Trying for the harsh light and shadows of George Hurrell. Doll placed on shelf in front of large white wall. F8 to get both doll and shadow in focus; 24mm lens looking up at doll with flash held below the camera. Tried numerous flash positions and strengths. Liked this one the best.
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Place: 85 out of 108 Avg (all users): 4.6730 Avg (commenters): 5.1111 Avg (participants): 4.5870 Avg (non-participants): 4.7080 Views since voting: 929 Views during voting: 252 Votes: 159 Comments: 11 Favorites: 0
My first impression of this image when it popped up was "looks pretty good". Had I voted this one, I probably would have gone along with the crowd and given it a 5. I'm kinda surprised you got so many 1,2, and 3 votes, but that's DPC for ya. :)
First, the likes. I like the lighting a lot and I think the pose works quite well. I think the tilt of the head is just perfect. If I were shooting this (note: these tips might not necessarily increase your score), I would have moved the doll to the left and toward the camera a bit to give the shadow more room and presence in the shot. I don't think it looks quite deliberate enough as it is. The shot feels pretty static as well with the face being almost perfectly centered.
Some things I think would improve the score: Get rid of that pesky sensor dust. Either clean the sensor or clone those bad boys out (which is legal in basic and advanced). I think it looks sloppy, and I know I (and probably others) vote down for it. For me, it's really all about attention to detail. Also, I agree with one of your comments that it could be a little sharper.
Overall, I like it. With a little tweaking, I think the score could have jumped a ways as well.
Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions or comments.
Thanks,
Nathan
I like the shot although its a little dark and the midsection of the doll seems to lose some detail. The shadow seems to compete with the doll just a little for attention.
I think the shadow wouldn't be so distracting if the doll were held a bit closer to the wall so the shadow would outline the doll instead of acting as another subject.
I'm finding my eyes are more interested in the shadow than the doll- I'm not sure if that is what you intended but its an amazing shadow; really interesting - (I don't deduct points for this= but just so you know that you have some dust-spots on your lens (left of the frame; and somewhat towards the center) -- its a lovely doll I'd like to see it cropped differently tho to pull my interest into the doll and the shadow created by the doll...
I think it would have looked awesome if it weren't for that shadow. good job though, nice lighting. Try using a diffuser next time, it should look even better.
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