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December 2008
The story behind it
01/12/2008
I had to finish up some film rolls - I had 35mm and medium format slides to take to the shop. I do mean film! Film is in fact very useful, mainly if you wish to end up with exceptional good quality large prints. I have been explaining this, for several occasions.I moved just a bit from home, 5 minutes away. I discovered an excellent spot, where I was able to make photography with no stress, in the middle of the busy city traffic. Click, click! It can be surprising what one has near home. You just need to go with a discovering spirit!
Comment
Technical issues
01/12/2008
This photograph was taken with a medium format camera, a Mamiya 7, Fuji Velvia (50 ISO) professional slide film. The exposure was long, about 12 seconds. This was the end of a rainy day, with diffuse light. I naturally used the tripod. In spite of shut diaphragm, it was sufficiently open to unfocus the details of the iron and cement rouble. This photograph is like that, but I made another one with everything on focus. Polarising filter, yes.Critial review
01/12/2008
This is an unusual photograph - it joins the so common milky look of water, frequently seen on many Nature photographs, with the artificial and urban touch of cement and iron rubble. The idea is to show details of Nature in the middle of urbanity.This is rubbish that will never disappear before many things we know in Nature.
Perfect lighting. Great contrasts, due to the Fuji Velvia film.
Where you should place it
01/12/2008
It must be placed in a place with enough indirect lighting, to bring up the rich colours and contrasts of this photograph.How about in an office of a group of people that deal with the environment, or the management of urban waste?
It is for its content, also, that this photograph is worth. It has impact. It should be hung in a place of someone that wants to have civic and critical impact in Nature and Urbanity.
