Re: [SI] Looking Up/Looking Down, The 'Duck Comments
 

On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:42:55 -0700, Savageduck
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

>SI Mandate: http://www.pbase.com/shootin/looking_up_down
>
>‘Duck comments:
>So, looking up, or down seems to have left a fair amount open to
>interpretation and some which left no doubt as to meeting the mandate.
>Some good examples pf photography and some which left me wondering.
>Anyway, here goes.
>
>Tony Cooper:
>Looking_up/down-01:
>Nice lighthouse capture. I am not too sure if you were looking up, or
>down at it as you seem to have found the one vantage point in FL where
>you might have been level with the mid point, but I like it.
>Looking_up/down-02 & 03:
>The spiral staircase going both ways nice capture well executed. I like
>these so much I am ready to declare them the best of this batch.
>Leaning slightly towards #2 with its M.C. Escheresque character as my
>favorite.

Thanks for the comments and good words. The full lighthouse shot was
more of an establishing shot because it was an archive shot from a
previous trip. It was taken at ground level from fairly far back.

The shooting-up shot was easy, and for the mandate. I just placed my
camera on the center of the floor and used my remote to trigger the
shutter.

The shooting-down shot was a bitch, but for the mandate. These old
legs just didn't want to make the climb to the top, and those stairs
are STEEP. I had to hang the camera out over the opening as far as
possible and shoot blind. Many shots, since there were other visitors
climbing the stairs and I couldn't see them until after I shot. I
didn't want them in the image.
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando FL