The Art Of The Enlightenment

[Rob MacKillop]

A trip to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, with the Konica Hexar AF, Red Filter and XP2.

The Kiss and The Blush - the girl on the left has always struck me as blushing, doubtless being chatted up by the artist. But here I saw the chance of giving her blush another context...

The Kiss and The Blush by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

Pals:

Pals by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

King James VI
Robert Burns
Flora MacDonald

Burns and the Enlightenment by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

 

[Pete Askew]

And another superb set. Love them all Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Pete. It has been a fine day!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Superb Rob I think you have found your camera of cameras.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Julian. It's like having the Mamiya RB67 in pocket form. Loving it!

 

[Hamish Gill]

That first is especially nice! Nothing in pp?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, I added a little glamour glow, and in the case of the first two, I darkened the outer sections while raising the light on the inner.

 

[Beth Carter]

you've definitely hit a winning combination with this camera and film. excellent work.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Beth.

 

[Mark Albertsen]

Nice work, especially contrast in first

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Mark.

 

[Paul Lange]

Nice, Rob. You have really captured the sensual aspect of the statues and the subjects in the paintings.

 

[Brian Moore]

Beautiful balance and contrast in that first one, Rob. Its as if the light space above and behind the sculpture was there to illuminate only them. ("Them,...?" lol. By that I mean the sculpture.)

I would never have considered using a red filter indoors. It works beautifully in these images, Rob. Are you using the camera's meter? Are you spot metering for the light reflecting off the sculpture?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, guys.

Brian, haven't figured out yet how to spot meter with the Hexar. The user interface is regarded as one of the worst ever created. No, I'm still on auto, and as it does it so well I haven't had the desire to explore further. Is that sad? It works! I'll get around to finding out what else it can do sometime.

With the red filter, it really picks up the white stone beautifully. As I said above, I darkened the sides and raised the light on the centre digitally, but only a little bit as it was pretty much all there at the start.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Hexar and Red Flter is a winning combo by the looks of things Rob - the stone of those states looks lush

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Chris. Don't be afraid of the dark!