02 February 2012

project 52: shadows

I knew I wanted to photograph our cardboard muji CNY dragon for this week's p52 theme: shadows. He casts fascinating shadows wherever he sits. I didn't realise how difficult it would be to take a photo where his shadow was strong but not obscured by my own. After half an hour of falling off various bits of furniture onto anglepoises (me, not him) I decided to call it a day and see what fun things can be done with shadows in post production instead. I know that photoshop and (the soon to be historical) picnik can't make a good photo out of a bad one, so I'm not under any illusion, but it's a fun way to wait for a thunderstorm to pass anyway!

samsung nx10, 30mm pancake lens, ISO400, f/2, 1/30
dodged the hell out of the highlights at 7% in photoshop, not carefully enough on his tail and ears


a bit of "chinoiserie" using the infrared filter in picnik!

project 52 p52 weekly photo challenge my3boybarians.com

19 comments:

  1. stunning subject, really love the shadow idea... nice work!

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  2. Love the dragon! And that second picture is so much fun, really arty and interesting ;)

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    1. There was an insane thunder and lightening storm on New Year's Eve and again on New Year's Day, so we decided that that's the sound of the dragon!

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  4. This is really cool. I like how there are multiple shadows there. It really makes you want to study the photo.

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  5. Very interesting set of shadows!

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  6. Love the shadow of the dragon! The face is fierce! :)

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  7. The dragon's shadows make it look very intimidating!! Great photo!

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  8. Awesome. I don't think I would know what it was without the shadow. Love the photos and the edits.

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  9. Wow...that is really cool!!

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  10. I love the first picture. It is such a creative idea. My son would love that dragon. The second picture looks like a painting. Beautiful work.

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  11. such beautiful dragon!, love it!

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  12. Very interesting photo that really catches your eye. I had to look at this one. :)

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  13. Oh I love playing around with post processing. Great experimenting! Turned out very cool!

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