Roswell Landing and an Alien Head street light!

Chriscrawfordphoto · 09-30-2011

Roswell Landing is the most famous of the many shops in Roswell that sell UFO and alien souvenirs to the tourists. Many people believe that a spacecraft from another planet crashed near Roswell in 1947. The owner of the store was a really nice guy who offered to move his car from his parking space on the street so that I could photograph the front of the store after I told him that I was a photographer. The city's street lights in the downtown area have alien eyes painted on them!

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Ezzie · 09-30-2011

Well done Chris. How did you meter this scene?

And incidently, what film?

robert blu · 09-30-2011

Nice photo Chris, I like the alien eyes on the street lamp!
robert

Krosya · 09-30-2011

Somewhat OT - Why do you only post one pic per thread, making zillion threads? I think it would be better and more interesting to see your pics from that area all together, as a story. Just a suggestion.

Chriscrawfordphoto · 09-30-2011

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Originally Posted by Ezzie

Well done Chris. How did you meter this scene?

And incidently, what film?

Its Provia 100F in 120 size. I metered with a spotmeter, looking at the brightness of a number of things in the scene. The problem here is the extreme brightness range and the multiple light sources illuminating several places in the scene differently. An incident reading, which is how I metered most of the other color photos on my trip, wouldn't work because...well, where would I place the meter? In daylight, I could just stand in front of the building, which would be lit by one light source (the sun). I had to compromise because I knew the whole brightness range wouldn't fit on the film. I do not remember exactly what areas I metered but I tried to keep detail in the interior and most of the white building front, letting the very brightest areas blow out and letting the darkest areas go too.

Chriscrawfordphoto · 09-30-2011

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Originally Posted by Krosya

Somewhat OT - Why do you only post one pic per thread, making zillion threads? I think it would be better and more interesting to see your pics from that area all together, as a story. Just a suggestion.

Partly because I figured it would take me months to scan everything (the work's going faster than I expected now) and partly because the subjects are so diverse. Some of them have been ignored, others have generated a lot of discussion, so this let people talk about each individually so they could keep track of the ones that interested them and follow the discussions.

ColSebastianMoran · 09-30-2011

Chris, thanks for the postings, and for all your helpful contributions, here and on your web site.

bmasonoh · 09-30-2011

I'm always impressed with your work. Generally speaking, your subjects are very foreign to my world. It's nice to see a different part of the country from a photographer with a documentary eye.

daves · 10-03-2011

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Originally Posted by Krosya

Somewhat OT - Why do you only post one pic per thread, making zillion threads? I think it would be better and more interesting to see your pics from that area all together, as a story. Just a suggestion.

Very good question. This whole section often feels like a one-man show. So many threads by one person quickly buries the work of other people who also want input, criticism and tips from RFF members. It's not really fair and actually puts me off looking at this part of the forum. Please put sets up Chris.

Ezzie · 10-03-2011

I can't quite see what Chris is doing wrong. The critique salon is not exactly overcrowded with new threads. Others put things up on the gallery, but seldom get comments, its become a select community in itself. If you want feedback, good or bad, post it on the Salon. Otherwise, what is it for?

Ezzie · 10-03-2011

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Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

Its Provia 100F in 120 size. I metered with a spotmeter, looking at the brightness of a number of things in the scene. The problem here is the extreme brightness range and the multiple light sources illuminating several places in the scene differently. An incident reading, which is how I metered most of the other color photos on my trip, wouldn't work because...well, where would I place the meter? In daylight, I could just stand in front of the building, which would be lit by one light source (the sun). I had to compromise because I knew the whole brightness range wouldn't fit on the film. I do not remember exactly what areas I metered but I tried to keep detail in the interior and most of the white building front, letting the very brightest areas blow out and letting the darkest areas go too.

Thank you Chris. I've not done too many night shots, but I've taken more or less the same approach when the range is too much for the film. Well done.

daves · 10-03-2011

Other work is getting drowned out.
That's the problem.
Having 13 of 25 threads on this first page by one person, each with one image on them is excessive and swamps other people's pictures.
Don't get me wrong, I like a few of these single pictures.
I just think sets are are a better way to get a decent overview of someone's work and that so many threads by one person comes across as an attention grab, largely at the expense of other users who might like their work to get seen occasionally.
I don't want to offend anyone, so I really hope I don't.
It just seems to make sense.

Ezzie · 10-03-2011

I understand your sentiments. But I rather think its the other way around. Not Chris swamping the sub-forum, just that the rest of us don't contribute much. I for one have not posted a picture for critique, ever.

Jonathan Paul · 10-03-2011

Very cool photo Chris!