"Untitled Vessel" – UM Museum of Art
by James Howe on Jan.10, 2010, under Michigan, University of Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 7-14mm at 9mm (2x crop factor), ISO 400, exposure 1/6 sec @ f/5.0)
This image shows ‘Untitled Vessel’ a fine art piece by Ray Allen, on display at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. I took this shot with my ultra-wide angle lens and I just liked the way the piece looked in the museum light. The raw image was rather dark, but I was able to brighten it considerably in Adobe Lightroom. I was able to use a combination of fill light and blacks to brighten the front of the piece which was rather dark in the raw image. I used Topaz Simplify on the background to give it less detail and to keep the focus on the artwork.
Comments and feedback welcome.
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I really like how you took “their art” and made it “your art.” Great POV. Nice LR work and I like how the shadows are perfectly symmetrical. Only think I can add is perhaps cloning out whatever that is at the bottom left on the wall. It just kind of draws my eye over there.
Very nice work.
Good catch on the spot on the wall. I hadn’t noticed it before, but now that you mention it I think I should get rid of it.