The Possibilities Are Endless With Photography

This could be a finely detailed woodcut or a reversed pen and ink drawing but it’s actually an excellent image captured with a Canon 40D. Mike was taking a course at Wake Tech to get up to speed on digital technology after some years away from photography. The class visited the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh to practice night shots and the use of a slow shutter to indicate motion. “I decided to try it as B&W because there were basically only 2 colors in the picture, the yellowish lights of the ride itself and the black background of the sky. I think it works nicely because of the stark contrast”, says Mike. There is a grace and lightness in the almost feathery tracings of light radiating from the center that makes the photograph something special. In spite of all the lines, it’s clean and uncluttered.