Wet – Gray – Blue – With Just a Touch of Red
Diane LaBonte - Rainy Winter Day
A day for a fire, a comfortable chair and a good book-that’s the thought that comes to mind when viewing this excellent capture by Diane LaBonte. The rain sheeting down the glass panes is consistent to provide an overall distortion while maintaining enough clarity to make the scene easily recognizable. The excessive blue cast created by the thick clouds would be corrected for a different scene but here it’s perfect to accent the bleakness of the day. The most remarkable component of this photograph is the very careful framing, keeping the camera not only level but square with the window mullions-no converging lines to spoil the scene and distract the eye.
Diane’s camera was a Canon T1i using a Canon EF-S18/55mm f/2.5-5.6 IS lens zoomed to 55mm. 1/50 sec was the shutter speed and the aperture selected was a high f/25 to make both the near mullions and the distant elements sharply in focus. The high ISO of 1600 may have added some noise but that could be considered a good thing for this particular shot.
Great shot, Diane. Looks to me like a good candidate for the exhibit.
Sandy
reminds me of a watercolor in the making. the light distortion of the rain is lovely.
When I see this picture though the window I’m imagine the heat start melt down everything but you’ll save if you stay inside like the end of the world . May be I saw scifi movies too much. I like this shoot , Diane
I just love rectilinear compositions!! All straight lines! No unintentional bananas! Look how the two boxes have been set in the bottom right corner, which is especially important in an image that reads from left to right and downwards. Those panels sit so comfortably where intended and the tiny off-sets or borders cushion the effect.
That leaves the other panels of glazing well positioned.
The rain brings everything into the foreground and the touch of red finishes it off nicely.
Lovely and at f/25!