Comments on: A Creative Day- Day 2 http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/05/02/a-creative-day-day-2/ A Maverick Manifesto for the 21st Century Photograher Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan M http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/05/02/a-creative-day-day-2/#comment-970 Tue, 05 May 2009 02:32:20 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2218#comment-970 Dark Sky is just beautiful — emotional, spiritual. I love it.

I don’t know what a zone plate is though, so I’m off to learn something new. :-)

]]> By: figitalrevolution http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/05/02/a-creative-day-day-2/#comment-955 Sun, 03 May 2009 20:08:23 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2218#comment-955 Maro- thank you for your very nice comment! I found from testing that images of high contrast always have the best clarity with a zone plate and getting close helps maintain the detail- the Zone Plate I am using is a 28mm so getting close is a must! The focus is a like a pinhole, everything is in focus regardless of the distance, but again awareness to contrast and small detail contrast is a must. I have just made two images using color for this process which I will post later today/ tomorrow.

Cheers-
Stephen

]]> By: maro http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/05/02/a-creative-day-day-2/#comment-954 Sun, 03 May 2009 18:51:47 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2218#comment-954 Hi Stephen

This is beautiful work and I love how the work maintains your unique “visual signature” and still pushes the envelope of exploration.

I have one question: you seem to “focus” beautifully with the zone plate, how do you, how did you determine an optimal distance from your subject matter so that the image has this dreamy and not “mushy” quality? Do you shoot test images at different distances and then determine what seems to be an optimal setting?

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