Hopefully enough people know that the wooden structure that holds up the strings on a violin is called a bridge, if not, oh well.
The bluish backlight is a large window, the warm source from the right is a work lamp.
The background is a leather jacket. I tried to get some dust clouds using the bow with some rosin, but it didn't work out, so this was the best.
I had the camera really close, and so the focal point is behind the bridge. I thought f11 would pick it up, but it's still a little soft. Oh well, that's what I get for not bracketing just to make sure.
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uneven lighting - lost that look of richness when the left only shows light reflected. Also, the blurred tailpiece prevents the eye from smoothly crossing the bridge back toward the lush darkness of the fabric.
NIce idea. Unfortunate that the focus is on the fingerboard instead of the bridge. You might try cropping everything above where the violin stops, it doesn't really add anything to the picture. It's a cool texture, but not really what we want to focus on.
Here is another good idea!! Unfortunately your focus appears to be beyond the bridge. On the other hand you're lighting is nearly fantastic for this photo, and on a shiny instrument like this you should be congradulated.
I think the focus is off. It's not really on the bridge. Nice shot, though. Like the dark colors. Reflections aren't harsh. Like the perspective & rotation, negative space.
If this competition were not about bridges, I think I'd vote to have the focus be closer to the bridge than the bottom of the fingerboard (if that's what it's called.) But if the photo really was not taken for this competition, it is doubly hard to undersand the point at which it focusses (unless it is a physical limitation of the equipment.) The composition and lighting are very strong - I like the warm and cool lighting. The top 20% iof the photo adds nothing.
Nice. I think I would get down closer to the surfact of the violin and fill the frame with the bridge. Make it less recognizabl to increase the impact.
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