Children’s Garden
One of the things that makes a small children so wonderful is their since of wonder and discovery. Every day they see our world through the eyes of innocence and bewilderment. To a child anything is possible, rain dear can fly and gardens can be magical.
The photograph presented here captures some of that miracle of imagination of childhood. This little person has found the door to the rabbit hole and is about to peek in to see if the mad hatter and the queen of hearts are there.
This image was shot using inferred which gives the illustration an otherworldly feeling. The arbor lends itself to a symmetrical composition. The photo-artist has captured the action of the child at exactly the right instant, just as the door is opened and before we can see through the opening. I know this was out of the photographer’s control but it would have been nice if the subject were not wearing the white hat.
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July 5th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Thanks Jim,
This shot was taken at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. It’s a beautiful place to visit with lots of photo ops. Unfortunately, it like many places of interest open mid morning, the Huntington opens to the public at 12:00 noon. So what’s a photographe to do? I opted to convert my previous generation DSLR to dedicated infrared. it now only sees the near infrared, 720 nonometer to be exact, but behaves as it always did. You shoot as you would with visible light. No tripod, no long exposures, and no fucusing problems. It’s a new genra, and so exciting. It makes the ordinary into something spectacular. The brighter, the harsher the light, the better. IR rocks! Now photographers have something to do ‘between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.
Bill Debley