#34 - The Anatomy Lesson or, Sorry, Rembrandt

MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
edited September 28, 2009 in The Dgrin Challenges
I think inside out, I think recreating The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, using stuffed animals.

Reshoots are likely not possible. I know at least I need help with the PP.

C&C appreciated.

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Comments

  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2009
    Hi Mark,
    Very very clever idea.
    Ok so yes you will need the pp work--the thing is you can't tell the stuffing is coming out of the monkey--it almost looks like the monkey is just there and there is a seperate ball of stuffing next to it. Maybe with a big gaping hole in the monkey and the stuffing being taken out--

    It really is a great idea--sure you can't mutilate another stuffed animal?
    Liz A.
    _________
  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2009
    Alas, one mutilates a son's stuffed animals at the risk of having to pay for a therapist later. eek7.gif I was fortunate that Shaun the Monkey had already received an illicit haircut, been discarded and was rescued from the trash.

    I think I'm stuck with this set of pictures, for better or worse. headscratch.gif
  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2009
    #2 makes me laugh. Maybe "Alas, Poor Yorick" is a better title for that one.

    #4 fits The Anatomy Lesson better and I like the motion blur on the hands. I like the expression better in #1, but the hands are not really doing anything.

    Overall, I think #4 is best.
  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2009
    Thanks for the feedback!

    I played around with 3 of the four images in an attempt to give a more "classical/Rembrandty" look.

    Let me know what you think:

    #1

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    #2

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    #3

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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    I like #2 in the latest set. One suggestion: Can you clone out the drawings taped on the wall behind his head. They're a bit distracting. I spent more time trying to figure out the drawing is of than looking at your photo.
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  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    anonymouscuban wrote:
    I like #2 in the latest set. One suggestion: Can you clone out the drawings taped on the wall behind his head. They're a bit distracting. I spent more time trying to figure out the drawing is of than looking at your photo.

    Good catch. thumb.gifOriginally those drawings were supposed to be in the far background, dimly seen as in the original painting. Turns out, my set is considerably less cavernous than Rembrandt's!
  • sherstonesherstone Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,356 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    # 3 and #1 from the second set (both the same frame I think), are my favorites as far as expression lighting and positioning of everything. I had to look up the scene you are emulating to understand why you have placed the book where you have, without knowing it is an emulation and seeing the original painting I was wondering why the book was there it just seems like it is in the way to me.

    I think you did a great job with the lighting. Strength of the theme is good if you know what is happening and this is probably only going to be communicated enough through a title. IMHO an image that gets its theme worthiness from a title works but faces being pitted against images that scream the theme without even knowing what the title is. My current shot that I have for this challenge suffers from a similar situation.

    Overall a really nice image. I would enter it for sure, regardless of the challenges I have mentioned.
    Sean
  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2009
    sherstone wrote:
    # 3 and #1 from the second set (both the same frame I think), are my favorites as far as expression lighting and positioning of everything. I had to look up the scene you are emulating to understand why you have placed the book where you have, without knowing it is an emulation and seeing the original painting I was wondering why the book was there it just seems like it is in the way to me.

    I think you did a great job with the lighting. Strength of the theme is good if you know what is happening and this is probably only going to be communicated enough through a title. IMHO an image that gets its theme worthiness from a title works but faces being pitted against images that scream the theme without even knowing what the title is. My current shot that I have for this challenge suffers from a similar situation.

    Overall a really nice image. I would enter it for sure, regardless of the challenges I have mentioned.

    Sherstone,

    Thanks for the critique! It was very helpful. thumb.gif

    The lighting was a Single-Unit Mobile Light Station, (i.e. wife holding a goose-neck lamp) and I was impressed at how well that worked.

    And all of this was worth it to have the following conversation with my 4-year old son:

    Me: Charlie, you're doing great. You should be an actor!
    Charlie: (Rolls eyes), I already am an actor!
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