A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

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A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby Matt. K on Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:44 pm

Extreme boredom set in this afternoon so...out with the camera and just play around and explore the light and the colours.
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby phillipb on Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:29 am

Hi Matt,
your last shot (war dogs) certainly achieves one of photography's main aims to get the viewer to linger over the photo, I did this but only to try and figure out why you would want to chop the heads off. I still can't figure it out. :?
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby stubbsy on Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:01 pm

Matt. You need to get out more. :wink:
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby Matt. K on Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:46 pm

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I cut the heads off because I am saving them for another picture. :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby phillipb on Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:16 pm

Matt. K wrote:Phillip
I cut the heads off because I am saving them for another picture. :shock: :shock: :shock:

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In that case you should have cut them vertically and you would have got a tryptic. :wink: :D
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby PiroStitch on Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:40 pm

that is one cookie chess set! you actually have the googley eyes on the knights!

what did you use for the lighting in thefirst image? or was it all available light?
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby Matt. K on Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:43 pm

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Define available light? Might I have used non-available light? :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

But to answer your question.....I used natural light that was available....(Or is that available light that was natural). AAhhh! This hurts my head!
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby PiroStitch on Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:07 am

My head hurts at reading that...sorry to clarify, did you use strobes or daylight as such? :)
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby gstark on Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:33 am

PiroStitch wrote:My head hurts at reading that...sorry to clarify, did you use strobes or daylight as such? :)


What if it was shot at night? or with photofloods?

So, what was that you said you were clarifying? :)
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby PiroStitch on Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:47 am

yeah that's right...pick on the mexican :P all in good fun :cheers:
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby mickeyjuice on Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:18 am

I think light was used. At some point.
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Re: A bottle, a bright knight and war dogs

Postby surenj on Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:39 pm

Ah.. Light is da same anyways natural or artificial. These may be stronger in black in white though..
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