Please excuse the seemingly repeat posting, but its difficult to resist.
The first posting is a single image, shot with a FF Nikon using a 20mm lens (and obviously post-processed to bring up the otherwise murky shadows). This image was shot with the same gear, but is a vertical pano comprised of 4 horizontally shot images. Exposure was made by metering the sky value, which left the kiva interior nearly black. The only light inside the space was that which was reflected off a small shaft of sunlight striking a space on the wall, so a lot of processing (LR, PS, Aurora HDR, Topaz) was required to render the final image seen here. I like to think of it as 'meter for the highlights, process for the spirituality.' In the Puebloan peoples/societies (Hopi, Zuni, Tewa, Tuwa, etc.) of today, a kiva is considered sacred space.
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Cany143 wrote:
Please excuse the seemingly repeat posting, but its difficult to resist.
The first posting is a single image, shot with a FF Nikon using a 20mm lens (and obviously post-processed to bring up the otherwise murky shadows). This image was shot with the same gear, but is a vertical pano comprised of 4 horizontally shot images. Exposure was made by metering the sky value, which left the kiva interior nearly black. The only light inside the space was that which was reflected off a small shaft of sunlight striking a space on the wall, so a lot of processing (LR, PS, Aurora HDR, Topaz) was required to render the final image seen here. I like to think of it as 'meter for the highlights, process for the spirituality.' In the Puebloan peoples/societies (Hopi, Zuni, Tewa, Tuwa, etc.) of today, a kiva is considered sacred space.
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Absolutely spectacular! I have very few of these and it has always required the light be in a particular angle coming through the opening. You have done a masterful job with this image. You give me a high mark to shoot for. And you are right; it is even a very spiritual experience even with the photography. You have great reverence for the subject.
I like this one better than the first. Nice work.
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