Black Betty laid on a pool table......

3n-out

The weather has been horrible. In an effort to satisfy my addiction I took my camera to a gig of my friends. only took my "nifty 50" so I could shoot in lower lights.

Here is a shot of my buddies black les paul. He calls it Black Betty and she is all laid out on a pool table. I know this shot has been done a million times but there is something sexy about this. I like the color, black and gold tones.

What do you think? Comments are always welcome dont' ya know!

Dalantech

I'm not a fan of centered images unless the subject completely fills the frame, and the guitar spills out of it. If it stretched from the lower left with the strings fading out into the upper right at that same low angle I think it would be a better shot. Also for a photo like that one the light really needs to be very warm and diffused to bring out the grain in the guitar and to keep the metal from looking like a street lamp.

Skippy

3n-out wrote:

The weather has been horrible. In an effort to satisfy my addiction I took my camera to a gig of my friends. only took my "nifty 50" so I could shoot in lower lights.

Here is a shot of my buddies black les paul. He calls it Black Betty and she is all laid out on a pool table. I know this shot has been done a million times but there is something sexy about this. I like the color, black and gold tones.

What do you think? Comments are always welcome dont' ya know!

Ahahaha I was looking for a Black Spider
Your right it does have sex appeal, the colours all go well together,
and your eye is lead into the image.

Need to keep an eye on the dust, the guitar has a large amount of dust on it.
Maybe a wipe down before you try it again.

You did a very nice job, even if it wasn't a spider
.... Skippy
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BradfordBenn

For me personally I think that the Depth of Field is causing some of the details like the pickup selector switch to become too fuzzy and not actually look included in the picture, to me that is part of the art of the guitar. But then again I am a frustrated guitarist as well as a frustrated camera operator

3n-out

Thanks for the replies! Much appreciated. As far as the dust goes, I guess he missed that part when he cleaned her up prior me shooting it. Heck I didn't even notice it until I was post processing it.

The idea of the shot was the reflection of the bridge off the paint job. It really was only viewable at that angle. the rest of the guitar wasn't really part of the picture! but it is good to know that it is seen a differnt angle then mine.

Thanks!

BradfordBenn

I still really like it though