366 Days of 2012, Day 351 - Alone In The Red Room

Could it have been one of those strange foreign films that nobody goes to see?

Actually we had just seen 'Skyfall' and it was great. Come the rolling credits I sprang into action setting up the tripod and the camera and getting into position for the shoot.

There's a really small window of opportunity at the end of any movie after all the guests have left and before the cleaning staff come in to prepare prepare for the next session. If you pick the last session you get a little more time as this time the professional cleaners to the hardcore cleaning and they take a little longer to arrive.

I wanted to capture this image from directly in front of the screen but the courtesy lighting was flooding the lens so I was forced into the corner. I bracketed 3 shots at two different ISO setting to give the most post processing options and in the end I chose a simple single exposure, converted to black and white and then toned back into the shadows the same colour as the chairs and curtains.


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 351 - Alone In The Red Room'. 3.2s f/4.0 ISO640 15mm