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07-JUN-2010

Saloon Door, Durango, Colorado, 2010

Once again, use my spot-metering mode, this time exposing on a glowing opaque antique glass panel, which illuminates the image selectively, instead of universally. The saloon was located in a carefully restored 1880’s hotel. I try to imply the faded elegance of a time long past.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
1/200s f/4.1 at 56.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time07-Jun-2010 17:40:54
MakePanasonic
ModelDMC-G1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length56 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/4.1
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.66
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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Phil Douglis26-Apr-2018 17:11
Once again, you note the power of abstraction to stimulate your imagination. Your brain will interpret this image according to your own life experience -- it is "wired" to see the world in a deeply personal way. What you see here is not an ornately decorated glass panel. You see an animate form instead, because that is what you WANT to see. When I make an image, I know it is only a starting point in the communication process. Once it is out there, every viewer will make it their own and complete the message according to who they are and how they see. Thanks so much, Merri, for making this observation.
Merri 25-Apr-2018 05:48
Even though I know this is a glass pane, my brain wants to see it as some sort of living creature captured in the moment the shutter opened. The light allows a very organic, almost flowing sense, like the tendrils are reaching out. It doesn't feel static.
Phil Douglis26-Jun-2010 18:14
Thanks, Tim, for this observation. This artist, working in glass, was well aware that the effect of light on his art made it expressive. I was trying to make that point here -- his work and my own interpretation of it are both based on the abstracting power of light itself.
Tim May26-Jun-2010 15:21
For me, one of the joys of our art is our ability to create something new from someone else's art. Here your use of light does homage to the original artist's work.
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