Ok - so it's a stretch... and i am feeling a bit ambivalent about this one... I had another idea for my third portrait-without-people shot for the "flash of red" february challenge, but it required cooperation and after 3 attempts that failed, my models lost patience...
so there's this... which i quite like, but i am not sure it will make sense to anyone... feel free to try to guess what this actually is a photo of...
Eerie mood in this shot, I like this. I'm thinking a bit of a paint job on the sides, hiding the details of the rink with black colour.... to add to the alien-ish feeling.
@janim hmmm... this is the second time you've made this kind of suggestion so now i'm trying to think thru how i see these shots and how you do... and i am trying to decide if my hesitance is because i don't think i would like the outcome, or if i think it would look too contrived if i blacked out more on the sides... which is prolly silly because, of course, you wouldn't know there was anything blacked out - all you would know is the end product... need to ponder this... tx, as always, for forcing me to think about this stuff!
it's a hockey rink... the zamboni has just left to deposit the snow outside and the staff person is closing the gates to the rink... because the outside door is open behind them you get the blown out highlights... reflection is in the ice that's still wet from the zamboni... the other parents thought i was nuts shooting this scene at both games played on this rink ;p
@northy yeah I'm not saying "put two black rectangles on each side", but just fill some of those lighted areas with black. I've been toying with the idea in a couple of shots, and I like the possibilities it gives in a shot like this with high contrasts. It will change the mood & it is not for all photos. But, just another tool for your toolbox... use when you feel it's appropriate :) And sorry for pushing this idea :-D
Love it! I agree with Caroline regarding the E.T. feeling about it.
Putting 'zamboni' in the tags was a dead give away. ;-) I've never been to an ice rink, but I would have guessed correctly...IF I had read the tags, that is. LOL
You pulled everything together so perfectly in this shot. FAV
February 17th, 2013
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it's a hockey rink... the zamboni has just left to deposit the snow outside and the staff person is closing the gates to the rink... because the outside door is open behind them you get the blown out highlights... reflection is in the ice that's still wet from the zamboni... the other parents thought i was nuts shooting this scene at both games played on this rink ;p
Putting 'zamboni' in the tags was a dead give away. ;-) I've never been to an ice rink, but I would have guessed correctly...IF I had read the tags, that is. LOL
You pulled everything together so perfectly in this shot. FAV