Bi-Weekly Challenge - Figurines/Statues
George Washington Carver by Christian Petersen
Sculptured in 1949, Mr. Petersen chose to portray Carver as an older man, contemplating a single peanut. Originally done in plater, funding could not be found for bronzing. In 1998 donors supplied the funding for bronzing. (Thank heavens for university fact sheets!)
Full statue, (69" high)
Converted this one to B/W (for not liking B/W, I sure use it allot)
Detail of statue
(Photographer's note: This was taken early morning, in a dark grove. Several shots had a blue cast to them, using the flash removed the blue tint, but left hot spots on the subject. I though this would have been an easy challenge, but it is turning out more difficult than I thought.)
George Washington Carver by Christian Petersen |
I think I like full statue the best. Then the B/W one.
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MrQ, my favorite is the detail one. I like the angle you've taken on it. It can definitely be challenging to use flash on a shiny thing with a lot of angles and planes to reflect the light back at you. Some sort of softbox can help, or you can bounce the light to diffuse it, but I don't imagine there was a convenient white ceiling or wall in the vicinity for that purpose. Nice job in difficult circumstances -- maybe that's why it's called a challenge. ;-)
- Dub
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Agree about the difficulty of this challenge-I like the full statue the best...also like the thumb shot.
- Hi Ya!
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I like all of them, but the B&W is the best IMO. I'm a B&W lover though, so my 2 cents are definitely biased. The angles are interesting, love the up close.
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I thought I commented on this earlier but I guess I forgot to post it. I like the B&W one, the angle and shading. The background might be considered a little dark except his head has a little light reflection to set it apart. Nice post for the challenge -- pictures and history.
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I love the b&w, the angle and the way it brings out the details. :o)
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