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08/16/2008 09:53:04 AM |
| somehow the combination of the old pram and the duckies remind of that Batman film with Danny DeVito as Penguin :-D I think the photo itself is a bit dark with all those shadows. |
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08/15/2008 09:14:02 PM |
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08/14/2008 08:10:41 AM |
| It appears that this scene is supposed to be a mother duck pushing her baby duck in a baby carriage. By shape it looks to be a carriage but I cannot be sure because the wheels are lost in deep shadow. The scene would be a cute one but your lighting and angle hurts your composition. Better lighting would greatly help the scene by getting rid of those deep shadows around and below the pram/stroller. Not to mention the deep shadows on the 'faces' of the ducks. Based on the direction of the shadows I can guess that the the scene was light from directly above and slightly behind the set-up. That illuminates the top and back of the subjects. To get rid of the shadows you would need to place another light in front (you don't necesarrily need a fancy studio light as that it can even be a desk light) OR you could play with the flash on your camera to illuminate the scene with additional frontal lighting. By placing a simple tissue paper around the flash unit it helps to diffuse the light so that you do not end up with harsh shadows (a trick I learned here at DPC BUT you have to be mindful of your angle and distance from subject as that it still might throw some strong shadows behind the subject). Experiment with lighting set-up and different exposure settings and I am sure you will find that you can more effectively illuminate all your subjects in the scene so that the viewer can better see & and appreciate the composition. The angle you have here in the composition does add visual interest by placing the subjects on a diagonal BUT there is a drawback - you show us the berber carpeting of the floor which hurts the mood & setting of the scene. Placing this on a straight white or black backdrop would keep the focus on your main subjects and offer no other 'texture' that will distract the eye. Or another thought to play into your scene with a loving mother duck with her baby in the stroller is to play up the scene as a stroll in a park - which of course you would have to find a location (or make one) to set up that scene. Hope this advice helps. Good luck! |
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08/13/2008 06:01:02 PM |
| Without the title I wouldn't have seen that there was water in the pram |
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08/13/2008 11:43:28 AM |
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