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Just a quick throw-together this time - decided to pass half a hour or so having a look at how some of my prop-faffing would work out on screen.
Psalm 23 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Someone mentioned in one crit. thread I had going, that it was strange that the Candle had burned away to a stump, yet there was no "run off" from the melting wax... So, that had to be worked on a little...
The problem with this particular design of Candlestick (iirc they're called Heemskerk Candlesticks) is that they tend to have quite a deep "bowl" around the candle and also feature a "drip pan" to keep any run-off away from the stick itself, and to save the furnishings they're sat on. Another interesting thing is that the modern candles I had seem to be made from a mixture that pretty much just burns away rather than melting and dribbling. So, it had to be a case of deliberately melting and dripping the coloured "shell" wax from a few offcuts until I'd filled the bowl and contrived a reasonably convincing (I think) "dribble"
Other crit. I received on a image wanted the lettering to be clear enough to read - well - that's a bit tough when re-sized for display on the forum, but certainly on this one, at full-size, I think I've just about got it...
Psalm 23 (100% crop) by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Once again, it's a single light shot, 60x90 softbox to RHS of frame, maybe 4 feet set back from the centre of the arrangement. No fancy "faux window" gobo's or anything like that this time - it was pretty much just a test-shot for the candlestick TBH - and looking at the "closeup" of the reflections in the hourglass, I think I need to work on a few things...
Psalm 23 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
PP was pretty minimal - slight keystone correction from shooting elevated high enough to get the lettering more visible, then a high-pass sharpening layer, and finally crop to Square Format. I'm working on getting as much as possible "in camera" so that I can actually bang off a couple of attempts on Slide film at some point.
Also looking at the reflections in the hourglass, I'm sorely tempted to do a "selfie" dressed in something "period correct" and standing behind an easel, then get a poster size print of it done, and put it in front of the camera with just enough light on it to reflect in the Hourglass...
Psalm 23 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Someone mentioned in one crit. thread I had going, that it was strange that the Candle had burned away to a stump, yet there was no "run off" from the melting wax... So, that had to be worked on a little...
The problem with this particular design of Candlestick (iirc they're called Heemskerk Candlesticks) is that they tend to have quite a deep "bowl" around the candle and also feature a "drip pan" to keep any run-off away from the stick itself, and to save the furnishings they're sat on. Another interesting thing is that the modern candles I had seem to be made from a mixture that pretty much just burns away rather than melting and dribbling. So, it had to be a case of deliberately melting and dripping the coloured "shell" wax from a few offcuts until I'd filled the bowl and contrived a reasonably convincing (I think) "dribble"
Other crit. I received on a image wanted the lettering to be clear enough to read - well - that's a bit tough when re-sized for display on the forum, but certainly on this one, at full-size, I think I've just about got it...
Psalm 23 (100% crop) by The Big Yin, on Flickr
Once again, it's a single light shot, 60x90 softbox to RHS of frame, maybe 4 feet set back from the centre of the arrangement. No fancy "faux window" gobo's or anything like that this time - it was pretty much just a test-shot for the candlestick TBH - and looking at the "closeup" of the reflections in the hourglass, I think I need to work on a few things...
Psalm 23 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
PP was pretty minimal - slight keystone correction from shooting elevated high enough to get the lettering more visible, then a high-pass sharpening layer, and finally crop to Square Format. I'm working on getting as much as possible "in camera" so that I can actually bang off a couple of attempts on Slide film at some point.
Also looking at the reflections in the hourglass, I'm sorely tempted to do a "selfie" dressed in something "period correct" and standing behind an easel, then get a poster size print of it done, and put it in front of the camera with just enough light on it to reflect in the Hourglass...
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