Detail




OPD. Overview, Portrait and Detail. Maybe I’ll look at the O and the P in this list at a later date.

I want to confess to you right here on the net, for all to read; my weakness, ok, one of my weaknesses is “detail.” To come right up to a subject and focus on something that might have escaped most peoples notice. I have a hard time zooming my eyes in close. So I have been working on it as of late. Here is a quick sample. If you are one of my two readers besides my wife, then maybe make a comment and tell me what you think.

These are the hands of a stone mason in Kashmir. He mostly makes tomb stones. He will on occasion make mortar and pestles.

Here is the EXIF data for you photofiles:

model: Canon EOS 5D
software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh
capture date: Wednesday,April 12,2006 11:05:59am
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 50
shutter speed: 1/320
aperture: f1.8
exposure bias: -1.0
metering: Spot
flash: OFF – Compulsory flash mode
focal length: 85.0

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  • Anonymous

    I think all of your images are amazing. But this one does exactly what you want it to, great detail and still tells a story.

    -carly short

  • Anonymous

    I think all of your images are amazing. But this one does exactly what you want it to, great detail and still tells a story. -carly short

  • Anonymous

    I think all of your images are amazing. But this one does exactly what you want it to, great detail and still tells a story. -carly short

  • David

    Matt – There’s nothing wrong with this – technically it’s good – but when I read your blurb and you tell me he primarily makes tombstones, I think you missed greatness on this one. If you can tie the detail of this image to such a powerful theme – mortality – it would be brilliant. I don’t know how you’d shoot that except that the same shot over a tomb-stone while he’s carving lettering – or making the tombstone somehow identifiable as a tombstone – would make take this a step up and add a strong thematic/story element.

    Also because a hammer in action is not static I feel this one is posed. Whether it is or not is not important – it just FEELS that way. Some blur on the hammer swinging – say at 1/30th would be cool.

    All that being said, it does accomplish what you set out for it. Tones and textures are great.

    David
    pixelatedimage

  • David

    Matt – There’s nothing wrong with this – technically it’s good – but when I read your blurb and you tell me he primarily makes tombstones, I think you missed greatness on this one. If you can tie the detail of this image to such a powerful theme – mortality – it would be brilliant. I don’t know how you’d shoot that except that the same shot over a tomb-stone while he’s carving lettering – or making the tombstone somehow identifiable as a tombstone – would make take this a step up and add a strong thematic/story element.Also because a hammer in action is not static I feel this one is posed. Whether it is or not is not important – it just FEELS that way. Some blur on the hammer swinging – say at 1/30th would be cool.All that being said, it does accomplish what you set out for it. Tones and textures are great.Davidpixelatedimage

  • David

    Matt – There’s nothing wrong with this – technically it’s good – but when I read your blurb and you tell me he primarily makes tombstones, I think you missed greatness on this one. If you can tie the detail of this image to such a powerful theme – mortality – it would be brilliant. I don’t know how you’d shoot that except that the same shot over a tomb-stone while he’s carving lettering – or making the tombstone somehow identifiable as a tombstone – would make take this a step up and add a strong thematic/story element.Also because a hammer in action is not static I feel this one is posed. Whether it is or not is not important – it just FEELS that way. Some blur on the hammer swinging – say at 1/30th would be cool.All that being said, it does accomplish what you set out for it. Tones and textures are great.Davidpixelatedimage

  • Matt Brandon

    David,

    Thanks for the input. Sorry to say, it was not that dramatic. He carves just the main stone, he doesn’t do the lettering. I have some with the blurred hammer. Maybe I will post those as well. By the way, this was not posed. Thanks again for your comments and or dropping by.

    Matt

  • Matt Brandon

    David,Thanks for the input. Sorry to say, it was not that dramatic. He carves just the main stone, he doesn’t do the lettering. I have some with the blurred hammer. Maybe I will post those as well. By the way, this was not posed. Thanks again for your comments and or dropping by.Matt

  • Matt Brandon

    David,Thanks for the input. Sorry to say, it was not that dramatic. He carves just the main stone, he doesn’t do the lettering. I have some with the blurred hammer. Maybe I will post those as well. By the way, this was not posed. Thanks again for your comments and or dropping by.Matt

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