Professor Plum is played by my Father-in-Law. My wife and Mother-in-Law helped with the setup. Credit also to my buddy Ian for suffering a few blisters in helping me tie the noose in this shot.
Lighting was three lamps, one with a tinfoil half-cone taped to it to guide the light around the curve in the noose.
Shot details:
Shot RAW
ISO level: 400
Sharpness: Normal
Exposure time: 0.10 sec
White balance: Tungsten
Aperture: f3.2
Post Processing: Cropped, Levels, Brightness/Contrast, Dust and Scratches (Noise Filter), Neat Image and then Saved it.
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I think you’ll find its colonel mustard, so infact you’re all wrong!
Great shot, love the way Prof. Plum blends into the background. It also helps that I love this game!
David... Congratulations on your first ribbon and in only your second DPC submission! Great, creative idea... well deserved ribbon... may there be many more ribbons in your future. Btw, yours is the highest rated image at DPC using the Fujifilm FinePix S5200Z.
Unique interpretation that strongly fits the challenge topic exceptionally well. Surprising that no one else thought of it. Given the theme, red tones work well here and the arrangement, particularly of the candles illuminating "Professor Plum" is fine.
Candlelight refections are a bit of a distraction. Perhaps curling the noose around more toward the middle of the frame could cover that up, or angling the shot slightly from the left closer for highlighting the rope more is worth consideration. There is a lot of empty space in the lower right foreground. Curling the top part of the noose around on that side rather than having it directly under the noose could fill that spot. A little more sharpness to bring out the fine detail would be nice. The table lighting is unbalanced where the right side is better illuminated than the left.
Overall this is a nice shot.
Very good idea for this challenge, your setup is great. Technically, I can't find anything wrong with this picture but just to be picky, I think that if we could see Professor Plum a bit better it would have been a perfect picture. Great job.
Professor Plum, in the Dining Room, with the Rope
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