Jack o' Lantern

[Gonzo13]

The Wife and I carved a pumpkin the other day. I decided to take a few pictures. I used a mini slave flash inside the Jack and a DF-383 tethered to the camera slightly behind and above Jack's face to fire the mini slave. If you think of a change that might have made it better then let me know.


All Hallow's Eve II by ~Gonzo13 on deviantART

Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Shutter Speed: 1/200 second
Aperture: F/4.0
Focal Length: 38 mm
ISO Speed: 100

[leonaashlee]

I think it rocks Scott....maybe someone else will have a different idea.

[Gonzo13]

I put it on facebook the night that I took it and got compliments from friends about it but they don't do photography. Hearing that someone, that takes great pictures, that it rocks makes me feel that I did the subject some justice. Thanks.

[martha36]

Nice! I love the perspective. I just took some shots of my children's jack-o-lanterns, but now I'm embarrassed to show them. LOL!

[Gonzo13]

Martha thank you. If we don't get critiques on our work then we will not be able to improve. In all honesty I had to take over a dozen shots to get this one. A couple were out of focus, some the flash inside Jack didn't fire, one the camera tilted forward and only caught the mouth and nose, and the first one I hit the shutter release before the flash had charged so it was completely dark. I just showed one of the better ones here. Oh yeah I have also found out that I am usually one of my most intense critics, and I think that most others are the same way.

All in all I say post some of them and get another point of view or go back and take them again then show them.

[Gonzo13]

I tried it again this time with a spray bottle set to mist. Let me know which looks better. I did this one mainly to get the light shooting out of the eyes and mouth of Jack.

All Hallow's Eve III by ~Gonzo13 on deviantART
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Shutter Speed: 1/200 second
Aperture: F/8.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 100

[Gonzo13]

Wow Halloween ended and no one cares about pictures of Jack 'o Lanterns anymore. Just trying to bring the comparison to the top of the list again.