A pop culture unto itself in the 70s. The setup is in my tiny bathroom.
The backdrop is a black towel draped over a chair and the towel rack. The killer silver-glittery heels are from the days I did drag, and the glitterball from the local loonie store.
I used a tripod and a tiny little blue LED light to pick out the reflections on the ball and cast them around the set, then left the shutter open for 15 seconds. The colour isn't quite what I expected, but oh well!
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Composition: Good choice of perspective. Gives the impression of platform shoes and disco. The objects are well placed within the frame.
Exposure: The image does not feel balanced as parts of the main objects are in shadow and some areas are too bright. I think this would probably work better if the exposure were more even over the shoe and glitter ball.
Impact: This image has kind of an 'in your face' effect. (to me that's not a good thing) The bright blue colour probably has something to do with that. A different white balance may have helped to get the colour you wanted.
Color is AWESOME. I like the softer focus although I do agree that a different bottom fabric might have been better. Composition is nice and I love the background. Really great image overall.
This is really interesting. I like how the black backround really brings out the blue spots. I would've given it a 7. I think you deserved a MUCH higher score.
I like the setup, except for the towel or rug -- kind of needs a shiny floor for disco. I like the blue color too, and I remember that often there was a single color used for light. I really like he reflections on the back drop. Focus not quite sharp enough. My camera doesn't focus well in low light, and maybe that's the same for yours.
I won't penalize you for the fact that the moment I saw your image, I got a "greatest 70's hits" track on loop running through my head. :) Nice lighting brings out the sheen of the shoe fabric, would have liked to see less shadow in the top of the image.
I get that you were trying to have a strong color for disco but for me I'd rather see lots of different colors. Seems there is a weird cast around the shoe, lacks derail and the... carpet? whatever it is on the ground I find distracting.
Probably the idea is very good, it remember me "autoerotica" of helmut newton (I have an image with that title). I liken't the realization, too blue. perhaps including even other colours in the image was most "disco"
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