Renaissance Still Life
This image reminds me of old still life paintings by Rembrandt or the Caravaggio. To me, the light and colours seem reminiscent of the Renaissance period.
This composite is made of three images:
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This is my starting image. I placed a fruit bowl on the floor, and draped a large piece of dark fabric over it, then I filled it with fruit. The shot was made from above, with the camera on a tripod in a completely dark room. I used a five-second exposure at F/20 and ISO 100, while I painted over the fruit with a regular flashlight to get warm tones. A LED light would have been colder. | |
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Last summer, I made this not-so-good photo of my rosebush after the rain. I used it to create a Ton sur Ton effect (matching tones). This layer is very subtle, and can be seen only in the larger versions, so you will need to click on the image to enlarge it. I desaturated, removed the white background, and applied parts of the image in the corners at 8% to 11% opacities. | |
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Finally, when I went walking in Montreal last Sunday, shooting graffiti and old gritty corners, I also made a few shots of surfaces I could use as textures for my composites. This is one of them, which gives the appearance of an old painting to the image. |
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Ursula Rodgers
Fantastic work Jo…indeed just like a renaissance painting. Wow!!
Johanne Brunet replied
Wow! You’re fast, girl! LOL! Thank you so much for your comment.
Ursula Rodgers
LOL! I’m on the ball today!! You’re welcome Jo…your creativity really shines through in this, as always :))
Shelly Hiebert
Johanne Brunet….what are we going to do with you haha! You are so creative! This is absolutely wonderful…..are you giving lessons soon? I have to get beyond adjusting light and contrast :P Fabulous work here girl :)
Johanne Brunet replied
Thank you Shelly! LOL!! Just wait till you see what I’m uploading just now! :-)
Carole Brunet
Excellent work as usual…. very creative and the smooth lightning in it really looks like the Renaissance period. Enchanting !!!
Johanne Brunet replied
Thank you Sister! This is something you can try too now with your new DSLR! No special setup beside a tripod, a dark room at night and a flashlight! :-)
Squealia
Love the texture on the fruit
Johanne Brunet replied
Thank you Celia! My texture is available as a free stock image in my Texture Flickr Album You are welcome to help yourself to anyone you like in that album! :-)
Wendi Donaldson
WOW!! what a masterpiece you’ve created here, again, Johanne!! Gorgeous!
Johanne Brunet replied
Thank you so much Wendi for that lovely compliment! :-)
Jeff Stroud
I googled Renaissance still life paintings and then images this came up…
It is a great image! Great work…
Johanne Brunet replied
Wow, thank you Jeff! It’s good to know that the tags are effective for Google placement. I tried the search after reading your message, and I was happy to see my image on the first page of images results! :-)