Flat, late afternoon light, after rainfall. I wanted a second go at the metal montage thing I tried one day a couple of months ago. The easy way in to the demolition site found some time ago (and which I've only used once) is a fair walk away being on the far side of the nine acre plot but no clambering over fences involved, just round the back of a gym and stumbling over a pile of collapsed brickwork.
The last time was in bright sunlight which I wanted to try for more interest with the extra complication of hard shadows. but thinking about it maybe soft, low contrast light would help frames merge together down into nothing much and make very solid materials become barely indistinguishable, just a soup. Having said that I shot 600+ frames of the various stacks of metal salvage trying to remember to make variations, for composing across multiple images; putting lines and shapes into different parts of the frame and orienting them across and in and out in alternative ways. That might improve the chances of being able to mash several together and getting a full field effect, rather than just framing each shot as a standalone and piling them on top of each other hoping those compositions still work culmulatively. Even though I mostly shoot pans, which is fairly hit and miss, working with single frames it is hard not to resort to a certain type of framing, even when working in a quick, rudimentary way.
"Metal is one of the few substances that can essentially be used indefinitely. Metal doesn’t lose strength once it has been recycled, so it can be reused over and over again." - skiphireuk
The last time was in bright sunlight which I wanted to try for more interest with the extra complication of hard shadows. but thinking about it maybe soft, low contrast light would help frames merge together down into nothing much and make very solid materials become barely indistinguishable, just a soup. Having said that I shot 600+ frames of the various stacks of metal salvage trying to remember to make variations, for composing across multiple images; putting lines and shapes into different parts of the frame and orienting them across and in and out in alternative ways. That might improve the chances of being able to mash several together and getting a full field effect, rather than just framing each shot as a standalone and piling them on top of each other hoping those compositions still work culmulatively. Even though I mostly shoot pans, which is fairly hit and miss, working with single frames it is hard not to resort to a certain type of framing, even when working in a quick, rudimentary way.
"Metal is one of the few substances that can essentially be used indefinitely. Metal doesn’t lose strength once it has been recycled, so it can be reused over and over again." - skiphireuk