Originally posted by barondla Superb photo. I wouldn't want to be one of the subjects out on the beam. Doubt I'd even want to be where you were when taking this image. Great job.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla
Originally posted by MJKoski That is indeed very successful photo considering the original masterpiece. For it conveys similar information about the time it was taken: mixture of architecture around the cityscape, clothing style (and brand) etc. And, something has not changed - human is still superior in particular tasks.
Originally posted by bdery Very, very cool image. I'm with barondla, it must have been stressful to pose and to shoot.
Originally posted by VSTAR Superb!
Please explain how you did it?
Thanks barondla, MJKoski, bdery and VSTAR for interest and comments on my picture mimicing "Lunch atop a skyscraper" above. Maybe I should not ruin the magic, but we are all photographers, so here is how it was done:
On a gray and windy autumn afternoon I took te whole gang up on the roof of the company building. The building itself is eight stories high and situated in the south part of the city and with a great view over central Stockholm. On top of the roof-ridge there is a horisontal ladder typically used for chimney sweepers and this is where they all sit. To the left you see a part of the tin roof. This roof actually extends all the way to the right (but at a steeper angle) and is under their feet. After the portrait session was over I walked up to the chimney sweeper ladder an took a shot of the water and buildings behind and below the scene. The image above is then a Photoshop composite of the group portrait and the second image replacing the tin roof below them.
The portrait was lit by two flashes and umbrellas tied to the roof. The only one taking a risk here was me. To get the right angle I had arranged with a ladder to reach a higher part of the building. If you zoom in on the image brlow you will see that I donīt stand on the roof but I balance on the second highest step of the ladder - everything for the art!
Oh - and all of them were very much engaged in the preparation and planning: They had all studied the original photo to imitate their individual placement, pose, clothing and prop. The original is of course older, but if you look closely at the newspaper headline its says (in Swedish) "Nixon being dismissed". The guy found the old newspaper from 1974 in his home during a restoration!