My get pushed partner @deborah63 Debbie gave me this challenge: "...how about taking a Still Life Photo utilising Low Key and a bit of light painting with a torch or someother type of light."
I procrastinated all week, having not tried this particular thing and, for some reason, unable to think of what I wanted to use to make a still life photo. Today, in desperation, I was about to shut myself in the bathroom (all interior -- no windows) and then I realized the basement was equally dark. Since we have shelves of books down there, I figured that's what I'd photograph, though I did go upstairs for some of these. At the last minute, I decided to include the snake, just for something different. It is what it is. I was pleased to find out that the technique was not as hard as I imagined. Now that I've overcome the fear -- I might try it again with other, less hastily assembled, stuff.
Yes Mary we're paired again this week. I'm glad to see some color in this one (although I am finishing up a month of B&W myself). For this week, try experimenting with long exposure - this can be light trails or ICM (intentional camera motion) or another technique. Let me know if that works.
@lynnz@randystreat@cjphoto@kali66@joysabin@leilak@taffy@haskar@joansmor@hermann@fbailey@seattlite@ribbet9@pamdavis2015@pamgleason@francoise Thank you all for the comments. I wasn’t expecting such a positive reception of my low key experiment here. Made it worth the effort by flashlight in the dark to step into the corner of the basement where the top of the bookshelf was clear, w/o stumbling into the sump drain well. Would NOT have wanted to break my leg in the process of fulfilling the get pushed challenge. Yes, I was pleased with the “sneaky snake” as Chris described him.
