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Indian clubs for exercise.
These clubs are about a century old. They were used by groups of people swinging them in unison, usually led by an instructor.
Presumably, each person would use a matched pair, as a juggler would. I liked the visual interest of this unmatched set, besides which this is what we happen to have!
Sep 01, 2008 at 04:21 PM
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Interesting shot. They look very warm to me. Is that their natural color?

-Mike

Edited on Sep 01, 2008 at 06:11 PM
Sep 01, 2008 at 06:08 PM
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Mike Deuce wrote:
Interesting shot. They look very warm to me. Is that their natural color?

-Mike
I warmed it slightly in the raw conversion: the white balance is set about 200 Kelvin higher than the actual light source (studio flash) measured, and I increased the saturation a bit. To me it gives pretty much the effective appearance under household tungsten lighting (which is to say, not nearly as warm as a daylight WB or daylight film would render if shot with tungsten lights).

These clubs are old, but their color is quite rich. There's a lot of red.

Edited on Sep 01, 2008 at 07:37 PM
Sep 01, 2008 at 07:36 PM
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Hey Jess! I like the minimalist approach you took. It pulls off nicely with the amount of negative space.


Sep 01, 2008 at 10:34 PM
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Vipermike wrote:
Hey Jess! I like the minimalist approach you took. It pulls off nicely with the amount of negative space.
Thanks much, Mike!
I took a few stabs at antique furniture, and also tried a "tableau" (can't think of a less fancy word) of a bunch of smaller items, but I wasn't happy and decided to concentrate on something simpler.


Sep 01, 2008 at 10:55 PM
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Hi Jess,

I like the warm wood tones and the angle of the clubs. A very nice entry. Good luck this week.

Steve S.
Sep 02, 2008 at 06:15 PM
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Nice color, light and placement.

Carrol
Sep 02, 2008 at 09:41 PM
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I think these were called Indian (as in Asian) clubs but I could be wrong. An old teacher of mine was still using these back in the fifties.

Nicely produced and processed.


Sep 02, 2008 at 09:43 PM
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Steve Spencer wrote:
Hi Jess,

I like the warm wood tones and the angle of the clubs. A very nice entry. Good luck this week.

Steve S.
Thanks Steve! They fell over a minute after I did the last exposure!


Sep 02, 2008 at 10:43 PM
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Carrol wrote:
Nice color, light and placement.

Carrol
Thanks Carrol!
Sep 02, 2008 at 10:44 PM
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Bill Sutherland wrote:
I think these were called Indian (as in Asian) clubs but I could be wrong. An old teacher of mine was still using these back in the fifties.

Nicely produced and processed.
No, you're right. They were really popular in the UK and US about 100 years ago when these were made (roughly), but the Indian clubs used here grew out of generally heavier clubs that were used for martial arts training in India a good deal earlier than that. There's a pretty good summary at Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_clubs




Sep 02, 2008 at 10:51 PM
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Love the minimalist approach. Great lighting and choice of background. Almost looks like they're floating in space.

Great entry,
Chad
Sep 03, 2008 at 04:22 AM
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Chad Schulz wrote:
Love the minimalist approach. Great lighting and choice of background. Almost looks like they're floating in space.

Great entry,
Chad
That's the look I was trying for! Thank you!


Sep 03, 2008 at 07:42 AM
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Very nice! What I want to know is 'how' did you get them propped up like that?

Chelle
Sep 03, 2008 at 07:53 AM
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Simple and elegant shot, jess, my friend! Lovely work!

Fond regards,

Endre
Sep 04, 2008 at 02:41 AM
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My second choice. Well done. Thanks.
Sep 04, 2008 at 10:57 AM





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