Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by stephan:
Interesting angle! Unfortunately the white spot distracts too much. Use indirect light to avoid this. The DOF is too small for my taste. The strings behind this "thing" in the middle are in focus. But what is there? Nothing interesting. If you subject of interest was the instrument then you should have brought more if not all into focus.
- stephan

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Dark image, very steep angle of attack, sharp light reflection (very distracting), disappearing strings (not good) and something unidentifiable in the right lower corner. 6 Swash

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by karmat:
Wow, I feel like i'm being carried infinitely far away. Good use of lines. I alos like the narrow depth of field. karmat

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by crisa58:
great idea. the limited depth of field in the foreground was disconcerting and the lighting could better bring out the color and texture of the violin. keep trying!

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by annelizabeth:
I like this photo, but I don't really feel like it truly fits the topic...

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by sohr:
This is way too dark to make out much of anything. Unfortunately the most prominent feature in the image is the bit of glare below the fret...

--3-- sohr

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by mjcecil:
Good exercise in DOF, but subject is too vague to convey the age portion of the requirement.

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by FranziskaLang:
nice angle, but to be honest, this photo doesn't specifically speak 'old' to me. maybe if the woodgrain was more visible. technically, your focus (if you decide to use a shallow depth of field) should be further in the foreground, probably where the wood piece is that pushes the strings up (not sure what the real name for that is). you should also try and use different lighting so that you don't have that big white hotspot in the foreground. maybe indirect lighting? -- gr8photos (2)

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by UberFish:
That big spot of light is a problem. You need to experiment more with the lighting.

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment by jmsetzler:
the composition here is excellent... I like the way the light plays on the strings of this instrument... my personal taste would like to see a little more focus in the foreground and then fading to soft focus in the background... good work :) - jmsetzler