Some comments I hope will help: 1) the image was taken straight on, try a higher angle to add some dimension to it. It seems to lack depth for me. 2) The lighting, though very uniform, may be working against you here. Try putting the camera on a tripod, and take a long exposure, using a flashlight to illuminate select parts of your still life, play with the amount of light you give to each part of your image. I have seen some amazing photos this way. The uniform light you have makes the image seem very documentary and lacks the "mystery" an interesting still life would have. 3. As others have mentioned, the composition is a bit cluttered. Pick some objects that are tied together in some way, artistically, geometrically, or emotionally (for you). Make one object draw the viewer in some way, and tie the other objects to that object by their position or meaning. 4. Try a different background that differentiates the objects from their environment, like a dark wood, black, or something muted.
Just my 0.02$ worth, hope that helps. gonz On 1/27/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Trying my hand at some still life and working some very old flood lamps I > have. I only used one lamp mounted on a very wobbly tripod with an > umbrella. Camera tripod mounted. > > > Color: K10D/50mm Macro 2.8 @ 2 seconds at f11 > small > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886097 > > larger > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886097&size=lg > > > BW: K10D/50mm Macro 2.8 @ 2 seconds at f11 > > small > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886102 > > larger > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886102&size=lg > > Any preferences? Color? BW? My husband prefers color, but I can't decide. > Any suggestions on how to improve the BW? > > Cheers, Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
