I inserted a candle into this beautiful glass sculpted vessel that I placed in a darkened room and shot with out any flash. The result is this beautiful orange color. This is my first entry, so I hope I am doing this right.
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Hi there. I think this is a very nice first submission.
There are a few things that I would like to have seen differently, however, I think that it is still a nice attempt.
The subject itself is beautiful. I love the flowered pattern on the glass. It does seem a bit tilted here. Sometimes things are purposely angled for some dramatic effect, but it is off only slightly here looking more like a mistake than dramatic effect.
The subject is directly centered in the frame of your photo, which isn't always a bad thing, but if you were to add some negative space somewhere, that also helps to add some dramatic effect. Maybe add in some more of the reflection, and some negative space to the top of the photo? I'd have to see it to say if I'd like it, but it's something to try anyway.
The focus does seem a bit soft to me as well. This is a very comment side effect from shooting low light shots. A very important thing to remember, is DON'T try this hand held. Something else that will help A LOT, is if your camera has a timer, set your camera down, on a solid surface, and use the timer. That way, you will have NO camera shake when it is time to take the shot. The slightest movement throws it all off.
I am thinking that the softness of the flowers is also because it looks like frosted glass. However, the saucer looking thing also does look a bit unfocused.
Something else to look into is the shutter speed. If you have a camera that allows for you to adjust the shutter speed, you could play with shutter speeds and see what kind of effects that makes. Sometimes has pretty neat effects on low light shots. Just be sure not to touch or move the camera when shooting.
Overall, I like the shot, but think it's maybe a bit plain. could benefit from some dramatic angle, or something.
~Heather~
interesting color... the image is a bit soft... can't say that it has much subjective appeal to me personally, but it is an interesting technique shot... = 6
simple, nice, elegant. might have not cropped so closely so the photo would be of the contrast between the object within empty space versus basically being just of the object.
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