Fighting evil, a photo from British Columbia, Western

Photographer's Note

A sculpture called Device to Root Out Evil, on the waterfront at Vancouver. Don't ask me what it all means, I just take the photos. This view looks out across Coal Harbour to the mountains behind North Vancouver. The morning was a mixture of cloud and sun, producing interesting atmospherics.

Scanned from a slide. Polariser used. A contrast mask was used in Photoshop to lighten up the shadows and bring out detail in the clouds.

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dangold (113) 2007-11-16 4:15

Hi Vincent,

See the following link for details on the sculpture and the artist:

http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/device_to_root_out_evil.html

Nice photo, look at the workshop I've posted. That's what came to my mind when trying to interpret the meaning of "Device to Root Out Evil"

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kmarscher (2887) 2007-11-16 4:21

Very interesting. You carefully composed this shot and the lighting is superb. A tad bit of noise in the sky, probably due to the scan? but spot-on sharpness and well-crafted use of the lines and angles in front of you. Nice!
Best Regards,
Kathy

giorgimer (35017) 2007-11-16 4:22

Hi Vincent,

very original sculpture, excellent composition and light managing

Well done!

Gio

serge44 (273) 2007-11-16 6:43

beau cadrage et lumi鑽es agr饌bles, pour nous surprendre avec cette maison chapelle plant馥 � l'envers
bravo vincent
merci serge

Asiulus (1184) 2008-02-29 3:30

Hi Vincent
Good composition and effective postprocessing - visible but fine, fully justified.
Best regards
Joanna

AdrianW (2274) 2008-03-31 14:38

Good shot Vincent! I really like the warm tones of the early morning sun, and the greyness of the sky really emphasises the colours in the foreground. I really like the little white clouds overlaying the greyness, but the sculpture is clearly the subject, and a wonderful subject at that :D

Your post-processing work is very good too on the whole, but if this were mine I might be tempted to re-scan the original. Why? If you look in the shadows carefully, you'll see there's a distinct reddish cast; unfortunately that's caused by the green and blue channels clipping quite hard in the shadow areas whilst the red hasn't. You can knock the bottom off the red channel to match (use Levels, and move the upper left hand marker a little to the right for the red channel), but a fresh scan for the shadows would be the best option. If your scanner supports it, adjust the Analog gain sliders until the curve just about touches the left hand edge of the histogram.

mortijo (12828) 2008-04-02 0:29

I've never sen a thing like this. Nicely composed shot with beaitiful warm light. Nice to look at.
Regards
John

CanmoreKevin (2111) 2012-06-14 5:45

Vincent,
I was flipping though your older posts and ran across this one. The sculpture is no longer in Vancouver. It has been moved to Calgary and is in a much less beautiful location. I see it often and really like it, but I too do not know what it really means. Beautifully composed photo that can never be taken again.
Kevin

dta (98848) 2012-06-14 5:49

Hello Vincent ,
I discover now this oustanding picture . Not only the subject is great an original , but you'd captured it by the most beautiful way . The angle of view and the composition are just perfect . The contrast is so fine between the light green of the vegetation , and the geyish tonalities of the moutains and sky in the BG .
Splendid !