Brass door handle in need of polishing

[JBW]

[Shadowman]

I love how you challenge yourself. I don't think you'll ever get bored with photography. Nicely captured.

[JBW]

I love how you challenge yourself. I don't think you'll ever get bored with photography. Nicely captured.

It is quite similar to when I was a lighthouse keeper. Every wave, wind, sunset, day was different and beautiful. Never a chance to get bored.

[Brownbear]

Hi Brian,

I also like how you challenge yourself, and I like this image for the artistic viewpoint. If it is at your house or nearby, I think it is a subject worth exploring more. I'd like to see more of the beautiful brass handle (more depth of field/sharper focus but still keeping the black brass/iron in focus), and the fade away(shallow depth of field) going in the opposite direction, with a little softer light on the brass. I also adore the detail in the weathered wood.

[JBW]

Hi Brian,

I also like how you challenge yourself, and I like this image for the artistic viewpoint. If it is at your house or nearby, I think it is a subject worth exploring more. I'd like to see more of the beautiful brass handle (more depth of field/sharper focus but still keeping the black brass/iron in focus), and the fade away(shallow depth of field) going in the opposite direction, with a little softer light on the brass. I also adore the detail in the weathered wood.

it is on our bedroom door. And yes i will be playing with it in the near future. If two flashlights, one spot light and a tripod = a studio I now have a studio and hopefully will find new ways to capture beauty.

[mknittle]

I love how you challenge yourself. I don't think you'll ever get bored with photography. Nicely captured.

That's what is all about. Photography is one of those things that no matter how much you know there is always something to learn.

[mknittle]

it is on our bedroom door. And yes i will be playing with it in the near future. If two flashlights, one spot light and a tripod = a studio I now have a studio and hopefully will find new ways to capture beauty.

That's really cool. Very inventive Brian.

[JBW]

That's what is all about. Photography is one of those things that no matter how much you know there is always something to learn.

[JBW]

That's really cool. Very inventive Brian.

Slowly and cautiously (read on the cheap) I am entering the world of studio shots.

[TonyW]

I like this and the wood as well. There seems to have been a real chain saw artist a work.

[JBW]

I like this and the wood as well. There seems to have been a real chain saw artist a work.

Where we are to get lumber people will often call in the fallers. They cut down the tree and then with a chain saw cut it to size.

[Brownbear]

Hi Brian,

And I've no doubt that you'll be capturing beauty in new and interesting ways with your new studio set up.

I forgot to say that the reason I thought the DOF would be nice in the opposite direction is because the brass handle is so beautiful... In your image I can see all the gorgeous detail in the black face plate (iron or brass?) and while I love the beautiful bokeh (amazing that you captured that bokeh with your camera) in the brass handle... I'd like to see the detail in the handle because it is more beautiful (to me) than the door hinge.

Anyhow that is just my preference, and I'm not the artist here but I thought I'd try to explain my thoughts. Obviously I covet your brass handle...

it is on our bedroom door. And yes i will be playing with it in the near future. If two flashlights, one spot light and a tripod = a studio I now have a studio and hopefully will find new ways to capture beauty.

[JBW]

Hi Brian,

And I've no doubt that you'll be capturing beauty in new and interesting ways with your new studio set up.

I forgot to say that the reason I thought the DOF would be nice in the opposite direction is because the brass handle is so beautiful... In your image I can see all the gorgeous detail in the black face plate (iron or brass?) and while I love the beautiful bokeh (amazing that you captured that bokeh with your camera) in the brass handle... I'd like to see the detail in the handle because it is more beautiful (to me) than the door hinge.

Anyhow that is just my preference, and I'm not the artist here but I thought I'd try to explain my thoughts. Obviously I covet your brass handle...

No need to covet... simply go buy one in any hardware store place it on something that swings open and shut (a gate outside) use it with some regularity and wait a year or two for Nature to take Her course and have fun.

I must admit that after 15 or so thousand shots my camera continues to amaze me too. I must also admit that until you used the term 'bokeh' I had no idea I had succeeded in capturing it.

If I understand the term properly it is the result of putting the focus on the rusted brass area and then using pp to bring it more into focus with amongst other tricks 'depth merge' in Gimp.

Except for the screws the entire handle is brass. The door hinge(?) is what i would call a tin sliding bolt. The hinge is not in the photo.
B.

[Brownbear]

Hi Brian,

I'll simply enjoy your images...

I used the term bokeh too loosely to describe the little swirls of out of focus light on the rusted brass area. I should've said the beginnings of a bokeh. Bokeh is simply a beautiful out of focus background (often with swirls of light) seen when you photograph an object very close with a wide aperture (wide open), usually in early morning or late afternoon, with the background far away, to isolate the subject from the background. If you're not sure what I mean I will find a photo with one and post it here.

Indeed, I mean the tin sliding bolt, and the rusted bit of brass. Thank you.

[JBW]

No need to covet... simply go buy one in any hardware store place it on something that swings open and shut (a gate outside) use it with some regularity and wait a year or two for Nature to take Her course and have fun.

I must admit that after 15 or so thousand shots my camera continues to amaze me too. I must also admit that until you used the term 'bokeh' I had no idea I had succeeded in capturing it.

If I understand the term properly it is the result of putting the focus on the rusted brass area and then using pp to bring it more into focus with amongst other tricks 'depth merge' in Gimp.

Except for the screws the entire handle is brass. The door hinge(?) is what i would call a tin sliding bolt. The hinge is not in the photo.
B.