A tribute to the Rollei 35 or 'baby Rollei', my first camera which I still use. In design terms it was a classic because of its size, its unorthodox design (shutter and apertire controls, hot shoe on the base etc.) and its quality. It remains, arguably, the best quality compact film camera ever produced.
This shot is my first attempt at a 'studio' photograph. I've seen plenty on DPC and felt I need to try it out. I'm quite pleased with the result. I don't care how it fares in the voting - I like it! I would appreciate any comments on the technical aspects of shooting this kind of subject. As I examined the various shots, I became aware of so many details - lighting, colour casts, reflections, tone etc. - it's been a great learning experience.
Photo was shot next to a window and post shot editing included cloning dust spots, extending the white background, desaturating and blurring the shadows, slight sharpening and adjusting the levels.
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In my opinion this shows me the creativity in of the camera manufacturers but not yours - it's just sitting there like a sales catalogue photo and therefore doesn't, for me, create an image that appeals in it's own right.
"Negative space" is supposed to enhance the subject, but I don't it does in this case for some reason. I'm not sure why, but my brain is telling me this. :D
interesting choice of cropping...I would like to see it a little closer to the bottom right and widen the negative space...but thats just me :)... nice shot though
Interesting camera, good textures, nice detail, quite sharp. It's fine as it is, but you could have also tried either bouncing light on the right or adding another light there to lighten the edge of the camera and try and get rid of the long shadow going off frame.
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