My First Attempt With Off Camera Flash

[Darren Turner]

Its only taken me about 18 Months to try this with my flash


Merchant Seafarers sculpture by Darren Turner, on Flickr

Daz

Merchant Seafarers Sculpture

The reason for the creation of the Merchant Seafarers sculpture is simple. The words on the edge of the mosiac are inscribed:

“IN MEMORY OF THE MERCHANT SEAFARERS FROM THE PORTS OF BARRY, PENARTH, CARDIFF WHO DIED IN TIMES OF WAR”

The merchant seafarers war memorial was created in 1994 by a charitable organisation, the Cardiff Bay Arts Trust. The memorial was commissioned to honour those who served in Merchant service, sadly caught up in armed conflict - in particular, those from the Cardiff Bay area.

The memorial was created and formed by Brian Fell, his father a merchant seaman. Brian learnt all he needed to construct the memorial from the tales he had keenly paid attention to from his father.

This really is an amazing piece of art. It can be viewed from many different aspects; It is at once a bold, simple face shaped out of metal and the hull of a ship. This trick of seeing the same object in two completely different ways was used by Dali in a number of his works; the sense of changing perspective invites us to look more closely at the object to work out its true meaning.

 

[Pete Askew]

It was worth the wait though. Worked out well I think.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Get in Daz!!!!
As Pete said, worked well! I don't know why you have left it so long. Lol

 

[Adam Lewis]

Well done there, looks great, I'm liking how it falls off just at chin

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Looks great. I can see the boat shape better now. The crucifixes come out well.

 

[Paul Lange]

It has come out well and I like how the flash has picked out some details and enhanced the shape, Nice.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Detach that flash more often Daz!!!

 

[Darren Turner]

Seafarers Sculpture by Darren Turner, on Flickr

Cheers folks i certainly will be playing around with this more often here is colour version

Daz

PS gold star to those who spot the 2 difference's (excluding colour)

 

[Pete Askew]

Missing sign on the railing and top of building removed from behind the centre of the statue! What's the prize?!

And the missing seagull! Do I get a bonus?

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Seafarers Sculpture by Darren Turner, on Flickr

Cheers folks i certainly will be playing around with this more often here is colour version

Daz

PS gold star to those who spot the 2 difference's (excluding colour)

The sign on the fence line and the light/building in the background from the 5th stem from the left
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[Pete Askew]

Are these two different frames Darren? The gulls!

I forgot to say before that I really like the way the flash picks out the crucifixes.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Well done Pete!!!!
I think that deserves the gold star for observing that alone!
As I've always said from day one, NOTHING passes Pete!

 

[Darren Turner]

14 minutes..........Dam that didn't take long did it, sorry no prize this time

I didnt even notice the seagull hahaha

yes they are different frames, taken more or less a few minutes apart............obviously in BW version i removed sign & hotel appearing from top of the sculpture

Daz

 

[Stephen McCullough]

Well it was worth the effort and wait.

I'm tempted to play with off-camera flash, and you have just convinced me to make the effort.

I enjoy what the fall-off does to the tones - provides some drama, some story. For me it works in both versions.

Keep going!

 

[Beth Carter]

ooh, both are great, but i'm loving the color one. lots of bold colors drama.