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[bunn]

He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beachen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.

The first time I photographed this, the camera took a rather dark photo, and lightening it made it a little over-bright and lost some of the subtlety of colouring, so I decided to see what would happen if I photographed it in a sunbeam. I'm now wondering whether to literally overpaint with those shadows, so the original will gain that more directional lighting.

Comments

[gabriel_seven]

Do it! The sun in the second just seems to add a dimension to it which gives focus. They're lovely. I've come to love your art.

[bunn]

You talked me into it! I've changed the painted shadows so that the sunbeam is now part of the painting.

I think my art wasn't very loveable a while ago, but I've done a LOT of practicing and learning since then, so I'm glad you approve!

[oloriel]

The lighting added by the light beam is spectacular. It should probably come more from above, but either way it adds a whole new dimension to the painting. So if you don't mind the effort of overpainting so much of the painting, I'd say go for it!

[bunn]

I have done it! I'll try photographing it again tomorrow.Too dark this evening.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Wow. I liked the top version, but the addition of strong directional light makes an extraordinary difference.

Which reminds me that I should play about more with directional light when I get back to doing my Still Lifes...