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04/11/2006 03:53:37 PM |
I am not sure what I am looking at here!
The pencil seems to have changed into some sort of metal item in the bowl, but I am uncertain if it is a knife or fork handle, or what. I think I would like it more if I was more sure of what it reminds me of
A nice image though, and I wish you luck |
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04/11/2006 01:50:26 PM |
| The background needs to be a bit brighter or more uniform. Overall I'd prefer the image to be brighter and the background to have less distracting creases. I recommend putting lights on the background to make it brighter, then either increase the exposure or use the Levels or Curves tool to bump up the brightness, making the background pure white. |
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04/11/2006 11:31:48 AM |
| too bright in my opinio, more contrast would be better... |
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04/10/2006 09:41:11 AM |
| would be better if the background lights didnt createspots over the vase |
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04/10/2006 12:23:26 AM |
| The effect is a bit too minimal. Too many reflections on the bowl. |
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04/08/2006 05:21:17 PM |
| I hope in your details section you will explain how you were able to accomplish this...thanks. :-) |
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04/08/2006 03:19:23 AM |
| clever but I wish it were sharper... |
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04/08/2006 02:02:37 AM |
| Good demonstration of refraction, particularly how the pencil seems to change character completely! An ironed and/or perhaps more dramatic background would help add a "pop" factor. The pencils to the side may be a bit superfluous. |
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04/06/2006 03:05:46 PM |
This is only sugestion to your next glass picture:
1-Reflections, to easy off then, use a polarizer filter and a 90º light/camera angle.
2-light, always lateral or any combination at 90º from camera.
3-light sources must be softned to prevent hot spots like these. Use a vegetable paper sheet or white cloth to make a tend or simply put it between your light source to filter direct harsh lights. |
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04/06/2006 07:25:29 AM |
| This is an interesting thing: There is obviously the illusion that the pencil should continue to be a pencil yet doesn't. That's really neat ... The composition is quite good as far as drawing the eye around the image. Here's where I get critical so take my limited knowledge with caution and a grain of salt !!: I can't tell what the metal? object is so it just leaves me looking for some kind of connection. The lighting is also very generic and provides no dramaand also is victim to distractiing reflections. The focus could use also use some help. So ... I really love the idea and have no idea how it was done, but you should honestly try it again since the setup seems simple: Just use a light source that doesn't bring out reflections and the wrinkles in the background. You could possibly achieve this by separating the foreground and background elements and opening the aperture. You could try using a backlight behind the sheet and adding a small desk lamp over the vase ... I'm just learning about lighting myself so I can't guarantee that will work for you but i do recomment at least 2 filtered light sources :) ... Also: The camera may have trouble focusing on the glass since it doesn't have much contrast - try to resolve that however you see fit. Anyway, sorry for the rambling - I love this idea and that's why I have gone on and on ... I just think the image needs some tweaking! Whatever you do ... keep shooting and keep learning. |
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04/05/2006 09:37:25 PM |
| (wrinkles... ;) ) Neat, though! |
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04/05/2006 03:42:49 PM |
| Clever idea but the picture seems a little out of focus. |
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04/05/2006 07:28:33 AM |
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