I couldn't find an example of what I was talking about, but this comes reasonably close:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4999926 Good luck, still lifes can be fun, but they can also take alot of your time. :) Gonz On 2/12/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gonz: Excellent, excellent suggestions. You've inspired me. Soon I'll > head back to the teapots. Big cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:08 PM > Subject: Re: PESO Curios in the China Cabinet > > > > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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.
