212. Maximalism - July 9-15, 2017
Don-
I don't know what I was thinking. It must have been the pain I was in
that made me select this subject. I think what I did works though.
I took two photos and combined them in Photoshop to get the result.
The first was shot with a 24-70 mm lens Set @ 70mm.
Exposure 1/1000 sec; f5.6; ISO 72; Aperture Priority.
The second was with the same lens at 70mm.
Exposure 1/250 sec; f5.6; ISO 320; Aperture Priority.
I don't know what I was thinking. It must have been the pain I was in
that made me select this subject. I think what I did works though.
I took two photos and combined them in Photoshop to get the result.
The first was shot with a 24-70 mm lens Set @ 70mm.
Exposure 1/1000 sec; f5.6; ISO 72; Aperture Priority.
The second was with the same lens at 70mm.
Exposure 1/250 sec; f5.6; ISO 320; Aperture Priority.
Byron-
It took days to think of a subject and then I didn't think of it, Erl did. She has a large collection of buttons, courtesy of her mother. She never throws anything away.
I used a light on each side, up 45 degrees. It was a copystand layout.
50mm, f8, 1/200 sec, ISO 100. Each flash had a diffuser.
It took days to think of a subject and then I didn't think of it, Erl did. She has a large collection of buttons, courtesy of her mother. She never throws anything away.
I used a light on each side, up 45 degrees. It was a copystand layout.
50mm, f8, 1/200 sec, ISO 100. Each flash had a diffuser.
Darin-
Not sure if I hit the topic, but in Castle GrayDog, it's all Revo, all the time. Rev to the max!
I copied eight different photos that I had of Revo and printed them out. I taped them all together to make a collage poster and tacked that to the wall. With the coaxing of a biscuit and a little back lighting, along with the trusty D-40, this is my Maximalism.
Not sure if I hit the topic, but in Castle GrayDog, it's all Revo, all the time. Rev to the max!
I copied eight different photos that I had of Revo and printed them out. I taped them all together to make a collage poster and tacked that to the wall. With the coaxing of a biscuit and a little back lighting, along with the trusty D-40, this is my Maximalism.
Kevin-
Researching Maximalism I must confess that it is a design philosophy that is about as far away my personal preferences as any style can be. In that sense it will likely replace Rococo at the bottom of my design ladder.
Still I pondered what I might be able to capture photographically that might be at least slightly maximalist. Very busy fabrics or wallpapers perhaps? But then what would I do with them after the photo (other than burn them)? Maximalist architecture? Not much of that in Minnesota, we are a land of simple Norwegians.
It does feels like Maximalism embraces every conceivable color at the same time. So I began to think about things that would come in a variety of graphic colors. What about objects? Rolls of sewing thread? Yes, but I shot that in WPOTM Week 47 when the theme was Needle. Also a feeling of chaos and vast assortment came to mind, but I captured a bit of that in WPOTM Week 12 when the theme was Pattern.
But looking at primary colors made me want to go with as wide of a variety as possible. Then it hit me. Jelly beans, vastly overfilling a jar, spilling over to the surface below, an unfocused colorful splash of every conceivable taste sensation (within the narrow sugar category) possible. I centered the jar, set focus so the beans on top were sharp and let everything else blur. Resulting in Maximalist colors with no real point, in keeping with Maximalist design.
If I stand back from the image far enough it looks to me almost like the Maximalist colors are spinning around in an unfocused blur, a little like Maximalism itself. But at least in this case rather than my having to burn the subjects of the photo they will wind up in my belly and the bellies of friends...
Nikon D4s. mounted on a Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 tripod with a Acratech GP ballhead, two studio flash units, one illuminating the glass surface supporting the jar and the Jelly Bell jelly beans from below and the other in a small gridded softbox above. 105mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor lens. A circular polarizer was used on the lens to reduce the reflections on the mason jar. ISO 100, f/3.2 at 1/250th of a second (flash sync).
Researching Maximalism I must confess that it is a design philosophy that is about as far away my personal preferences as any style can be. In that sense it will likely replace Rococo at the bottom of my design ladder.
Still I pondered what I might be able to capture photographically that might be at least slightly maximalist. Very busy fabrics or wallpapers perhaps? But then what would I do with them after the photo (other than burn them)? Maximalist architecture? Not much of that in Minnesota, we are a land of simple Norwegians.
It does feels like Maximalism embraces every conceivable color at the same time. So I began to think about things that would come in a variety of graphic colors. What about objects? Rolls of sewing thread? Yes, but I shot that in WPOTM Week 47 when the theme was Needle. Also a feeling of chaos and vast assortment came to mind, but I captured a bit of that in WPOTM Week 12 when the theme was Pattern.
But looking at primary colors made me want to go with as wide of a variety as possible. Then it hit me. Jelly beans, vastly overfilling a jar, spilling over to the surface below, an unfocused colorful splash of every conceivable taste sensation (within the narrow sugar category) possible. I centered the jar, set focus so the beans on top were sharp and let everything else blur. Resulting in Maximalist colors with no real point, in keeping with Maximalist design.
If I stand back from the image far enough it looks to me almost like the Maximalist colors are spinning around in an unfocused blur, a little like Maximalism itself. But at least in this case rather than my having to burn the subjects of the photo they will wind up in my belly and the bellies of friends...
Nikon D4s. mounted on a Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 tripod with a Acratech GP ballhead, two studio flash units, one illuminating the glass surface supporting the jar and the Jelly Bell jelly beans from below and the other in a small gridded softbox above. 105mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor lens. A circular polarizer was used on the lens to reduce the reflections on the mason jar. ISO 100, f/3.2 at 1/250th of a second (flash sync).
Paul-
Interesting theme, this week. I selected something readily at hand using something readily at hand. To wit: Some public artwork near where I work, and my cell phone.
This is a close-up of some detail on a bicycle sculpture—called “Mosiacycle—which resides in downtown in Lincoln. The sculpture is one of 71 that are the result of a 2003 “Tour de Nebraska” public art project sponsored by the Lincoln Arts Council. I read that the LAC received more than 200 submissions that year which were eventually narrowed down (the submissions, not the artists) to 71 designs that were subsequently sponsored.
The community project was designed to celebrate the city’s extensive trail system which, apparently, is nationally recognized. The sculptures now grace (mostly) public places in Lincoln. Most are easy to find. Some involve a little exploring.
I have also included a picture of what the entire sculpture looks like. (And no, that’s not downtown Lincoln in the background.)
Providing less than a maximum amount of details: (4:45PM) Motorola Moto X; Vignette (an IOS camera application produced by WeavrStudios); 7.8MP resolution. The image was downloaded to Lightroom for cropping, a tiny bit of exposure and contrast tweaking, and the addition of a (work in progress) watermark.
Interesting theme, this week. I selected something readily at hand using something readily at hand. To wit: Some public artwork near where I work, and my cell phone.
This is a close-up of some detail on a bicycle sculpture—called “Mosiacycle—which resides in downtown in Lincoln. The sculpture is one of 71 that are the result of a 2003 “Tour de Nebraska” public art project sponsored by the Lincoln Arts Council. I read that the LAC received more than 200 submissions that year which were eventually narrowed down (the submissions, not the artists) to 71 designs that were subsequently sponsored.
The community project was designed to celebrate the city’s extensive trail system which, apparently, is nationally recognized. The sculptures now grace (mostly) public places in Lincoln. Most are easy to find. Some involve a little exploring.
I have also included a picture of what the entire sculpture looks like. (And no, that’s not downtown Lincoln in the background.)
Providing less than a maximum amount of details: (4:45PM) Motorola Moto X; Vignette (an IOS camera application produced by WeavrStudios); 7.8MP resolution. The image was downloaded to Lightroom for cropping, a tiny bit of exposure and contrast tweaking, and the addition of a (work in progress) watermark.
Jerry-
More is more was what I sought to photograph. This was taken on a visit to a supermarket in Colombia where we were in search of coffee and other edible items. So many choices for margarine in Bogota!
Camera was the a6300 in silent mode. f5.6 @ 1/1250 second, ISO 3200, 16-50 at 16mm.
More is more was what I sought to photograph. This was taken on a visit to a supermarket in Colombia where we were in search of coffee and other edible items. So many choices for margarine in Bogota!
Camera was the a6300 in silent mode. f5.6 @ 1/1250 second, ISO 3200, 16-50 at 16mm.