Papaver and Shadow
At first glance, one might think this image is a Photoshop composite of a black-and-white image and a color photo, but it is not a composite. It is a single photograph. This Papaver nudicaule (Icelandic Poppy) was gowing in a pot outside our front stairs. It rained the night before, and in the early morning. Then the sun came out. I took the photograph carefully, lens stopped down for depth of field, and exposing for the yellow flower because I knew I wanted the shadow area to go black. Then I processed the RAW file carefully a number of times for the flower, and with different color balance and exposure settings for the shadows. If you look carefully at the shadow areas, you can see that in fact they are not monochromatic, and tend toward the red side of things.
August 31st, 2007 at 1:51 pm
[...] d can be used to create interesting compositional effects. Related images: Bridge Shadow, Papaver and Shadow, Blind Shadow, Shadows on a Wall. [105mm, 157.5mm in 35mm equivalent terms, 1/4 of [...]
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:01 pm
[...] is. View this image larger. This orange Papaver nudicaule is a companion piece to yellow Papaver and Shadow.
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April 3rd, 2009 at 4:38 pm
[...] Lithographers Club of Chicago to aid growth and knowledge for the printing industry, is running my Papaver and Shadow as the cover of the current issue. The cover demonstrates the use of stochastic printing. It also [...]