dgrin DSS 14 possibilities ??

RocketMan

some photo’s taken today for the still life challenge Question;
are they worthy of consideration, or back to the drawing board…?

gargoyle by flashlight







The insides of a old German musical revolving Christmas tree stand

Too dark??





Comments welcome.

Thanks

Rocketman

anonymouscuban

Of the two, I like the gargoyle idea better. I can't make heads or tails of what the other thing is.

And of the gargoyle images, I think the second is best. Maybe light the left side of the face just a tad more so you can make out more of it.

Benjer

anonymouscuban wrote:

Of the two, I like the gargoyle idea better. I can't make heads or tails of what the other thing is.

And of the gargoyle images, I think the second is best. Maybe light the left side of the face just a tad more so you can make out more of it.

the gargoyle is really cool, lots of texture and shadows/highlights to play with. darker is better (esp. for the background) but lighting a bit more of the face would definitely bring out the character, so to speak. (i'm wanting to see the right edge of the face and head - maybe backlight??) what are you using for lighting, btw?

RocketMan

Benjer wrote:

the gargoyle is really cool, lots of texture and shadows/highlights to play with. darker is better (esp. for the background) but lighting a bit more of the face would definitely bring out the character, so to speak. (i'm wanting to see the right edge of the face and head - maybe backlight??) what are you using for lighting, btw?

just a mag light in an otherwise totally dark garage where I have my work table for matting and other work. I'll have to get out another one and maybe put a diffuser over the lens and elevate it using one of my mini-pods, all very seat of the pants.
the second item is the guts of a very old German Xmas tree stand that also is music box and made the tree revolve, operated by a big spring. We even had candles and sparklers ( which my Dad would lite as the tree revolved in a darkened room), a very old family tradition that most folks thought was pretty kool if not completely nuts! Ha Ha.

Thanks for the input.

RM