This was one of those rare moments where I switched from my 10-20mm and shot with a 50mm prime. I know there is plenty of software available to achieve depth in your images, but when I saw these taps lined up in a row it reminded me of a shot of some lamps I had taken in a library at the start of the year and I knew I wanted to use the 50mm to get the depth of field that I did, primary focus on the front taps and the remaining ones falling away behind them.
The taps were based in an old toilet in the disused train depot that you saw in yesterday’s image. You can see traces of the spider webs which were in between the taps…and let me tell you that this room and the one next to it were covered in them. It was getting towards the end of the day and the light was starting to fade so I had trouble seeing the webs above me, the first I knew about them was when they attached themselves to my head. Obviously the next hour was spent scratching and imagining spiders crawling over me.
At one point I worked my way through the adjacent room with a large stick and broom trying to clear the webs hanging overhead so that I could get a clear shot of a sink without fear of rushing up against spiders or their home.
The shower I had once I got home that night was simply wonderful!
Great choice on the 50mm…love the DOF and the toning works great for this!
Nothing quite matches the dof achieved in the camera, even though the software can come close! Dig this shot, especially the blue/grey tones and the webs! Well done!
I like how you can see the nice shine to the faucet, and then the dullness of the line feeding them. Very cool!
Digging the processing on this. Matches perfectly with the subject.
Perfect focus and processing. Very impressive.
nice shot Mike and great DOF too, well seen and shot!
Great work! It’s always nice to see the bokeh achieved in camera rather than through post processing.
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Love the cool tones here. Great decision to switch to the 50 – great DoF!
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No mirror, three lines of taps in a row ;o)
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Thank for sharing it with us.
This work is remarkable, and was seen in: Light and dark.
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Ok, a little late getting to the game here, still way behind on my RSS feeds, but had to pause on this one. The DOF is perfect and I love the spider webs.