Challenge:Collections (Basic Editing III) Camera:Sony DSC-P10 Location: My room, somewhere in Hawaii Date: Nov 28, 2005 Aperture: f 2.8 ISO: 160 Shutter: 1/40 Galleries:Still Life Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2005
Well, in a bout of whether to submit my massive collection of manga (Japanese!comics), or my moderate amount of anime figurines, I figure I'd go with the collection that was easier to photograph in one sitting? Haha.
Taken on top my bookshelf of some of my manga, where they always stand, so I didn't remove them from their 'home.' Too lazy to move and then having to reassemble them. :/
it seems like there are quite a few interesting pieces in your collection. i wonder how they could have been arranged to bring greater visual interest to the photo?
Nice collection. This pic could have had a lot more potential if you shot it in front of a solid background, like just the wall. The dolls are so colorful l that the soild backdrop and tighter crop could have helped a lot, making it less like a snap shot.
You have a nice collection, but the presentation and lighting needs some work. I'd straighten the curtain in the background and try and take the picture with available light, not a flash.
The light curtain in the background is quite distracting. It seems that you used a flash which has produced hotspots on some of the figures and dark shadows on the wall behind. A softer light would have been better.
3 - Criticism; there was/is the potential to be much more creative here in my opinion. The lighting, focal points, angle, background, etc - even 'staging' the characters here, could have made this much more 'interesting' and added a bit of 'depth'.