Fiberglass Eye: First time posting here. Found this very unusual sculpture. The hard part was trying to find a proper exposure to bring out the delicate red veins on this big white...

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

First time posting here. Found this very unusual sculpture. The hard part was trying to find a proper exposure to bring out the delicate red veins on this big white globe which is about 8 ft tall.
10 photos from shutter speed 1/6 to 1/125 sec. Early morning light. Afternoon light is to bright and harsh and keeped blowing out the white orb.

Added a little HDR and some color correction and I think I almost accomplished the look I was after.

Thanks for looking
Steve

Best exposure that I came up with

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elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

I think you did an excellent job.

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

Works for me.

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

elliott937 and djtravels
Thank you

fuminous Loc: Luling, LA... for now...

So... with an on-camera-flash, does the pupil turn red?

... pretty cool shot!

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

In our great world of photography, you, my friend, are taking the process not to the next step, but to the next ten steps.

With pride, I bring my physics students to the realization that our eyes have the ability to process a dynamic range of a trillion:one, or 1,000,000,000,000 : 1. That's the range between the weakest light image we can perceive until the point when we say "it's too bright for comfort". We have amazing cameras, but the sensors cannot capture a range even close to that. Solution? HDR photography, and your image is showing an example of that. Congrats.

RWCRNC Loc: Pennsylvania

Well done 👍

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

fuminous wrote:

So... with an on-camera-flash, does the pupil turn red?

... pretty cool shot!

Of course it does. But here, you get this very nice blown out white spot

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

elliott937 wrote:

In our great world of photography, you, my friend,... (show quote)

Thanks Elliott. Very kind words

pdsdville Loc: Midlothian, Tx

There is one of these smack in the middle of downtown Dallas but yours has a much better backdrop.

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

Very nicely done. Shows the value of appropriate post-processing.

10MPlayer Loc: California

I think you did a good job. The second image looks realistic. Too many people like HDR so much they overdo it. Yours looks natural which is the point, I think. Unless you have a idea in mind that calls for exaggerating or warping reality.

Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)

10MPlayer wrote:

I think you did a good job. The second image looks realistic. Too many people like HDR so much they overdo it. Yours looks natural which is the point, I think. Unless you have a idea in mind that calls for exaggerating or warping reality.

Thank you

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Steve DeMott wrote:

First time posting here. Found this very unusual sculpture. The hard part was trying to find a proper exposure to bring out the delicate red veins on this big white globe which is about 8 ft tall.
10 photos from shutter speed 1/6 to 1/125 sec. Early morning light. Afternoon light is to bright and harsh and keeped blowing out the white orb.

Added a little HDR and some color correction and I think I almost accomplished the look I was after.

Thanks for looking
Steve

Stunning work 🎖️🎖️🎖️