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Feb 15, 2019 11:45:42   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
My camera club's contest this month is "low light". I pulled out the old family Bible and some old photos of my mom, my grandmother and her brother, plus a couple more. The kerosene lamp was manufactured in England and is silver plated and of unknown age. Besides the kerosene lamp I have a studio light to camera left with a 20 degree grid using only the modeling light at 3/4 power. The kelvin from both light sources is close. A side note the kerosene lamp is a "double wicker" but I had only one wick in the lamp. I thought about B&W or sepia but decided to go with color since it was subtle. Comments are welcome.


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Feb 15, 2019 11:59:00   #
John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN
 
Often photos of old pictures are boring, but this presentation is superb and it tells a story. May we see more of OP’s creations.

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Feb 15, 2019 12:16:55   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
Good job! You’ve given me an idea for my next camera club’s monthly challenge, which is something similar to what you have done here. Thanks.

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Feb 15, 2019 12:38:00   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Great shot.

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Feb 15, 2019 12:56:34   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
John_F wrote:
Often photos of old pictures are boring, but this presentation is superb and it tells a story. May we see more of OP’s creations.


Thank you John, my intent was to tell a snippet of a story. I have enjoyed doing these small set-ups during the cold Winter months. I'll post others whenever inspiration hits me.

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Feb 15, 2019 12:59:48   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
Thanks Jay, these cold Indiana days are draining on my creativity. It took me a couple days to find the kerosene lamp that had been packed in our move 1-1/2 year ago. Clubs are a good way to keep the creative juices flowing.

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Feb 15, 2019 13:01:50   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
Thanks Longshadow, I was getting tired of photographing grey barns and bare trees.

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Feb 15, 2019 13:09:08   #
repleo Loc: Boston
 
A10 wrote:
My camera club's contest this month is "low light". I pulled out the old family Bible and some old photos of my mom, my grandmother and her brother, plus a couple more. The kerosene lamp was manufactured in England and is silver plated and of unknown age. Besides the kerosene lamp I have a studio light to camera left with a 20 degree grid using only the modeling light at 3/4 power. The kelvin from both light sources is close. A side note the kerosene lamp is a "double wicker" but I had only one wick in the lamp. I thought about B&W or sepia but decided to go with color since it was subtle. Comments are welcome.
My camera club's contest this month is "low l... (show quote)


Very nice. Well done.

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Feb 15, 2019 13:16:05   #
artBob Loc: Near Chicago
 
"Light is everything" is an old saying. You've brought it to bear here very well, from hue to value range. Were it mine, I would try to subdue the lamp as much as possible, in keeping with the subtlety of the subject.

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Feb 15, 2019 13:21:06   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
repleo wrote:
Very nice. Well done.


Thank you repleo for those kind words.

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Feb 15, 2019 13:24:20   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
Thanks artbob, as photographers we use whatever light available.

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Feb 15, 2019 13:32:02   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
A10 wrote:
Thanks Longshadow, I was getting tired of photographing grey barns and bare trees.

I can imagine! Spring should be around the corner, but I'm not sure which corner.

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Feb 16, 2019 09:00:16   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 

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Feb 16, 2019 09:24:47   #
DragonsLady Loc: Los Alamos, NM
 
Beautiful. Could be the front piece of a family album.

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Feb 16, 2019 09:35:30   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
Thanks Bill

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