Long exposure light design in the air at night with the help of 24 among candles & lanterns, my two hands & arms and my Canon EOS 250D. No editing nor post-production (except my #WhiteANGEL watermark made with another long exposure shot of light painting).
I painted these wings in a wide portion of my garden, so, they are very large :-) With many light painting sessions I became more skilled in painting in the air at night, till reaching discrete results of shapes and even lettering. My monogram logo was obtained writing with fire, in fact. But I like this early attempt because I can see the raw spontaneous strokes and just in the digital processing I happened to realize they looked like wings.
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In the uncertainty of this third Millennium, it feels good to think about every year we have this important Anniversary celebrating the Archangels Legacy of God.
First of all: Saint MICHAEL, Saint GABRIEL, Saint RAPHAEL.
I only know Michaels! I believe I'm closer to that Hierarchy, by temperament.
*** Happy Name Anniversary Day to all my Michael Friends and valued Group Members! ***
Happy Day to all the luminous warriors for the Good, to all the doctors, physicians, health practitioners, the teachers, the friends, the messengers...
Last but not least: the lighting warriors can also be the Photographers! So happy Feast of Light to you all!
Furtherly: I superlike the fact that the Archangels are present in all the monotheistic religions, so, in their path, we can all feel a lil together, independently from anyone own Creed! Wow, this is a true plus!
In my photo: modern wooden hand sculpted and hand painted statue of St. Michael the Archangel (Middle XX Ct), ancient Parrosh Church, Loreo, Italy.
Nikon Cool Pix33, my lil magic one, no in-camera effects (my Cool Pix sees almost as my eyes) Light/colour adjustment as low indoor-lighting, slight oval semi-transparent smoky frame overlapped as a foreground layer. Noise on the face gives intensity but looses clarity; what I like of this photo is the strange gradient of a golden light at the apex, deeming from upwards to the lower part of the sculpture. Framing allowed me to isolate the statue from the closeness of frescoes with other subjects and to delicatelly accompany and caress the sinous line of the chains.
My shooting position: laying on church floor, untill the Parrosh arrived to meet me and see what I was doing on the floor. So, I didn't have many attempts for this particular angle, just one or two. I have much better & focused shots from other perspectives but this it the one I may prefer.
I will never be tired to photograph this and other Saint Michael statues and paintings. Almost every year I come back to see this statue and I find it positioned in other places in the church. The last time was 2 years ago and the inner light had been much improved to allow me to take better shots. Michaels Angels have always a very potent appearance, a carismatic glaze which is a powerful statement.
I had the opportunity to take some interesting photos to a St. Michael marble statue this summer, near the medieval castle of Copertino (Lecce, Italy) and in the year 2016 in Belgique at the wooden statue of Saint Michel in Bruxelles, Concathédrale Saints Michel-et-Gudule. That statue almost animated in front of my camera. I and my friend could both take some very phenomenal photos with two different cameras and the peculiar effect was there in both cameras. We never shared those pics, we are still a lil scared. I would need an expert in detecting paranormal activity and in validating the absence of any edits to our photos. So I am keeping them pristine, raw until I find an expert willing to "read" them.
I think maybe two experts would be needed: an image detective and a mystic... Complicated but I keep on the hope.
*** Was the last battle over or will we prophetically have another ultimate final battle at the end of times? Will the battle conclude the story or will it initiate a totally new and different Era and Dimension ? ***
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Light study for a soft tone macro still life with some autumnal crop from my garden, from my neighbors and the woods in the neighborhood. My photography is unmanipulated, no retouching and no post-processure but just a slight routine editing.
I have tried to approach as much as possible the effect of the paintings of a time when the electric light didn't exist yet and, when darkness fell, the painters were used to illuminate the subjects to paint with candles and/or natural torches.
I'd just like to add, once for all, that I don't use any filters, neither on lenses nor in post-production: it's my exigency to reach the "essence", the pure artistic effect via the sole use of my display, the footage setting preparation and shooting ability. Although I am very picky and stubborn, I don't always reach the result expected, sometimes I do beyond my expectations and in any case I like to experiment until I reach something that may be interesting to me.
Chestnuts/castagne, hazelnuts/nocciole, pomegranates/ melograni, one persimmon/cako and one medlar/nespola at soft candlelight in darkness with no artificial light spots.
The black background is a physical "limbo" allowing to create a sort of transparency or absence of the background, saving the macro image from any retouching artifact or manipulation in post-processure and englightening to emphasize the subjects photographed, depicting them with a good threedimensionality and even a certain deep of field, notwithstanding the limits of the 2D photography.
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Another Still life study with soft macro at candle's light, in the style of the antique painters of Middle Ages.
Mini bonsai golden and red apples and two big apples.
(Natura morta alla maniera dei pittori dell'antichità).
I'd just like to add, that I don't use any filters, neither on lenses nor in post-production: it's my exigency to reach the "essence", the pure realistic & artistic effect via the sole use of my display, the footage setting preparation and shooting ability. In any case I like to experiment with natural lighting and photography until I reach something that may be interesting to me.
For the friends of my Gallery #PURENN : this is what my eyes saw in conditions of darkness +dim candleslight and I am happy I can now show the purest realistic result to you too! The magic of Nature with no special artificial effects either than the Nature itself which is the most beautiful and truest special effect :-)
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Photo peint et éclairée par la lumière naturelle de bougies
An autumnal soft-tone macro still life shot in total darkness except 2 candles. Two apples and several mini red and golden apples from my bonsai trees.
Still life sperimentale in totale oscurità salvo due candele, macro "soft" e tante mele, grandi e bonsai, per festeggiare San Martino e, speriamo, il ritorno della primavera per una settimanina :-)
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