I have a small collection of these Gnomes by Tom Clark of Cairn Studio. I have had a minor fascination with these small sculptures for quite a while. Each one has its own unique beauty and it takes on a nice 'life' when you look at them.
I'm fairly sure this photo doesn't meet the challenge because photographing a figurine like this won't make you believe it is REAL! I apologize in advance for wasting your time ;)
I shot this photo with an off-camera flash to the immediate left of the gnome. I placed a white board to the right side to allow some of the light to bounce back onto the dark side in an attempt to create some interesting lighting for the texture and detail on this gnome...
EXIF DATA:
File: CRW_8468.CRW
File size: 4,929KB
Image Serial Number: 184-8468
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 1020300016
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.0.0
Date/Time: 2004:08:29 23:01:12
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 32
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync
Flash EF guide number: 2047.97
Flash exposure compensation: -1 1/3
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 100
Lens: 105mm
Focal length: 105mm
AF mode: Manual Focus
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Shutter release w/o CF card: Not possible
CFn 6: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop
CFn 7: AF point registration: all
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Photographically speaking you did a very good job here. However, figurines may not score well, but do not despair, I went all out and my score is very low. Bumping to 6.
I really like the effect of the bright side light, but think you could achieve the same effect with additional diffuse light from the front which would let us see the subject better. Nice composition and choice of subject.
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