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May 12, 2005
Humble Tomb
I am playing with some new code that will allow me to dynamically change the stylesheet in order to pick a better color scheme for each image. Let me know if this is a good thing, a bad thing, or if it doesn't work. The white sky of this image just looked horrible against the gray background.
| Camera | Konica Minolta 7d |
| Lens | Tameron EX 28-200mm f/2.8 @ 35mm |
| Shutter / Aperture | 1/300s / f/3.5 |
| ISO | 100 |
I tried to take a photo of every tomb I came across at the Qutub Shahi tomb complex but I couldn't get a decent photo of this one. The sun was really high in the sky and everything looked so horribly washed out. I nearly purged it.
After I got back to the 'States I started playing around with images that were similar to this one: more-or-less decent except for a region of blown highlights. I found that for some of the images I could breathe a little visual interest back into them if I converted them to black and white and gave them a little funk. I think this one has the funk.
My funk recipie is pretty simple: convert to black and white using favorite technique, add contrast, add grain and tone. Voila!
Posted by jordanh at May 12, 2005 12:00 AM
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I have to say, I think the funk works wonderfully--it has such a nice warm tone that gives the photo a totally different feel than a greyish tone would.
Posted by: Lara Barrett at May 13, 2005 9:52 AM
...i grow tired of this blogging soon, YOU WILL DIE!!!!!
Posted by: pingpongmantra at May 13, 2005 5:01 PM
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i looked at ALL of your photos. i enjoy reading your comments about circumstance and your photo data blocks are helpful. what a great opportunity to see the world. i look forward to seeing more of your pictures both stateside and abroad!
Posted by: ana at May 12, 2005 10:20 AM