Tuesday, August 08, 2006

man and broken glass

3 comments:

Technoprairie said...

How did you get this picture?

Mike Bailey said...

I took my buddy Harvey to an abandoned auto dealership that I had checked out before.

Lots of broken glass around. Trash everywhere.

I was trying to capture emotional despondency. I posed my ever-ready model Harvey, then I crouched down to capture the glass on the floor, and clicked.

I confess that about 20% of the glass you see is "cloned". In other words, for greater effect I digitally covered up a bare spot that just showed saw dust on the floor. If you look very closely, you can see how some of the glass "repeats" itself. I have no problem cheating because my photos are aimed at creating a mood, not at recreating visual reality.

Technoprairie said...

Cool! The picture is amazing. Even after you told me that part of the glass was cloned, I can't pick it out. At least on my computer. So good job!