If you're Polish, you'll be extremely familiar with the above image. This is MikoĊaj Kopernik by Jan Matejko. The original is in this room (top right). I photographed it using my wonderful Nikkor 18-200mm lens, at 60mm, wide open (f5), at three-quarters of a second exposure, with my arms bracing the lens on the back of a chair, 800 ISO, noise reduction on. The Vibration Reduction does its bit - but notice the pincushion distortion. The image is untweaked in Photoshop to give you an idea of colour rendition. No flash - a mixture of natural daylight and tungsten lighting.
I loved the title of this post! Wonderful pictures... you must have some camera.
ReplyDeleteAll the best.