"Coe Hall #2"
A second image from Sunday's visit to Planting Fields Arboretum, and my first-ever tour inside the mansion. Sally and I had visited the William Floyd Estate in Mastic Beach, NY two weeks prior and, while the tour itself was free, there was no photography allowed inside that summer house at all: While pictures of the outsides of the buildings and grounds are allowed, as they're considered to be in the public domain, the interiors are not. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that, inside Coe Hall, one can take pictures - but flash photography is strictly forbidden.
That was not a hardship for me as I adore shooting in available light, and earlier this year I had purchased my very first tripod (which allows for longer exposure times than I'd be able to accomplish going strictly handheld). It's true that I have an old hand-me-down tripod that my father used back in the '50's; but, while it's still about 90% functional - and the 10% that's not fully-functional does not render it unusable, just a little awkward and unsightly - I'd rather carry my newer, more compact and lighter tripod with me.
What I love most about this image - and most interior shooting I do - is the mix of daylight and incandescent light sources. In a way it's sort of like theater lighting, with the combining of cooler and warmer color temperatures of light rendering some surfaces bluer and some more golden-yellow. With flash photography all that nuanced lighting would most likely be obliterated by cold, stark, white light, overpowering and washing out any subtle shadings from existing sources - such as the windows, sconces, chandeliers and table lamps visible in this picture.
What I love most about this image - and most interior shooting I do - is the mix of daylight and incandescent light sources. In a way it's sort of like theater lighting, with the combining of cooler and warmer color temperatures of light rendering some surfaces bluer and some more golden-yellow. With flash photography all that nuanced lighting would most likely be obliterated by cold, stark, white light, overpowering and washing out any subtle shadings from existing sources - such as the windows, sconces, chandeliers and table lamps visible in this picture.
I'll be posting some more images from Sundays' trip, as well as another visit we made there a few weeks earlier, over the next few days or so.
Camera Data
Canon
Canon EOS 5D
1/8 second
F/4.0
28 mm
50
Jun 19, 2011, 2:01:01 PM
Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
Camera Data
Canon
Canon EOS 5D
1/8 second
F/4.0
28 mm
50
Jun 19, 2011, 2:01:01 PM
Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
