Tic... Tac... Photo

Photographer’s Note

No diré dónde está tomada esta foto ya que, pienso, perdería su capacidad de sugerir. Realmente podría ser en muchos sitios...
Como esta es la composición que quería, tuve muchos problemas con la luz fluorescente: o bien me salía una imagen más o menos clara y contrastada (usando flash), pero con la parte superior totalmente quemada, o bien conseguía una foto oscurísima pero con la parte del fluorescente bien definida.
Al final opté por el camino de en medio: me quedé con la imagen quemada y en PS le inserté la parte del fluorescente sin quemar. Como, obviamente, "cantaba" demadiado, fui borrando esa imagen insertada hasta dejar sólo esa débil sombra que separa la luz en sí del techo quemado. Luego fue ya cuestión de tocar las curvas, pero solo lo justo, para evitar mayor zona quemada y un grano aún más presente.
Como resultado se ha quedado una imagen que me parece gráfica y con una composición interesante. Lejos de haber quedado perfecta, me parece original.

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thsandoz (117) 2006-04-01 12:19

I really like this POV ! design and beauty is alos present in the every day life !
Great job
Thomas

BrianGraney (1734) 2006-04-02 16:58

This is how I feel at 5.27pm - grey and a little blurry!
Not an obvious subject for photo, but the shapes are interesting....and nicely composed.
Cheers
Brian

ElSato (824) 2006-04-03 16:12

Jose,

Really excellent!

I love when a photographer can find a subject in something that most people would never think to aim their camera at, and you've done that here.

The composition is very formal, like a painting, very precise and well measured.

Finally, you've taken a supremely ordinary moment and given it a magical edge. In that way this image reminds me of the found objects of early modern art, like the bottle rack of Marcel Duchamp.

Great stuff!

Lee

bertolucci (12022) 2006-04-03 16:13

Hola Jose Manuel, very minimalist this interior graphism, and due to the cold light and the slight blur it's also evocative, but not in a obvious way - it perhaps is trying to tell a story and letting us fill in the blanks. I guess y'r extensive pp-work paid off here. Very interesting and graphically pleasing.
Have a nice week,
Bert

verde (957) 2006-04-04 14:42

I like the minimalism and creativity of this shot. well seen, and brave to post on TE. I wish it was a bit more sharp but you may have intended that. the lines and geometric shapes are really interesting.

nice
b

kajspice (4534) 2006-04-06 8:05

Really good idea and quite creative. This really reminds me of all the mundane office jobs I once was victim to. The clinical coldness is well seen and captured...unfortunately, I do not undserstand your note, but I am guessing this is the gist(sp?) of it?

Good splash of colour on the clock as it seems like the only interesting object in the room!

Yes, the blur is fabulous considering the time of day! Did you intentionally wait until 5.27pm?

kaj

vts_ch (2624) 2006-05-29 13:55

Definitly good idea, brilliant compo but just a few things would have make the image even better: More focus on the clock, too bad it is out of focus, and, why not taking the shot when the clock needles were something like symetric?
Take care
Vince