Photo: The Dead Auditorium
By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-06-26T04:59:13Z in Photography, Stock Photos. 167 words.
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I shot this after my cousin’s dance recital, once everyone left. It was quite dark, so I pushed it to ISO800 and went down to F1.6, taking the opportunity to use a shallow depth of field. The theater is a dead one if I’ve seen one, in this picture at least. I like the colors of the chairs, and the lighting was nice and indirect, despite the dimness.
What did I do to this? First, I cloned out the open door in the background, which was a big, white, ugly distraction. I couldn’t get the wall to look right; it looked fake and too smooth [2]. I didn’t want to deal with it, so I just pumped up the contrast till the background went to black. An effective solution in a pinch, and it adds to the mood of… deadness. Finally, I made the colors less yellow and burned in the corners (vignetting [3]).
Canon Rebel XTi [4], EF 50mm 1:1.4 [5], 1/60, F1.6, 50mm, ISO800, 2008-06-22T00:52:14-04, 20080622-005214rxt
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[2] fake and too smooth: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/how-to-break-into-stock-photography-481#editing-481
[3] vignetting: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/tag/vignetting
[4] Canon Rebel XTi: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I3ZCWU/brilliaphotog-20
[5] EF 50mm 1:1.4: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009XVCZ/brilliaphotog-20
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