DSS #80 - Newton Who? C&C Please

SimpsonBrothers

Instead of breaking the rules of photography, I went with breaking the laws of Physics.

What is your opinion of this, and do you think it fits the challenge?

Date Taken: 2011-07-05 17:45:42
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Time: 0.004s (1/250)
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 70mm (112mm in 35mm)
Flash: flash fired, compulsory flash mode, 580EXii on manual full power on a Pearstone 6' eTTL cord shot through umbrella 2' from subject camera upper right, 580EX bare on manual 1/2 power 8' from subject camera left
Metering: center weighted average
Exposure Program: manual
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Exposure Mode: manual
White Balance: shade
Color Space: adobeRGB

VisualXpressions

creepy... I like it

go with your gut...

VisualXpressions

it definitely breaks the comp rule of blending into the back ground...

lkbart

Cool shot! Yeah, kinda creepy, but very eye-catching. Breaks the laws of physics or of dna??

SimpsonBrothers

Cool, mission accomplished then!
Now I can work on the Strobist Boot Camp project. Ugh.

Kinkajou

Maybe I'm missing something, but it's not clear to me how it is breaking the laws of physics... I understand that this was probably taken with her horizontal and then you rotated it vertical, but... I feel like it might need more than that, especially because it took me a moment of looking at it and then reading your title/blurb to figure out what you were going for. Just me, though... I guess what I'm saying is that I would want to see something that doesn't require a title to make it clear what rule is being broken.

That said, I agree that the shot is uber-creepy and the eye makeup and warm tones work to that effect, so I think you do have a good image on your hands.