Thumpermawer
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Normally when I go out to shoot, I have one or a few ideas of what I'm trying to capture. A specific viewpoint, subject, mood, event etc. Not always, but I'm more likely to get "snapshot" photo's if there's not a goal image in mind. A lot of the time something will happen to spoil those plans, like the weather or something else outwith my control but that's part of the fun, right?
So today I thought to make the most of the bank holiday and take a trip to get a shot of a subject I've wanted for a while now. Rob Mulholland's "Still" (aka Mirror Man), in Loch Earn. This is a ten foot tall sculpture of a man, made from hundreds of small mirrors that catch the natural light and colours, standing a short distance out in the loch. The image in the link below shows it well, but is not mine, for reasons that will become very apparent soon.
The Mirror Man
So I packed up the camera, tripod and 10 stop filter ready to create my moody long exposure shot, aiming for a B&W conversion. The drive up was glorious, but I was set on this particular image so we skipped a few potential locations en route. When we got there, this was the scene that greeted us;
untitled (2 of 2).jpg by Thumpermawer, on Flickr
Notice anything wrong? Yep, not only is the pier in a poor state, but the sculpture is missing! It apparently went missing when the hotel that commissioned it changed hands, as it wasn't part of the sale (i.e. the Hotels previous owners took it with them).
‘Mirror Man’ statue disappears from Loch Earn
So although we had a good day out in the end (scouted another few possible locations and took in the beautiful loch Katrine), it ranks up there alongside the time we turned up a week early for a gig as an unsuccessful trip!
Who can top driving 3 hrs round trip to photograph something that isn't there anymore?
So today I thought to make the most of the bank holiday and take a trip to get a shot of a subject I've wanted for a while now. Rob Mulholland's "Still" (aka Mirror Man), in Loch Earn. This is a ten foot tall sculpture of a man, made from hundreds of small mirrors that catch the natural light and colours, standing a short distance out in the loch. The image in the link below shows it well, but is not mine, for reasons that will become very apparent soon.
The Mirror Man
So I packed up the camera, tripod and 10 stop filter ready to create my moody long exposure shot, aiming for a B&W conversion. The drive up was glorious, but I was set on this particular image so we skipped a few potential locations en route. When we got there, this was the scene that greeted us;
untitled (2 of 2).jpg by Thumpermawer, on Flickr
Notice anything wrong? Yep, not only is the pier in a poor state, but the sculpture is missing! It apparently went missing when the hotel that commissioned it changed hands, as it wasn't part of the sale (i.e. the Hotels previous owners took it with them).
‘Mirror Man’ statue disappears from Loch Earn
So although we had a good day out in the end (scouted another few possible locations and took in the beautiful loch Katrine), it ranks up there alongside the time we turned up a week early for a gig as an unsuccessful trip!
Who can top driving 3 hrs round trip to photograph something that isn't there anymore?