This is a 5" high figure of Kokopelli (a native American god of having a good time) back lit with a candle and front lit with a mostly obscured flash to get the highlights.
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nice photo, very evocative. since the strengths of this photo are also its weaknesses (soft backlighting and silhouette) i dont see any way to change these and make it better. composition is the only thing left to play with, and imho you have nailed it for all its worth!
Yay for Kokopelli! I have this little guy on a keychain attached to my camera bag. I think this might have been better as a vertical and not a horizontal and I also would have gone ahead and added even more wrinkles/creases to the bacground -- but some people don't seem to like that. I think it would have made the lighting that much more interesting in the background to sue a crumpled paper effect.
Its not a Silhouette, as there are points of light on it. It also seems a bit chopped off at the bottom, perhaps you could have cut some foiliage from black card to create a barrier at the bottom.
Hey that's a Cocopelli - have the Tatoo on my foot..:o) Like the warm colour of the background and the contrast of the black figure. Nice done. 8 - Danie
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