Peppers - Study

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Peppers - Study

Inspired by Edward Weston’s famous Pepper series, I’m experimenting with B&W conversions that have high contrast, but still manage to maintain a full tonal range. My lack of experience with studio lighting is still a major drawback (not having a studio, or studio lighting, might be a contributing factor here…), but in this case I used diffused natural daylight as the light source… Arguably, it’s not the world’s most inspired composition, but hey! one step at a time… :-)

[Sony a350, Sigma 17-70@40mm, f:10, 8 sec, ISO-100; Converted from RAW to B&W using CS3]

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Peppers - Study by monocotylidono
Peppers - Study by monocotylidono
  • Nathalie Chaput

    Nathalie Chaput

    Beautiful shot George, i like the contrast.

    Wouldn’t it be nice to have one of these?

  • monocotylidono replied

    Thanks Nathalie, any studio will do! Although to be honest, I’d like something a bit bigger than that :-)

  • Dean Mullin

    Dean Mullin

    nice one George….

  • monocotylidono replied

    Thanks mate! Have you come up for air yet??? LOL

  • Nathalie Chaput

    Nathalie Chaput

    In this case, you might like this one better http://www.studio4fun.ca/en/

    Oops… sorry, that’s just for Montreal! LOL

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    Very nice George! Great light and tones here and I like the sheen….looks great framed too :)

  • monocotylidono replied

    Thanks Shelly, also for the favoring! :-)

  • brendanscully

    brendanscully

    Nice George…

  • monocotylidono replied

    Thanks mate :-)

  • Steve & Lesley

    Steve & Lesley

    excellent george

  • monocotylidono replied

    Thanks Steve – not quite there yet, but working on it… :-)

  • Dean Mullin

    Dean Mullin

    3 more performances, I’m FULL of a massive cold that I’ve tried to hold off for two weeks .. finally hit last night. Final night on Saturday

  • monocotylidono replied

    Ouch! that’s not good. Hang in there!... you’ll probably collapse after the adrenaline goes away… We’ll chat next week.

  • Vikram Franklin

    Vikram Franklin

    Well – you’ve got the full range of tones and a great pic (when framed especially). And while this might look like a simple shot – it really isn’t. So well done!!!

  • monocotylidono replied

    I’m glad you like it! Thanks for all your suggestions… After various attempts to try and sort out the whites, I gave up and went back to the original version. I just need to shoot it differently next time…

  • Vikram Franklin

    Vikram Franklin

    PS: thanks for introducing me to Edward Weston’s work!!

  • monocotylidono replied

    It’s a pleasure! He makes it look so simple doesn’t he? It’s only when you try and replicate it that you understand how much work “simple” involves… :-)

  • ozzzywoman

    ozzzywoman

  • monocotylidono replied

    Wonderful! Thank you so much, I appreciate it! :-)

  • robpixaday

    robpixaday

    CONGRATULATIONS! Your image has been featured in the Experimental Group!

  • monocotylidono replied

    Apologies, I’ve been heads down for work for a bit… Many many thanks for the feature, I appreciate it! :-)

  • Paul Wilkin

    Paul Wilkin 2 days ago

    Hmm – I think this is pretty good. I think the trick is all in the lighting and the subject. Your link shows that Weston used a pepper with a very interesting shape. That irregularity has helped capture contrasts and accentuated the form.

    Are they by any chance Norfolk peppers? If so you should put them in Eastern England! LOL!

  • monocotylidono replied 2 days ago

    You went snooping! Thank you :-) They are ASDA’s best – who knows? I agree with you about Weston. I think he had a better subject to work with. He also knew a think or two about lighting, which I don’t (yet! he he)

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