Ambush on the Gnome

CoryUT

I've been having fun with these little Halo figurines, so I think I'm going to keep shooting them in different situations.

Here's them most recent:


C&C welcome and thanks for looking

Jack'll do

Great idea! Maybe it's just my monitor but it seems a bit over bright. I brought the brightness down -35 and the contrast up +35 and it gave better flesh tones and more detail in the gnome's beard. Again it might just be my monitor though.

adbsgicom

Perhaps a little bright, but not much at my end. I just recalibrated my monitor a couple of days ago and validated. Love the little drama you've laid out. Have you considered shooting from ground level with your WA to have an insurgent-eye view of the Bevo-Gnome?

WillCAD

Okay, I hear two voices when I see that pic.

1) From one of the Travelocity commercials, the gnome saying, "Am I going to die?"

2) From Spies Like Us, Chevy Chase saying, "Okay, stop right there, and I'll bring back the sun."

CoryUT

Jack'll do wrote:

Great idea! Maybe it's just my monitor but it seems a bit over bright. I brought the brightness down -35 and the contrast up +35 and it gave better flesh tones and more detail in the gnome's beard. Again it might just be my monitor though.

Thanks Jack! My monitor is a bit dim in general, so it might be a little bright. I remember thinking the histograms looked good, but I may go back and play with it.

CoryUT

adbsgicom wrote:

Perhaps a little bright, but not much at my end. I just recalibrated my monitor a couple of days ago and validated. Love the little drama you've laid out. Have you considered shooting from ground level with your WA to have an insurgent-eye view of the Bevo-Gnome?

Thanks Andrew. I did actually get lower, but the window in the back ruined the shot from lower perspectives.

CoryUT

WillCAD wrote:

Okay, I hear two voices when I see that pic.

1) From one of the Travelocity commercials, the gnome saying, "Am I going to die?"

2) From Spies Like Us, Chevy Chase saying, "Okay, stop right there, and I'll bring back the sun."

Thanks for the reply

TonyCooper

Cute idea. I go along with the shooting from ground level and cranking down the saturation, though.

With a ground level view, the viewer becomes part of the picture.

Since the gnome is a UT fan, perhaps the next attack should be from "Big Al", the Alabama mascot.

Dogdots

What fun --

Looking forward to seeing the next one you take.

CoryUT

TonyCooper wrote:

Cute idea. I go along with the shooting from ground level and cranking down the saturation, though.

With a ground level view, the viewer becomes part of the picture.

Since the gnome is a UT fan, perhaps the next attack should be from "Big Al", the Alabama mascot.

Thanks for the reply.

I have some from ground level and they just don't work. It was a friend's flower bed so I didn't want to go totally rearranging it to make the shot

Also, you will never find Big Al anywhere in my vicinity

Here's the aftermath, just for fun.

CoryUT

Dogdots wrote:

What fun --

Looking forward to seeing the next one you take.

Thanks Mary Kim. Will have to come up with some more situations.