Wednesday, March 17, 2010

You have to check the links...

...otherwise you won't follow the entire point.

What I like about light painting. You have to be taking part. You have to *do* something in order to achieve the shot. Consider this. Amazing photograph. Techniquely, it's unsurpassable (if you take a certain definition of 'perfect' as a given). But...once you've reached that level of knowledge, it's a bit too...easy.

Sorry. Really. I recognise that it takes a lot of work to get to be that good, to have the level of knowledge that allows you to execute something like that. Not only is the single red rose a great choice for total bokeh, but the composition between it and the background is flawless. Add to that the sizeable circles of sunlight you're getting from the raindrops on the background roses and it really is a perfect picture.

But what you have there is a finished product in terms of the human. Someone who knows what the lens is going to do at a certain aperture at a certain shutter speed. It's not rocket science.

Hard work to get to that level of knowledge, no question; dependent on how fast a learner you are. Once you're there, though; it's just another picture.

Plateaus suck. But they make you look up at the next summit, even if it's just to interest the eye.

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And, also, you know; light painting is *COOL*!

Urban Angel

And doesn't Kate look like a proper angel? She knows something we don't...

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I've registered with the Open University. To do *another* psychology degree. This is necessary for the overall plan.

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Futue te et ipsum caballum,

C :)