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Perfect, Greg!Quiet before the storm
This is sublime.Titled "The Rite of Spring," after the Igor Stravinsky composition for the ballet of the same name. More than a half century ago I saw a photograph in a magazine (probably Life) of and airborne Nureyev or Baryshnikov. I thought it was made by Irving Penn, but couldn't find it on the Web. Then I thought maybe Avedon, but nope, couldn't find it. Does it ring a bell in your visual memory?
The subject is a dried Iris flower, taped to a 6" long stick, lighted by a halogen goose-neck desk lamp and a white cardboard reflector. White wall in the background, white cardboard below. Hand-held little pocket mirror to bounce some light into the shadows. Stick removed with Photoshop.
Hasselblad 503CW, Zeiss Makro-Planar 120mm on a Hasselblad Automatic Bellows Extension, Phase One IQ-160 back. ISO 400, f22, 1.5s.
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