. I made one mistake though, I should have also taken a picture with the snout facing towards the light.

During post processing I decided to push the contrast to the extreme which resulted in loss of details particularly in the darker areas. I think it works….

Canon EOS 1D III
70-200mm f/2.8 L IS at 200mm
f/2.8 1/200th ISO 800 Aperture Priority

 

Featured Photo – Cuppa?

I was asked to take pictures of a Tea Shop. What a daunting assignment. The Tea Shop is a quaint one and is full of little suprises in every nook and cranny. I have done my test shots and will go back tommorow for the proper shoot. This picture is a relatively simple one. It was done with available light only. The late afternoon was streaming in (unfortunately not directly as the windows doesn’t face west) hitting the pot from the back. The narrow dof provided by f/1.2 gave me just the right amount of sharpness I wanted.

Canon EOS 1D Mark III
EF 85 f/1.2 L II
f/1.2 1/125 ISO 200 Aperture Priority