Cast Iron by bmac62
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Description
...looking up from one of about five landings in yesterday's lighthouse (see below).
...had a white balance (WB) challenge with the lighting in this image. The top landing area below the lightroom is white and brilliantly lit here by sunlight pouring through two windows. The underside of the landing directly above my head is lit with incandescent bulbs. Easiest solution? Make it B&W:)
Bill
P.S. Here's a look from the bottom all the way up.
"Tallest Lighthouse in Washington"
Comments (22)
Faemike55
Very cool solution and great photo interesting POV
MrsRatbag
What a great POV on this eye-shaped window of light, looks like the eye of a huge alien creature!
kgb224
Brilliant thinking Bill. Superb capture Bill. God Bless.
durleybeachbum
What a cracking pic!!
jendellas
Excellent & good idea :o)
auntietk
This really does look like an eye. Outstanding composition, and changing it to b&w was a good choice. I love the graceful curves and lines, and the light is just right. Beautifully done!
jayfar
B&w is the perfect medium for this wonderful shot Bill.
helanker
Excellent shot, Bill ! Its staring at me :D
Blush
Great pic Hugs Susan~
jocko500
makes a wonderful design
Richardphotos
their intentions was for it to last a long time.superb pov
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Very nice work Bill, Love the eye POV and your honey is right, the lighting is exquisite
RodS Online Now!
Aside from the white balance challenges, I think B&W is absolutely perfect for this image, Bill! A beautifully composed photo and perfectly exposed!
bobrgallegos
Outstanding POV very well captured in B&W!
junge1
An interesting perspective Bill and it looks fantastic in b&w!
lyron
Excellent image!!
debbielove
Yep! My stomach is doing somersaults... Thanks Bill.. LOL Its certainly an impressive Lighthouse, and those are some stairs... Good luck.. Great shot.. Rob
T.Rex
Cast iron... stomach? The title got me thinking of Jonah and the whale (which must have had that kind of stomach to put up with an angry man inside it). Looking at the round, round, round makes me fell a bit dizzy today (I wonder why). At first I didn't realize you had made it black/white to solve the white balance problem. This really did a good job with that problem. It would be interesting to see what it looked like before solving the problem! Keep up the good work! :-)
whaleman
Nice one!
alanwilliams
a fscinating aspect, a tricky job done well
nikolais
power of cast iron... excellent image, Bill!!
anahata.c
well several people saw an eye here, and I agree. A big iris. B&W always allows for a kind of 'essentialized' view into something, the way a string quartet or solo piano offers essentialized music compared to an orchestra: The latter is grand and monumental, but the formers bring us to essences and pared down music. In your powerful B&W, you made a massive machine opening up for something or other. The gears in front of us are dark, almost dank. The textures are quite fine, smoother on top and more rough and decayed at bottom. And we can see the light lights break through this laden under-structure, where, at top, the big opening into light is extremely bright and a stark contrast to the "underside" of this massive thing. It has massivity, almost menace on the dark side, it seems to move as if it's slowly opening its jaws, and it has bright light at its center. A truly fine use of B&W, Bill, even though it was motivated by a technical consideration: I don't think you could get all these contrasts with color. And it's a fine piece of seeing. And btw, you've done a number of pieces peering into openings at the ends of stairwells. It seems to be a theme you like to explore from time to time, where each exploration is different, and each one calls you to an inner space inside you and inside us. A wonderful mini-series in your gallery, and I hope you come back to it every so often. You take to its journey very well...