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[lilsmkcld]

I've just started the course so this is a before the course shot. I'm doing a for fun photo contest. The subject is something old. What are your thoughts on this picture? I'm am trying to remove the flash line down the Bisquick can but am going to have to wait until the kids are in bed. I have another pic that I'm considering but it's not black and white so I didn't want to post it here. It's in my gallery, titled typewritter, if anyone would like to look at it too.

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/2/8/0/0/kitchen.jpg

[coffee]

I've just started the course so this is a before the course shot. I'm doing a for fun photo contest. The subject is something old. What are your thoughts on this picture? I'm am trying to remove the flash line down the Bisquick can but am going to have to wait until the kids are in bed. I have another pic that I'm considering but it's not black and white so I didn't want to post it here. It's in my gallery, titled typewritter, if anyone would like to look at it too.

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/2/8/0/0/kitchen.jpg

Welcome. Nice photo. One thing I would really consider, depending on how much you can edit for the contest, some don't let you, Is adding noise or an old photo layer so it looks a little ripped and creasy. You get the idea. The photo is good, but if you want it to look authenticly old, give it some age.

[coffee]

And I guess I will say it, but keep in mind this is only one guys opinion. To me the composition looks a little sterile, too perfectly lined up. From large to small. Did you take this shot using other compositions and such. Maybe try to take this shot from a different angle, not straight on, and when doing so, set the apeture so that the back ground items on the table start going out of focus. Maybe not so much that you can't tell what they are, but enough to make it interesting. I will try and look at my photos for an example.

[coffee]

Here's one that has the angle I'm refering to, not so much the out of focus background. But the point is try different angles, different composition of the same items. Maybe just of the scale, looking at the face of the scale from the apples point of view. Now that would be cool, and very interesting!!! Good luck.

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/showimage.php?i=2002&c=member&imageuser=1195

[lilsmkcld]

Thank you. I will have to go back to my mom's house to play with this a little more. One of my biggest problems was using the top of a short bookcase. It was pretty narrow and I was limited in the ways I could arrange things. I had other issues too but we won't get into all that. I like the idea of taking the picture from the apples point of view. Hmmm.... Thanks again!

[coffee]

You are very welcome. Hope it helps. I love still life photos. Have many of these in my gallery. One thing I find myself doing after a shoot, is thinking of things I could have done different or better. Then go back and do it again. Sometimes 3 and 4 times.

Here is a much better example of what I was talking about.

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/showimage.php?i=1535&catid=member&imageuser=1195

[lilsmkcld]

I'm not sure that this is quite what you were meaning by "from the apples view" but I gave it a try.

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/2/8/0/0/an_apples_view.jpg

[colelover178]

i like them both very cool i think the second is a bit dark but maybe that is what you are going for so you are off to a good start an the course will teach you lots also and of course the people on here that know alot and there are a few that know what they are talking about lol. good luck with the course

[eyevan]

i agree with changing the composition.If maybe the items were at different heights for example on li stands or chunks of wood or one in a drawer.It does look a little sterile.Only my opinion.


Eyevan

[LensBaby]

I think you need some old wood to put behind the props. The props look vintage but the walls etc look in very good shape. Is there a spot that you can think of that might have a antique or worn look to it?

[coffee]

I think you need some old wood to put behind the props. The props look vintage but the walls etc look in very good shape. Is there a spot that you can think of that might have a antique or worn look to it?

Sue has a great idea with the wood. Nothing says old like weathered wood.

[lilsmkcld]

One of the first things I told my dad was that I thought it needed an old log cabin wall behind it. I've still got about a week before the picture is due, I'll probably drive around this weekend and see what else I can find. Thanks everyone!

[dkippen]

I too think adding a piece of old wood will really give the photo character, texture and depth.