The Gugg

Thoughts and comments? This is an 800 ISO, handheld shot taken with morning light. One

raw conversion for the skylight exposure blended with a second raw conversion for the rest.

The image is full frame. I opted to not crop out the solid structure at the top of the image

since it seemed to truncate the image too much.

This is lovely. It has superb black and white tonality. (Thank you Mr. Caponigro). I am amazed at the lack of noise for an ISO 800 shot.

Captivating, rich and detailed picture. The blend of shapes is what really sets this picture apart. Top job !

Thanks, Larry and Daren. Larry, I used Noise Ninja to cleanup the noise, although there was a lot less than I thought there would be, probably because this was 'exposed to the right".

Patricia, good to see that you did not crop. I like the composition as it is.

 

Looks like you have done a fine job of blending the two exposures as the resultant image is praiseworthy indeed.

 

This is very good. M :)

 

ps.. may I ask what shutter speeds you employed?

Michael: 1/400 @ f/8 with +0.33 exposure bias value (ISO 800).

 

I'm glad you like it.

Gorgeous. Wondferful tones, great cropping.

Thanks much for your very kind comments!

What can I say. Your work in using lines and curves is impressive. To me it is an inspiration.

 

Don

Don: Thanks so much your input. I really appreciate it.

Patricia, you must have a very steady hand indeed to hand hold and then to blend the two exposures. I think if I tried this with my 'shakes' the resultant images will be destined straight for the bin. Its a beautiful image. M

After reading your comment, I realized that my description was a little misleading. This is one shot with two different raw conversions. The blending was done between these two raw versions, not different shots.

Pat, now that I have a camera that handles RAW, I know exactly what you mean :) Gotta love the RAW format! Till later, M.

Ahhh yes. One of the finest buildings in NYC... it is so sad that its exterior is in such disrepair.

 

The wideangle lens you chose was a great choice here. The sweeping view is aided by the muted morning light... allowing the eye to savor the flow.

 

This is truly terrific.

How right you are about the exterior. I have some sympathy, though. Frank Lloyd Wright never really cared about the difficulties of maintenance and most of his buildings suffer in the rain.

 

Thanks for your kind comment.

"...Frank Lloyd Wright never really cared about the difficulties of maintenance and most of his buildings suffer in the rain.

 

A very interesting observation. Does that mean that he was actually a poor architect? M

No, no, no. It means his ideas were always way ahead of the technologies needed to support them. He was a visionary, not a pragmatist. I used to own a FLW house (actually built by an apprentice) in the Chicago area. Whenever it rained, really rained, I knew problems were ahead (until I rebuilt all of the infrastructure). But, living there was worth it. It was the only house that I truly, deeply loved. Hard to explain, I guess.

Ok, his built environment creations were 'ahead of his time' and held intense meaning for many people. No question about that at all.

 

However, it seems to me that the house you lived in was designed poorly for the climatic environment in which it resided. If you subscribe to the definition of an architect as a person who is skilled in the design of buildings, then by this definition, his creations were not very well designed for the physical elements.

 

A visionary without doubt, but perhaps a little guilty of overlooking the practicalities of building design?

 

Just my rambling thoughts ;) M

Pat, I have returned to this shot many times during the past weeks. Your composition really reveals the expansiveness of this geometry . The tonal quality of this B&W conversion really allows this image to shine. Well done Pat...

David: I'm just glad you are back. Cannot wait to see your new stuff!