Was in New York last February. Had an agenda which was totally packed but managed to squeeze some time on a Saturday & 3 hours the last night (flight was leaving at 12am). It was freezing cold but got myself to Time Square after a long walk from my hotel. After a while of taking pix here and there I Looked up and saw all those bright colorful lights just coming down on me and thought 'what about getting all those lights out of focus, like blobs of color, and in total contrast with the night black/darkness?'. Hhhmmmm...creating a colorful image of an iconic place which would be recognizable if of course they told you so, but barely if not mentioned. So I set the lights totally out of focus so the lights became bubbles & blobs of color & underexposed so that they contrasted and made the background as dark as possible. I too decided to build it in three separate photos. If I ever print them out I'd have them just printed separately and composed on the wall. Loved it. Enjoy!
Estuve en Nueva York en Febrero de este ano. Tenia una agenda totalmente completa pero consegui un rato durante un Sabado & 3 horas la noche antes de que saliera mi vuelo (12am). Hacia un frio de morirse pero sali a Time Square despues de una larga caminata desde el hotel. Despues de un rato de sacar fotos por aca y por alla levante la cabeza y vi todas esas luces coloridas brillando y me pregunte 'que si pudiera poner todas esas luces fuera de foco como manchas de color contrastantando con la oscuridad de la noche?'. Hhhmmmm....crear una imagen extremadamente colorida de un lugar iconico que solo seria reconocible si a uno se lo remarcaran. Entonces puse las luces totalmente fuera de foco hasta que se vieran globos y manchas de color y sub-expuse para que el fondo fuera cuan oscuro possible. Tambien decidi componerlo como un triptico, osea que saque tres fotos separadas para luego armarlas. Si alguna vez las imprimiera lo haria como tres fotos separadas para despues componerlas en la pared. Me encanto.
Took this pic last weekend with my i-phone. Was waiting for the lift...looked down and saw the dark matte floor with bright sparkles. Looked like outer space...Star Wars or Star Trek. Turned it into B&W and increased the contrast to bring the sparkles through even stronger from my i-phone photoshop program.
Was in New York last February. Had an agenda which was totally packed but managed to squeeze some time on a Saturday & 3 hours the last night (flight was leaving at 12am). It was freezing cold but got myself to Time Square after a long walk from my hotel. After a while of taking pix here and there I Looked up and saw all those bright colorful lights just coming down on me and thought 'what about getting all those lights out of focus, like blobs of color, and in total contrast with the night black/darkness?'. Hhhmmmm...creating a colorful image of an iconic place which would be recognizable if of course they told you so, but barely if not mentioned. So I set the lights totally out of focus so the lights became bubbles & blobs of color & underexposed so that they contrasted and made the background as dark as possible. I too decided to build it in three separate photos. If I ever print them out I'd have them just printed separately and composed on the wall. Loved it. Enjoy!