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Falling Barn


 
  Falling Barn
Falling Barn
Image is of barn on North Fork of LI, shot on Kodak Infrared film, and handcolored with Marshall's oils and pencils.

Karen Dombrovski-Sobel

  
 
 

Ryan P. Booth 		 

Quite an impressive creation you have here...kind of haunting. It caught my eye so I thought that I would let you know. I haven't used infrared film yet and am definitely new to it...what kind of things do I need to do different to expose the pictures properly (ie can I change lenses, will my metering system be fooled by the film etc...) Thanks. By the way, my main point was that this was a great shot. Keep up the good work. (Do you have any more infrared shots?)

Ryan


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January 21, 2002

 

Karen Dombrovski-Sobel 		  Ryan,
Thank you for your positive response to my Barn. As far as infrared, you need to load and unload film in total darkness, you can change lenses, as you can with any film, some new cameras ruin the film because of the light LED's inside, (I use a Canon A-1 for mine), use a red filter, focus at the infrared focus marks on the lens, and practice a lot.

I just signed up for betterphoto, so as time goes by, I'll add more infrared.


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January 21, 2002

 

BetterPhoto Member 		  I love infrared when it's done right and this is definitly done right. Great haunting sort of subject. The placement and size of the barn is perfect but the coloring makes it. Definitly a lot of work and attention to detail here. Great shot - I'd be proud to have it on my wall.


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January 22, 2002

 

Cheryl Tessens 		  This immediately caught my eye.Very impressive!I am new to the world of photography...would you mind explaining to me what you meant by this was handcolored and how you did it? I love the effect it gave to this shot!A very memorable shot...one that shall remain in my memory forever.


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January 23, 2002

 

Karen Dombrovski-Sobel 		  Hi Cheryl,
Thank you for taking the time to give me such a nice comment. Handcoloring, the way I did on this image, is a process of using oil paints and rubbing them into a B/W print. You can also achieve similar results on the computer. If you have more of an interest, please look at this website: handcolor.com


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January 24, 2002

 
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