Hey, Spartacus

kweide — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:30:28 +0000

Can´t you see ?? Capua is burning. Not only the arena, blood and sand. No the complete town is burning. No, it was not me….. but i think it was Batiatus and his Lucretia beast of wife. Rrrrrr….. Do you trust her ?? Would you let her a box of matches or a gaslighter :) ??

Olympus E-M5, Zuiko 45 mm, f1.8, ISO200, 1/160 second and yes only one flash used, but bounced over my left shoulder….

The way into death

kweide — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:19:23 +0000

I can hear the audience shouting with greedy demand for blood. I can see them , Gladiators, walking down this ways, not knowing whether they survive or not … Minutes ago they were still friends, but now enemies. Who will start the kill ? Who will feed the arenas sand first with his blood ?? Who is the first to kill and to be killed ? Is there real honor while dying in the sand, hearing the taunting laughter from the audience ??

And only minutes later they are friends again. Trying to heal each others wounds. Full of sorrow. What have they done ?? What was done to them ??

Such thoughts running thru the mind when visiting ancient ruins full of history. Try to visualize them. Look to your picture and think! How to express this mood ?? Remove all visible modern things like cables, lights, etc., convert to b&w. Increase contrast and sharpness. Best to do with layers so you can control the effects much easier. Add a dramatic vignette. And that´s it.

Base picture was done with: Olympus E-3, Zuiko 12-60 SWD, 18 mm focal length, f4.5, 1/60 second, no flash, no tripod. And i knew from the moment i took this picture that i have to work on it !

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Hey, Spartacus

The way into death