let the music play

[jonnyquest45]

was playing around with the camera today took this pic and think its good but its missing something please tell me anything you would do different.


Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Exposure: 30 sec (30)
Aperture: f/20
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 72 dpi
Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
Software: QuickTime 7.4.5
Date and Time: 2008:06:03 13:28:37
Host Computer: Mac OS X 10.5.3
YCbCr Positioning: Centered
Exposure Program: Manual
Date and Time (Original): 2008:06:03 12:05:56
Date and Time (Digitized): 2008:06:03 12:05:56
Shutter Speed: -4906891/1000000
Maximum Lens Aperture: 3625/1000
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Compression: JPEG
Image Width: 2458 pixels
Image Height: 1966 pixels

[PhotoNewt]

The instrument is beautiful but is lost on all this wall. It would be a stronger composition to get closer and shoot only a portion of the instrument rather than the entire piece.

For example you can take a shot of the scroll and pegbox at an angle with the camera set on a tripod and just slightly above the subject. Use diffused sidelight from a window, with a white reflector opposite so the shadows will be lighter keeping more detail. And FILL the frame with your subject.

Experiment with different apertures to get the right depth of field, a good starting point is f/8.

[jonnyquest45]

more like this. i like the long exposure but going to play with the f stop next


Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Exposure: 30 sec (30)
Aperture: f/18
Focal Length: 39 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 72 dpi
Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
Date and Time: 2008:06:03 17:32:12
Timezone Offset: -4, -4
Exposure Program: Manual
Date and Time (Original): 2008:06:03 14:02:04
Date and Time (Digitized): 2008:06:03 14:02:04
Shutter Speed: -4906891/1000000
Maximum Lens Aperture: 434375/100000
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Compression: JPEG
Image Width: 3072 pixels
Image Height: 2048 pixelsvv

[navy.wife_2004]

i would maybe get on the floor and shoot from the floor up. and get closer to the instrument.

[PhotoNewt]

Better, you get the idea. Kristy's observation is quite good.

Even this small portion of the instrument is highly recognizable to most people as a violin; many times taking a closer crop of a recognizable part is a stronger composition than taking a picture of the whole thing.

Good job, keep looking for better angles, I would say with such a beautiful violin you have a good two weeks worth of images to explore.

[peeperita]

i like your second image.....ambient light has made honey of your wood.....pleasant and warm.....

if you want an image with your entire instrument i would suggest finding a more suitable background.....draped fabric, a long piece of posterboard, anything that would give a more uniform appearence to showcase your piece.....

i am also be inclined to say to watch your lighting and the shadows and highlights it casts....maybe draping your lightsources with a diffusing material.....if you shot the first image with the light of the second i believe you'd be happier.....

nice choice of subject.....

peeper