Assignment: "Negative Space"

[Sime]

**ASSIGNMENT CLOSED**

Please feel free to continue posting your *negative space* shots in this thread!

Sime

[david asuncion]

Originally Posted by Lute

David, love the photo. I've had a really similar idea, only with muddy workboots in sepia... "Day off". Heh.

Really like it though, how did you light it?

Thanks Lute, happy you liked it I lighted it with an SB800 at 1/64 power from top from about 2 1/2 feet away. I also snooted the flash to concentrate the light on just the shoes--at 1/200 shutter speed, the photo will come out all black despite shooting it in a completely fluorescent lit room.

[Blackeyed_peas]

My take on negative space



Date taken: 2/03/2009
Camera: Sony A300
Exposure: 0.800s
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal length: 50mm
ISO: 400
Flash: did not fire

[kwai_perez]

This was taken yesterday, Feb. 3, 2009. Negative space is kinda hard concept but i hope this is right. I searched the definition of it on the internet and i found out that it has something to do with silhouette..that's y i took this kind of shot.

shot taken: Feb. 3, 2009
Nikon D70 with 18-70mm lens
iso: 250
white bal.: auto
metering: matrix
shutter: 1/2.5
aperture: f4.5
focal length: 70mm
no flash

[Jasonvdm]

[wulf]

Originally Posted by kwai_perez

This was taken yesterday, Feb. 3, 2009. Negative space is kinda hard concept but i hope this is right. I searched the definition of it on the internet and i found out that it has something to do with silhouette..that's y i took this kind of shot.

That's not a bad approach (too late for the competition so I can comment on it before I get round to doing my shortlisting). The eye is drawn in by the flame but then the silhouetted person in the foreground becomes apparent. The empty, "negative" space thus becomes part of the image rather than just wasted space.

Well done.

Wulf

[RittyRats]

Canon EOS Digital
Rebel Xsi
1/60s
f/3.5
focal length: 18.0mm
ISO: 400
date taken: feb 3, 2009

[AnnetteJ]

Originally Posted by wulf

That's not a bad approach (too late for the competition so I can comment on it before I get round to doing my shortlisting). The eye is drawn in by the flame but then the silhouetted person in the foreground becomes apparent. The empty, "negative" space thus becomes part of the image rather than just wasted space.

Well done.

Wulf

I know there are loads of entries, but I've been wondering which have got the concept of negative space right and which haven't. It would be really useful to the learner [ie me!] if there was some kind of commentary on the entries. I wouldn't expect a detailed critique, but as it's an assignment, some indication of pass or fail, or maybe a grade, would help a lot.

[wulf]

Wait until the weekend blog post reveals the "winners". I don't want to say too much about eligible entries until then.

Wulf

[Foto Phool]

On holiday in Hawaii.