Man, Woman, City

[stubbsy]

Four pics of some sculpture inside the SBS building North Sydney (unfortunately NOT accessible to the public - I was there on official business).
All shots were taken with the 20/2.8 Nikkor lens + SB800 with Lightsphere PJ

To see larger versions, click the image.

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[Matt. K]

Peter
Exquisite imagery. Well handled.

[LostDingo]

you did well with the your lighting and capture Peter, great work and the artwork is pretty fascinating too

[drifter]

I agree well done . The first three are terrific . Particulary like the third one .

[leek]

I love masks anyway but there are many symbolic references in those two masks -
e.g.
the man has his eyes open - the woman not...
the man is on a square pedestal and the woman on a round one...

It's amazing how much artwork is stashed away behind corporate security...
Well done for capturing some of it Stubbsy... well shot...

[sirhc55]

Excellent work Peter

[Geoff]

Love them Peter! Bel and I were in there ourselves on a 'tour' a few weeks back when we met new member to the forum Abet who works there at SBS Small world.

[Manta]

Well spotted opportunity Peter and beautifully captured. You and Leek have both been excellent ambassadors for the Lightsphere with these and other recent shots. It just gives such a balanced, flattering light that almost seems to defy the fact that flash was used at all.

Great images.

[Jeko70]

Great!
Well done Stubbsy,
Very impressive!

Fab

[ozczecho]

Stubbsy, the ligthing on these is 1st class. Excellent work.

[Ben]

nice captures stubbsy, great work

Ben

[rokkstar]

oooh man, they look surreal. Like a Kubrickian set. Lovely lighting, well handled and terrific subject matter. Nice shots Peter.

[PiroStitch]

Ahh gotta love the 20mm

Well captured Stubbsy, it looks very surreal indeed. I just noticed that the top left of the male mask is a bit blown..or is it? Also the female mask looks like it's crying as there are streaks coming out of her eyes.

[Alpha_7]

Great shots Peter, and I agree with rokkstar that is has a very Kubrick feel with those spooky masks. Beautifully captured.

[stubbsy]

Ahh gotta love the 20mm

Well captured Stubbsy, it looks very surreal indeed. I just noticed that the top left of the male mask is a bit blown..or is it? Also the female mask looks like it's crying as there are streaks coming out of her eyes.

Wayne

Spot on in both regards. The top left of the male mask is slightly blown. Happened when I altered the contrast and I was too lazy to layer it to fix (original is OK).

The female mask has noticeable streaks running down the face from the eyes - more so in person than in the pic. I suspect it was an intentional thing by the sculptor, but who knows.

Haven't yet taken the plunge on the 20/2.8 yet, but this pushes me damn close. At first I though t it was abit soft, but I took whole stack of shots of a brick wall using a tripod and confirmed the softness was more my hand holding technique than the lens.

[abet]

Funny that, the place looks really bright. I was going to photograph the same thing but for some reason, probably because the building is familiar to me, the tone's going to be a little bit different. Great to see another person's perspective on the foyer.

Thanks for the heads up Geoff! Good to know you liked the tour.

[stubbsy]

Thanks one and all for your comments and feedback.

Leek - This area has a great feel and it's a shame the interesting artworks there are not publicly accessible. Of course it means it doesn't get vandalised. The staff at SBS are lucky.

Abet - I look forward to seeing your interpretation. I'd have liked to have spent longer there since this area looks so interesting from all sorts of angles.

[ozimax]

#3 in outstandingly surreal for me, colour is spectacular and composition is unusual, great image, Max

[stubbsy]

The response to #3 is particularly heartening since I spent about 1 minute on PP (removed color cast, bumped exposure) and then another 30 minutes experimenting with different crops to arrive at the finished image. For interest, and to demonstrate just what a difference a crop makes, here is the uncropped version of the 3rd shot.

[mic]

I love those faces Stubbsy, I would love to have them in my new backyard.

Would make an interesting BBQ conversation.

Mic.

[stubbsy]

I love those faces Stubbsy, I would love to have them in my new backyard.

Would make an interesting BBQ conversation.

Mic.

So if there's a break and enter at the SBS building and a few sculptures disappear we'll know where to send the police

[Willy wombat]

Magic images stubbsy. I like the first two a lot. They looks terrific.

[Greg B]

Very impressive Peter, #3 is special. I like the fishing rods on #4 too.

[stubbsy]

Willy, Greg, Thanks

Greg - that sculpture is strange. The weights on the end of the rods swing free and have inscibed arcs onto the wall - presumably as people bumped them when they walk past (it's in a corridor)