The Aviator

[stevesutt89]

A little while ago, a thread about taking whiteground shots came through here (Whiteground). It inspired me to try some more of these shots, using naught but the stuff on my desk, my camera, a 70W incandescant light, and my brute strength*.



(1/15 sec, f/2.8, ISO 50)
To take this shot, i told my camera to overexpose the shot by 2 stops (above what it thought necessary) this got rid of most of the greys, excpet in one corner. to get rid of this i just selected that area in gimp, and brought up the brightness.

So, what do you guys think?

*not quite sure where the brute strength came in, in fact, i'm not sure it would have helped me, even if i did have any brute strength

[sana]

It looks good to me. I'd only frame it wider, to include all the shadow. I like the effect of the burnout. I'd perhaps try to push it even a bit further to the extreme and see what happens then, a smaller amount of it could be interpreted as a mistake. But that's maybe, not a big deal anyway.

[Teewinot]

I think this shot has attitude! I like it! Great light. I agree with sana in that leaving all the shadow in would be better.

[stevesutt89]

Ok here's my second try at this shot. I had to retake this shot as the shadow that was cut of the bottom not not just a crop, it wasn't actually there on the original. So, the angle i took this shot from is slighly different to the last one, and i think this means the glasses lose some of their "imposingness"...just a thought

[jiminyClickit]

stevesutts89,

So move the light . . . that front "imposing" lens could then be even more so.

[stevesutt89]

Originally Posted by jiminyClickit

So move the light . . .

I'm not quite sure what exactly you mean here. Acutally its not the "what" that i don't understand more the "why" and "how"...? Do you mean i should move the light so that the shadow is less prominent, and the glasses take up a greater portion of the image?

[jiminyClickit]

stevesutts89.

Right. Shadow in second shot stands out because of size and darkness. Raising light will lessen the impact, putting glasses in a more prominent position. Even a slight clockwise rotation of glasses would gain a bit more room on right.