I didn't have much to use so I took toys and set them up. The hotwheels in the background is from my collection. Its a Corvette which is the kind of car in a view to a kill. The man in the front is from one of my sons pirate toys.
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From Critique club,
Hi,
This picture has a nice use of props. The colors are also quite harmonious to each other. As with all portrait figures it has to be remebered that it is difficult to appreciate a picture that has something growing out of someones head or is cutting the head. It would be important to find a different angle to view the same scene where the car is positioned so that it does not interfere with the figure. It has to interact with it.
The lighting is also a little on the flat side(fronth lighting?). It would be good to have some strong sidelighting to emphasise volume of the figure and the car. I do not know at this stage whether increasing depth of field would help, it has to be tried out to see whether it works better.
Compositionally, the figure stands at the very edge which is a little discomfort looking at. There is also a lot of space left which has to be taken care of, it is always interesting if the negative space also has an intersting shape.
I beleive that this is an original attempt which is obviously re-takeable. This could actually form a nice ground to study the same figure from different perspectives and with different compositions and lighting.
I would be happy to be of any further assistance in this regard.
With regards
Kausik
I like the use of toys in an image. It reminds me that all photography is an illusion. I gave this a 6, the same score I gave the blue ribbon. To get more than a 6 from me, I need something extra. Perhaps some way for me to connect the man with Bond besides the gun... like if you'd made him some sunglasses!
Good use of props available to generate an image for this challenge. I like the way you've put the pieces together for this (toy car position, and "gunman" position). There seems to be a couple issues with the background area. The toy car is quite noisy in places, like you did some burning and it introduced some noise. The foreground black is fairly solid yet the areas in front and over the car look to show some selectioning leftovers and aren't solid black as they should be. All JMO of course. Probably doomed from the beginning with the use of toy pieces. Anyway, good luck in the challenge.
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