Alone With A Rose

[jaworsk3]

Discovered this inside an abandoned insane asylum. It was shot as I found it using light from a nearby window.

[forsakenme720]

I love it. Excellent use of lighting.

[y19mike77]

awsome shot

[jaworsk3]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate it.

[SharkyBloke]

Hmmm - am I being too cynical... wouldn't the rose have died already... or has someone else been there recently (presumably not the previous 'inhabitants'!). :p

Lovely shot though!! :)

[jaworsk3]

it actually isn't a real rose. if i remember correctly, this was taken in what was once a patient's bedroom. i personally like how it doesn't stick out as being a fake flower.

[coach51]

Hmmm - am I being too cynical... wouldn't the rose have died already... or has someone else been there recently (presumably not the previous 'inhabitants'!). :p

Lovely shot though!! :)


Exactly what I was thinking, but I really like the shot.

[bkdc]

That is a great capture

[CartoonBear]

Great pic!

Is it just me or does it look a lil fuzzy/ OOF?

[forsakenme720]

Great pic!

Is it just me or does it look a lil fuzzy/ OOF?

just looks like a shallow DOF to me. exif info would show if it is.

[jaworsk3]

I shot this in very low light. Even at 1600 ISO, I stopped down all the way to f/3.5 and still had a shutter speed of 1/5 second. The wall is a bit farther back than it appears. The DOF is fairly shallow which creates the slight blur you see in the background. The rose is the only piece in focus. A zoomed view of the full-sized photo shows the rose is fairly well focused. I'm typically unable to bring a tripod or a monopod when shooting in abandoned places. This particular building is tough to get into. I had to fit through a small basement window and drop about six feet down into a partially flooded basement and then make my way up to the top floor without a flashlight. My friend used the focus assist beam on his Nikon D50 to help us find our way through the pitch black basement.

[jaharris1001]

very nice mood in this shot, love the peeling paint on the wall,, nice shot !!

[CartoonBear]

Did you sharpen it after you resized it?

[jaworsk3]

No, I shot in RAW and adjusted the sharpness then. I didn't make any adjustments after resizing.

[CartoonBear]

try leaving the sharpness alone until after the resize

I took the pic u posted, took it into CS3 and sharpened it up....looked fantastic, give it a try.

again, really a great pic. good job!

[JackSpratsMom]

Very nice.....I like the walls. Would be way too creepy for me to go there though!!

[flumpki]

Great capture. I love the lighting and the peeling walls definitely add character to the shot.

[jaworsk3]

Thanks for the help. I always sharpened full-sized RAW files because I was told RAW files need to be sharpened. Is this always a bad idea?

[CartoonBear]

I usually leave the sharpening alone until everything else is done, just to make sure it comes out sharp

[forsakenme720]

Thanks for the help. I always sharpened full-sized RAW files because I was told RAW files need to be sharpened. Is this always a bad idea?

I usually leave it at the default 25% sharpening in adobe raw before I convert to tiff, then finish it up with usm in cs3

[jaworsk3]

Is the iPhoto sharpening tool bad? I typically don't alter the sharpness during RAW editing. I do it once I have the JPEG.

[firu3000]

Looks really good to me.

[jbrow375]

I really like it - even if a bit OOF, adds to the effect

[amonline]

Cool... kinda creepy that you found it.