I saw this many months ago and the visuals instantly captured my attention and imagination. You did a wonderful job in this composition. I love the deep red hue of the heart shadow that falls across the page. Your lighting here is wonderful for the color tone is crisp and clean white light that allows the red heart to really pop off the page. Sharpness and details of the book are in wonderful clarity allowing the viewer to read the words of the book. I found it interesting that you choose a book explaining scientific terms for the heart to be cast upon. To me this projects an idea of love defined in scientific or technical terms with specific relation to how the shadow is cast from that camera filter. It is both by luck and design that I reserved this to be my 1,000 comment after leaving comments for all entries into the Déjà vu III challenge. Thank you for being the inspiration behind a composition that has ‘haunted’ me for many months to get it right. Your tutorial on how you created this photo was instrumental in assisting me in my own offshoot composition spring to life.
This is very nice! I never saw this one before and still I think it was love at first sight! LOL! Anyway congrats on your 2nd place! I never would have done that good!
Since joining DPC in November (2003), I`ve been pleasantly surprised at the quality of the work that gets submitted.
However, this particular shot caught my eye almost immediately, and still remains my favourite piece of photography on view here.
From the idea to the execution..it is absolutely perfect.
I know it`s a bit late in the day...but congratulations on a superb job and one which I use as a benchmark for my work.
(Still a long way off, but I`m hopeful)
Gordon
Thats a great photo. It was a photo similar to that which inspired me to try this technique a long time ago. It was only with this challenge that I thought about entering a shot like it.
Thanks everyone for all your kind words.
Indi, I didn't diffuse the light no, and I didn't spot that glare until you mentioned it, so thanks. When I reshoot I think i'll try diffusing it, and I'll also choose a better book to use :P
Awe. I didn't vote in this challenge so I'm glad you got a ribbon and made it onto the front page. It's very cute. I like how the words aren't all completely clear so that they aren't too very distracting. Did you diffuse the light? Seems to be a bit of glare along the left side. I like that it's off center and at a slight angle though. Congrats!!
Well I can safely say there was no doubt in my mine whatsoever as to who should have won! Well done mate u deserve this, having seen a lot of your work I have to say u impress me every time! Nice one big man!
Thanks everyone :)
So close to a blue ribbon, but the winner was much more deserved :)
It's great to get the first ribbon with the 300D so soon after buying it, and hopefully there are many more on the way from the other great photographers with the camera. Who knows, maybe one day we can compete with the 10D?
Excellent!
I really like the way you done this, lighting is perfect, excellent idea, and having light related stuff on the pages of the book used...
really well done! -10
Oh no way! How clever, worked out perfectly! I see what you were doing with the book background and the page you chose, but still a little distracting. Great idea though!
not that it matters, I don't get the connection to the book, or if its just the right kind of book for the shot. Maybe I'm looking too deep here. Excellent idea, the book thing isn't taking anything from your score, just curious
What an excellent idea. Very creative. The only thing I personally would change is the book or passage - maybe I'm not getting it, but I don't see a meaningful connection between the text and the image. Other than that, flawless. 9
it's not really clear that this is on the definition of "photography" -- kind of wish it was a photography book, or a love story, to make that more obvious. on the whole though this is a very neat effect, and I'm kind of surprised I haven't seen it before.
Nice effect! I saw a similar picture a while back (Ilona Wellman - I LOVE her stuff), but all in b/w and with a pair of round reading glasses, and I almost went for the same thing (chickened out at the last minute :). I like yours. Very graphic. ~8
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