The candid camera captures a man lost in a work of art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC . . . .
By Scott Shephard
Other than distant voices, the sound of my camera’s shutter was the only thing to break the silence of this wonderful room in the National Gallery of Art. But the man in the photograph was oblivious to all of that. Such is the power of art . . . .
Canon 5DIII 1/40s f/2.8 ISO1000 16mm
The impressive soaring dome at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, was no doubt inspired by the Roman Pantheon. . . .
By Scott Shephard
When I’m shooting a photo in a place like the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, I often wonder what I could possibly photograph that someone else hasn’t already done. The answer on my visit yesterday when I took this was, “Not much.”
But I still took this picture, in part because I wanted the place in my photo collection. I was also experimenting. The experiment? Can I do an HDR photo at ISO 1250, without a tripod and have two of the three exposures slower than 1/60 of a second? The answer is yes, I guess, Though a magnifying glass would no doubt show the imperfections.
On a side note, I am struck by the fact that under this spectacular dome, the statue is the Roman god Mercury. I wonder if designers could get away with blatant paganism in a public building these days?
Canon 5DIII 1/50s f/2.8 ISO1250 16mm
