(A wonderfully warm and funny book by Anne Donovan)
Not that I'm religious, but I do like my Buddhist and Hindi statuary! To me though, Ganesh isn't quite so photogenic as this wonderful little Buddha in Bhumisparsha Mudrā
Another simple shot today, and quite similar to yesterday. Once we'd cleared dinner off the table (a very tasty biryani with naan, raita and chutney) and done the washing-up, I set up the shot with the off-camera flash placed above and to the left and set to -2EV stops. A few tests with varying aperture/shutter speeds were taken until I was satisfied with the balance between the ambient light from the candles and the flash. When I was happy, I opened the file into CS3. I made a Selection of the statue and opened that into a separate layer, and used Levels to bring a bit more light into the shadows. For the background, I used a Levels Adjustment Layer to increase the contrast a bit (didn't need too much, just a smidgeon) and Curves again to tweak the Red and Green channels to get the colour in the background. I then added a Diffuse Glow to make the candles warm and, umm...glowy! Back to the statue layer, and a bit of Dodging on the (few) highlights to give them a bit of definition and make them stand out. Finally, flattened and resized for the web! Easy-squeezy :o)
Saturday's spiritually-enlightening entry to the Challenge; click here for other monochromed Pbasers in January
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