Painting.... thoughts?

JohnRog

Here are a few shots my wife and I did last night... C & C appreciated...

#1



#2



#3

silvereye

#3 is wonderful.. Sill able to see the subject makes for a very intristing image. I think you've captured a great image here from the painting, the exposure and even the texute of the floor.. well done. The only thing I might like to see is a tad cropped off the left hand side... but again ... wonderful image

JohnRog

silvereye wrote: »

#3 is wonderful.. Sill able to see the subject makes for a very intristing image. I think you've captured a great image here from the painting, the exposure and even the texute of the floor.. well done. The only thing I might like to see is a tad cropped off the left hand side... but again ... wonderful image

Thanks for the input! By the way, your entry in the last challenge was one of my favorites...:D

Nikonic1

#2 ftw!

rsquared

Nikonic1 wrote: »

#2 ftw!

I'm loving this one!!

red_zone

I really like #2 as well... more of a razor-thin shilouette than an outline... it's great!

WhatSheSaw

All cool! I like #3 best.

SeascapeS

Good job! At first I liked one and three, but after looking again, I think #2 is best. Nice outline.

BradfordBenn

#2 is striking. Very cool set.

MarkR

I will be the odd man out and say I really like #1-- it's sassy and brassy and bold. Love it!

JR303

Like all of these a lot. #3 Shows just a little too much of the subject for me, my pick is #2. Good job.

AndMan

#2 or #3 - both are very nice for different reasons.
#2 for the appearance of a silhouette, #3 because you can see the subject.
Minor nit on #3 - there appear to be a couple of white dots on the extreme lhs roughly level with your wife's elbow.

Tango

definitely this is painting with light! I like #2 too...

liflander

I like #3 because you can see the subject. Nice job!

dnie

#2 - I love the thin line!

Jenn

How do you do that?

PupWeb

#2 is the best
#2 has a nice silhouette and the extra wide a bright line by her head makes a noce focal point. Very noce classic pose. Great job

#3 Would be rockstar if the pose was better.
I like this photo from mid torso up. It looses me with the closest leg crossing over and the hands on the hip. This makes confussing focal points and you loose the clean line silhouette appearence imo.

#1 is good but not as good as #2

oldtown_dreamer

another vote for #2.

JohnRog

Thanks for all of the feedback from everyone! I apologize for the delay in replying... My router has been down and I haven't been able to get online at home for a few days...:bash We tried a few other things as well... going to try to post them in a little while... Thanks again for your input!

JohnRog

Jenn wrote: »

How do you do that?

Hi Jenn,

We were shooting in the dark with the camera in manual mode on a tripod. If I remember correctly the camera was set on ISO 100, f13 (ish?), and with a shutter speed of between 20 and 30 seconds. I shined a flashlight on my wife so that I could focus the camera, then I made sure the lens was in manual focus mode so that I wouldn't have to refocus unless my wife moved. I set the shutter delay for 10 seconds and then got behind her with a few different light sources for the different looks (a keychain maglite for the thin line, a 9 LED flashlight for the wide white line, and a toy flasher that looks like a spinning lollipop with LED's on it for the pink line). When the shutter opened, I traced her outline with the light facing the camera. Hope this was helpful...

Thanks:D