Okay this is my first digital camera and my first try at the open challenge, so please go easy on me. I'm open to constructive criticism; anything I can do to become a better photographer is appreciated.
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Okay: this was a good concept because of the angle. A way to improve this image is to close down aperture two more stops, this will bring the shutter speed to about 1/45. You focus on the tip. Closing another notch making the speed 1/20 would deepen the dof even more. In other words, when you shoot at this angle the dof has to capture the front and back.
However, you have the idea and the vision. Just a little tweaking and the camera will respond.
Not a favorite object but useful I guess. You used a flash therefore the strong shadows and harsh light on front of gun, the crop is a little off as well imo, would have done better to leave more room on top and leave all of the object in view..
The lighting here is more like what you would expect in a catalogue of plumbing parts. I think the subject would have more emotional impact with darker, more dramtic lighting.
I like how the angle isn't quite cliche, and yet there is still a huge impact...although maybe if you included the edge of the gun it would have added a bit
Not a pretty subject. One might argue that guns are 'born to protect'. However, I'll try and put my views on guns aside and see the photo as a photo. There's a very distracting line at the top, and I'm not sure why the right side is clipped. The blue hue helps to bring out the coldness of the metal, but I feel that it's been overdone. Finally, the shadow under the object is not appealing. 4
I din't think the crop is really working in this image...the tip of the gun has been cut off and it looks like there was plenty of room on the surface for this not to happen.
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