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The cathedral in Pienza, Tuscany, was consecrated by local-borne Pope Pius II in 1462. I spent a number of hours inside over several days in awe of its style and enormity. Flash photography was not allowed, nor were tripods, so this is handheld, using available light. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon TS-E 24, f3.5L, ISO 800, f5 at 1/40 second.
Tags: Peter Hill Pienza Pienza Cathedral Duomo Duomo di Pienza architecture ceiling Renaissance church Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L
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The forest below Monte Amiata in Tuscany, Italy, is mesmerising when you are looking skywards amongst the high birch trees. We spent a long hour here pointing our lenses upwards to the clear clean Autumn sky. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L, ISO 100, f8 at 1/160 second.
Tags: Peter Hill trees Tuscany Italy Monte Amiata forest canopy
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The old archway adjoining Ponte Vecchio on the River Arno in Florence. We were on our way to the Piazzale Michelangeliolo. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L, ISO 200, f7.1 at 1/160 second.
Tags: Peter Hill Florence Firenze archway Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L monochrome black & white
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When shooting with my B&W Infrared Converted 5D2, there are 2 lighting and compositional techniques I use whenever the right conditions arise. Quite a few of my sold exhibition works incorporated one or the other, so I know they work! But, you have to be quick because we are talking about the right natural light conditions.
One technique is too use a rising sun to backlight the photograph. Often I will find the composition to suit this technique in the form of a large tree. The more interesting the tree the better. With a normal camera you will lose a lot of foreground detail to dark shadow, but not with the IR camera. This was no more evident with my favourite backlit photograph - "The Warmth Of The Winter Sun" - which I first exhibited (and sold) on the first day of my Light Matters exhibition and which will also be showing at my forthcoming exhibition at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Gallery (17 December - 26 February).
The second technique is to utilise reflected light from a tall flat object, namely a building, preferably early morning light or late afternoon light as it is crisper. I used this particular technique a year ago to take a completely unplanned shot on the roof of a carpark in Melbourne CBD which turned into one of my favourite B&W shots ever - "Weathered", and it sold at the Opening Night of my Light Matters exhibition.
Recently, I found myself in Siena in Tuscany, Italy very early one morning in a certain spot where BOTH the above techniques came into play - backlighting and reflected light. I had the tree for the backlighting, plus an archway, and I had a huge stone wall just behind me providing the reflected light. Bonus. It was just the start of a walking shoot in near empty streets and gorgeous crisp light and reflected light.
Hand-held B&W Infrared-converted Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L lens, ISO 160, f8 at 1/80 second.
Tags: Peter Hill Infrared IR Italy Siena tree backlit backlighting reflected light sunrise shadows Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L
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When shooting with my B&W Infrared Converted 5D2, there are 2 lighting and compositional techniques I use whenever the right conditions arise. Quite a few of my sold exhibition works incorporated one or the other, so I know they work! But, you have to be quick because we are talking about the right natural light conditions.
One technique is too use a rising sun to backlight the photograph. Often I will find the composition to suit this technique in the form of a large tree. The more interesting the tree the better. With a normal camera you will lose a lot of foreground detail to dark shadow, but not with the IR camera. This was no more evident with my favourite backlit photograph - "The Warmth Of The Winter Sun" - which I first exhibited (and sold) on the first day of my Light Matters exhibition and which will also be showing at my forthcoming exhibition at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Gallery (17 December - 26 February).
The second technique is to utilise reflected light from a tall flat object, namely a building, preferably early morning light or late afternoon light as it is crisper. I used this particular technique a year ago to take a completely unplanned shot on the roof of a carpark in Melbourne CBD which turned into one of my favourite B&W shots ever - "Weathered", and it sold at the Opening Night of my Light Matters exhibition.
Recently, I found myself in Siena in Tuscany, Italy very early one morning in a certain spot where BOTH the above techniques came into play - backlighting and reflected light. I had the tree for the backlighting, plus an archway, and I had a huge stone wall just behind me providing the reflected light. Bonus. It was just the start of a walking shoot in near empty streets and gorgeous crisp light and reflected light.
Hand-held B&W Infrared-converted Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L lens, ISO 160, f9 at 1/80 second.
Tags: Peter Hill Infrared IR Italy Siena Tree backlit reflected light sunrise Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L
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