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Hi Guys,

Tried doing some "arty" still life.
Comments appreciated.




Cheers
Matt

From an artistic stand point, your first one is great, if not kitsch, and your second one lacks depth and substance.

That's from an artistic stand point, though.

Matt, like your pencils, very nice

Matt, I think they both have something. The first one is probably better than the second, but I don't really agree with Leigh's assessment - I think it has artistic merit, although the pencils would have looked better if they were all sharpened to the same degree. And I would have put them in colour order.

The forks look great.

Good work

Greg B wrote:I think it has artistic merit, although the pencils would have looked better if they were all sharpened to the same degree. And I would have put them in colour order.

I would have done that greg, but I was lucky to get that shot. Moments later I disturbed where they lay for the umpteenth time and decided to abandon the idea by tilting the board and letting them run off. I underestimated the patience needed to arrange pencils like that - makes you appreciate record breaking dominoes people.

Thanks for the comments guys, I prefer the forks too. I like the shadows caused.

Matt

mat
good job... i like them both well done

cheers rob

Very nice rokkstar,

Very creative thought process

Yeah the Forks are great
The pencils I like too

Keep up the thinking process.

Mic.

Good depth of field in the first I reckon. Although I do find it a little too bright and hurty on the eyes.

AWESOME first shot. The shadows really work for me.

It looks like it should be hanging up in a cafe or something. WELL DONE!!!

Kellogs

Matt - the first shot of the forks shows artistry and I like the composition. For me the second shot of the pencils is very mundane and contrived IMO. But the one thing to always remember, everyone sees differently

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I think the problem with the pencils is that I didnt invest as much time in the lighting. I thought that the pattern would be enough to give it interest. I might reshoot it with some different light angles and make everyones eyes hurt evenmore

I like the idea behind the first one but also think it's a touch bright. I like the pencils too.

love them both!

keep 'em coming...

rokkstar,

Quite like those shots.

Could you briefly explain your lighting setup?

Cheers
- beej

Well the lighting set up is extremely simplistic.
Its a normal desklamp angled low down with a daylight balanced lightbulb in it. That's all that i have used.
No diffuser, no softboxes nothing.

That is it.
I wanted to say something amazing and wowing but unfortunately there is no magic.

Print out the forks and mount it in your dining room Should look great there. I reckon it works great.

Kellogs wrote:AWESOME first shot. The shadows really work for me.

It looks like it should be hanging up in a cafe or something. WELL DONE!!!

Kellogs

yes kellogs thats where it would look "right"...

cheers rob