Location:
North side Girard Avenue near 6th St.
File
size: Approx 13” x 19” (full frame)
Print
size: 8” x 12”
Camera:
Canon EOS 5D
Lens:
24-105 Zoom at 24mm
ISO:
200
Aperture:
f22
Speed:
1/50
Print:
Epson Artisan 1430/Cone Color Inks/ Moab Lasal
Iterations
to final: 28
I
had made a similar shot a number of weeks ago on 35mm with a monopod, but no
matter what I did, I could not wrest a good print from the negative; the light
was clearly not right, too flat. I watch the sky and the light a lot, but last
week I did t more so than usual with trekking on foot to re-photograph this in
mind. The day I shot this, nature cooperated going from a fairly overcast
morning to strong, raking sunlight in the west around two pm.
I
hung around long enough for the cars on the street to leave and was able to
shoot from the outer edge of the parking lane so as to get a view straight to
the ground. I also did some medium format shots on the tripod I had brought
along.
Although
the initial quick proof on my kitchen door made me think this would be an easy
print, I was deceived. I had a great deal of difficulty balancing the desire
for a strong graphic structure, the tonality and also being sure the textures
were strong. The pilasters are nearly pure white on the bottom and dark rust on
the top, further complicating things.
This
print, though vivid and spatial still doesn’t show as much texture on the iron facade as I’d like. There are still some techniques in the post-processing and printing that I can try when I’m set up to do them. It will be interesting to
see what the medium format shot reveals. Do I need to get out the 4x5 for
subjects like so as to reveal the micro-textures I desire?
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