Thanks, Gonz. Enjoyed seeing the photo. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:54 AM Subject: Re: PESO Curios in the China Cabinet >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. > -- 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.
