On the Smithy's Wall #2
This still life was shot using natural light and a longish exposure while on a camera club outing at Timbertown, an historic theme park at Wauchope, west of Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia, on a lightly overcast summer day.
The photograph was made from inside the Blacksmith’s shop with low diffused light washing in from the open double door. Another example of how I photograph the light and not just the subject so I can create a mood shot not a snapshot.
This is a close-up crop made from the original “On the Smithy’s Wall #1”, suggested by a fellow camera club member that you can see here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/inport/art/801041-1-on-the-smithys-wall-1
Camera: Fuji S9600; Manual Mode; f/ 8; 1.5sec; 13mm; WB Daylight; ISO 80; Tripod mounted.
Processing: S7RAW & Photoshop CS.
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MACHINERY & COLONIAL TIMBERTOWN
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On the Smithy’s Wall #2
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SharonD, 5 months ago
Wonderful colours in this Dennis.
Rosalie Dale IPA, 5 months ago
Excellent detail – I love this filling the frame.
Marvin Collins, 5 months ago
Excellent work Dennis….......excellent DOF, great comp and colors.
GerryMac, 5 months ago
excellent composition Dennis… perfect lighting and tones….
YELLOWJACKET, 5 months ago
BEAUTIFUL PHOTO DG. I’M MUST SIT AT YOUR FEET MORE TO LISTEN AND LEARN. THE MORE I TRY, THE MORE FRUSTRATED I GET WITH THOSE LONGISH EXPOSURE. I WOULD GO BACK TO BASICS IF I ONLY KNEW WHERE THE BASICS BEGAN. I’M NOT SURE THIS DIGITAL STUFF EVEN HAS A BEGINNING. SAVE ME A COPY OF YOUR NEXT BOOK, I’M FIRST IN LINE TO LEARN ALL ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHING LIGHT RATHER THAN SUBJECT.
Tom Vaughan, 5 months ago
This is so elegant and understated. very nice!
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to SharonD’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Sharon,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging “Wonderful…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Rosalie Dale IPA’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Rosalie,
Good to see you spotted this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop at Timbertown
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging “Excellent…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Marvin Collins’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Marvin,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging “Excellent (x2)...” wrap for my rusty efforts.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to GerryMac’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Gerry,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging ”...perfect…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
GB
Dennis
Maximus, 5 months ago
Timbertown is chock full of good photo opps, But as usual you’ve nailed it Dennis. :)
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to YELLOWJACKET’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day YJ,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging “BEAUTIFUL…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
“Lesson 1: Don’t even take the camera out of the bag until you have fully assesed the scene before you, making special note of exactly what the light is doing to the subject by walking around and looking at it from different angles, left-right-up-down, frontal lighting, side lighting, back lighting or lit from above.” 8-)
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Tom Vaughan’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Tom,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging ”...elegant…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Maximus’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Max,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging ”…nailed it…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
Timbertown also has reasonable disability access although you may need some help in places. You and your camera could have a great time there. 8-)
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Tom Vaughan’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day again Tom,
A big THANK YOU for the double honour of adding this work to your favourites and my portfolio to your watchlist. I hope it lives up to your expectations.
Glad you are enjoying the experience. 8-)
GB
Dennis
niggle, 5 months ago
excellent work
Vic Cross, 5 months ago
Dennis you are a master at this just wish l could get more from your works ,the brain wont contain now
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to niggle’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Niggle,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU gor your generous and encouraging ”excellent…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Vic Cross’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Vic,
Good to see you spotted this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop at Timbertown.
A big THANK YOU sir, for your generous and encouraging ”…master…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
Mate, as I said to Yellow Jacket above, just sit and study the light on the subject then walk around to find your best angle and build your exposure around that. Don’t wait too long though or the light will slip away. 8-)
GB
Dennis
Alf Caruana, 5 months ago
G’Day Dennis,
You’ve done a splendid job with this. You’ve brought out those wonderfull textures so well.
well done.
Mark German, 5 months ago
The exposure in this shot is exceptional, giving beautiful full tones.
debsphotos, 5 months ago
Perfect lighting to exibihit these wonderful old things Dennis!!!
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Alf Caruana’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Alf,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU for your generous and encouraging ”…splendid…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Mark German’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Mark,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU for your generous and encouraging ”…exceptional…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
The original full wall shot was just knocked back by Onexposure so I’ll see how this one fares next week. I’m a glutton for punishment. 8-)
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to debsphotos’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Deb,
Good to see you are first to spot this wall hanging scene in the Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU for your generous and encouraging ”Perfect…” wrap for my rusty efforts.
I could not have done better if I had a full set of studio lights with me. That natural light was wonderful. 8-)
GB
Dennis
Jason Connolly, 5 months ago
Brilliant shot Dennis, love the light and shadows captured on this piece, it really shows the rust up well, into my favs this goes pal. just love it.
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to Jason Connolly’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day Jason,
Good to see you poked your head into the Timbertown Blacksmith’s shop.
A big THANK YOU for your generous and encouraging “Brilliant…” wrap for my rusty efforts and for the added honour of adding this to your favourites.
GB
Dennis
shanghaiwu, 5 months ago
brilliant photograph
Dennis Gay IPA in reply to shanghaiwu’s comment, 5 months ago
G’day ShangHaiWu,
Good to see you at the Timbertown Blacksmith shop.
A big THANK YOU for your generous and encouraging ”brilliant…” wrap for my rusty efforts and for the honour of adding this work to your favourites.
GB
Dennis
Dennis Gay IPA, 5 months ago
UPDATE:
I just printed this one on Ilford Galerie Smooth High Gloss Media paper – oh what a feeling!!!!!
GB
D!