Interiors Photographic Competition - 2nd Place

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Congratulations to Anita Hummel on the image. Anita from Bristol, England has won 6 months membership to The Society of International Commercial and Industrial Photographers.

''The image was taken in the Mausoleum of Mohamed V in Rabat (the Capital of Morocco),which is located in the Yacoub Al Mansour Square, 30-05-2015.

It's an image of the intricately carved ceilling in the last resting place of Mohammed V. Over 400 artisans were commissioned to produce this wonderful work.

I arrived there in the evening, around sunset. It was already getting quite dark indoors. If I wanted to take any meaningful pictures I needed to shoot a long exposure, and due to the intricate nature of the carving, it couldn't be grainy. I chose to shoot at the highest possible quality on my Nikon D700. To stabilise the camera I supported it on a railing with a lens cap for a 4second exposure at f6.3 at 70mm, ISO 200 (on an rather aged Nikon 35-70mm, f2.8- no flash). The image was actually brighter than what was visible to the human eye at the time and it really brought out the beautiful craftmenship and the intricate carving and colours in the stained glass. Shooting around sundown allowed for a good balance between the indoor and outdoor lighting and helped to bring out intensity and the beautiful colours. The only adjustments on the final image were contrast brightness and a bit of vibrance.

On seeing this splendour (while listening to the perfect recitation of the Q'uran) I thought "beauty is not (only) in the eye of the beholder, but also it is in the heart and vision of the artisan who work their vision with skill so we can appreciate "beauty".''


 

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1st place see HERE
2nd place see HERE
3rd place see HERE
Highly commended images see HERE