This week we are exploring sculptures. It was probably a bit of a cheat for me as there is a sculpture garden on the old Griffiss Air Force base (Griffiss Sculpture Garden). Although I will say the wind was brutal for a beautiful Saturday afternoon and was cutting right through my jacket. I also was unable to narrow my images down to just three, so hopefully my cohorts won’t mind. 😉
This first image is of a fairly new addition to the sculpture park and is titled ‘Freya’. I took many close-up images of this sculpture, filling the whole frame and trying to capture different angles of the light. As I was walking along the path to the next sculpture this view seemed more appropriate. It places the sculpture in the context of the park.
Freya
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1250s, 46mm, f/8, ISO 200
This second image is of a sculpture that I knew was going to be included in my images. It is one of three light columns in the park and a more fitting image would be when it is lit up at night. Since I didn’t think I would make it back for an evening walk, I settled on back light from the sun. I also pushed the processing a little more toward the heavy-handed side to accentuate the illumination.
Blue Light Column
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/2500s, 17mm, f/8, ISO 200
This sculpture is titled ‘Chimney’ and I just love the way the polished metal catches the sunlight. This is another sculpture I walked around numerous times trying different angles. In the end, a low point-of-view with the trees and the clouds in the background to help enhance the size of the sculpture was the way to go.
Chimney
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/320s, 17mm, f/16, ISO 200
This last image was another I had panned on capturing when we decided on sculptures. It is titled ‘Argonaut’ but I just know it as the snail. The background around the snail is not the greatest so I chose to capture this one almost in silhouette and show off the intricate wire work in the shell portion of the sculpture.
Argonaut
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/1000s, 21mm, f/8, ISO 200
Looking over these images as I write this post I do notice I was not very imaginative with my captures. Most have the same low angle POV. Next week I’ll have to experiment more…
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It’s not easy to find the right point of view, the background is often a problem, but I love these. I love how the column in the second image seem to be reaching to the sky (I tried to express this differently but couldn’t find the right words… I’m not perfectly bilingual ! ). And I so love the chimney and how the trees seems to wrap-around the sculpture, and the clouds are so beautiful against the silhouettes trees 🙂
Thanks Jocelyne! I think your bilingual-ness is perfect, I was going for the exaggerated, vertical look on the ‘Blue Light Column’ image. I agree about the ‘Chimney’ image, all the other views I captured had something distracting in the background. This one at least complimented the sculpture. Wishing you an enjoyable weekend.