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Irma - Nov 9, 2006
I changed everything trying to make it a bit easier this time... with a dark background and fewer apples... Sorry about the background it is just a bed cover... If my tries succeeded I might buy something better for a backdrop...
Just a bed side table lamp and long exposure...
Monolight with umbrella
And this is my autumn collage this year...
very different from my
last year collage
Lens: Canon EF24-105mm f/4.
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Pat - Nov 9, 2006
I liked your first effort, reminded me of one of Australia's great artists Margaret Olley. She is famous for painting fruit and flowers, I know she paints but her compositions might give you some ideas for your photographs. Go to
http://www.savill.com.au/olleym.html and see what you think. You can Google Margaret Olley to find more of her fruit paintings.
BTW thanks for adding details of lense etc.
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Irma - Nov 9, 2006
This is great Pat... Wonderful work of Margaret Olley... and yes... definitely it opens a lot my idea of what I was thinking...
I love to have a project specially when winter is around the corner ...
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Toad - Nov 9, 2006
I like #1 very much - the black background, and lighting angle give it a Dutch Masters feel - the way that they used partial illumination of the scene and darkness as a backdrop.
Example:
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/images/rembrandt_p21n6.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/rembrandt_p21n6.asp&h=520&w=426&sz=20&hl=en&start=64&tbnid=n6xrgiV8tKdm9M:&tbnh=131&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drembrandt%26start%3D54%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
The incandescent light makes the scene feel very warm and inviting, even if it makes the white balance seem slightly yellow. I think it works for these shots.
I like #1 better than #2 because it has a more 3D arrangement and slightly deeper DOF. It also has a much more dramatic lighting ratio - deeper shadows on one side...
#3 is different but equally delightful - so much to look at, excellent processing, and an excellent POV.
Really nice work Irma - nice to see you experimenting with this further.
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Irma - Nov 9, 2006
Thanks Toad for your comment... and the link to see the painting... I am very happy you like the picture... I was reading about flat light and all... still I think I need to practice more... I will buy some new clothes to use as backdrops...
In all these pictures I worked with an action called Draganizer... Have you heard about it?... It is amazing!!! I like a lot what you can do with this..
Here are some pictures and from
here you download it...
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Wedding Shooter - Nov 9, 2006
I love number 3 Irma - it just needs to be a little warmer I think. It feels too much like winter with the cool white balance.
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Irma - Nov 10, 2006
Thanks Chris for your comment and advice...
I did it like this... Do you like it better??
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Wedding Shooter - Nov 15, 2006
Hi Irma,
Sorry about not replying - I have been quite unwell. Better now though.
Yes - I do like it better now.