Went out to this metalworking place I had noticed recently intending to get some thing for the perspective challenge. They have a spiral staircase mounted on a pole out front, sort of like many auto garages have an old car on a pole. As I was walking past their open workshop door, I noticed this guy doing some welding, and fired off a handful of quick shots, not even thinking at the time that the sparks were golden colored. Sometimes it just falls into your lap.
I would have liked to bring out the detail of the gloves a little more, but under basic rules, it wasn't possible to do that without also changing other areas of the image in a way I didn't care for.
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-Some of the "not prominent enough" crowd may have issue with the percentage of the frame that is taken up with gold colors, but I think it is quite prominent in spite of that. I'm hopeful the shot is strong enough to at least pull mid-pack in spite of that potential nitpick.
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I didn't mean it in the sense of "why wasn't it 7?" but more like "why wasn't it 6.3 or 6.4?
The welding gives a much nicer lighting effect than I'd've imagined actually.
Love the crop and textures.
Steve - I was one of the 'not prominent enough crowd'. It is important to note that I love the subject, and thought the shot was good enough to give it a 7.
But...and now you can become annoyed with me if you choose....I immediately saw a different crop if it was my shot. Using the great blue light on the welder's shoulders to frame the top of the image and centering the 'face' and the gold sparks.
Sorry for butting in on your edit but - i just wonder about the crop - the left side of the photo actually seems unnecessary (yeah- the arm would be cut off - but i don't that really matters here)
It is so fascinating to watch welding! I wish I could take my camera to work, so many fantastic photo opportunities, but I work on Naval vessels so :( no go. Good job capturing something with such a powerful light source, good balance.
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