Pears - Bruce McKinney

Based on a series of pencil drawings I've done over the past 20 years.

Camera:	G1
Lens:	35mm
Film:	Tri-X (Tint added in PS)
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Posted:	16-Jan-2002

Rating: 6.00 (1 rating)

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Comments

film's fine...

I think your lighting needs improvement. Tri-X is capable of wonderful tones and texture. There's one guy out there who does amazingly beautiful still life shots with nothing but Tri-X and a yellow filter--his name escapes me now--but the key is his lighting. I'm no expert on lighting for still life shots but I think that would be your ticket. BTW, is this a scan of a print or the negative?

Richard Sintchak     16-Jan-2002 at 20:07

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The scan is...

from the negative. Lighting is just morning ambient lighting in our kitchen.

Bruce McKinney     16-Jan-2002 at 20:12

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Power of pencil

This is an excellent shot, especially in view of teh limited lighting available. Your pencil must be more powerful than your camera!

Charez Golvala     17-Jan-2002 at 00:47

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Bruce

what you mean: based on" pencil drawings? Yes this should be dominantly ivory. Just trying to understand the competiton concept rigth.

Knut Skjærven     31-Mar-2002 at 01:10

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Perhaps

"based on" was not the best choice of words. I simply meant that I did a series of similar still life drawings in college and wanted to compare the results of the differing media. As far as the competition, I envisioned an Ivory image being predominately Zone 6 and above and Ebony being Zone 4 and below. Very simple examples might be eggs on white linen for an Ivory and a lump of coal on a dark stone tabletop for an ebony.

Bruce McKinney     31-Mar-2002 at 06:34

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