1000+ shots later and I'm still not getting the effect I want... not sure how much is lack of know-how and how much is lack of equipment... happy for any suggestions to get this right!
@kcwebbah@harley84@jenirainbow@gark@reemo@michelleyoung thank you so much for all the great comments! i guess i was just hoping for something with a little more "WOW" to it... it took me forever to get the background, lighting and focus to the point where i could get it to look passable, and i was getting pretty discouraged by the end... just kept wondering if there was some "secret ingredient" that would give this shot some oomph... :)
@coracollins@shutterbugger@inertie tx! like i said, i took 1000+ shots to get this one... well, i didn't press the shutter that many times - i had it on continuous bursts for 8 frames while i dropped pins... but as i said above, i had to experiment a lot with lighting and backgrounds and focus...
cool idea, I like the way the pin could almost be levitating :) And all of that effort will be stored away as lessons for next time don't worry! as for wow factor, hmmm... perhaps try to isolate the pins more from the background (e.g. use a strong light from the side against a black background). A bit tough to do without flash, but there's always a way. Did you want the bit of movement in the pin? If not, you may need to go a bit faster than 1/125s
@dieter thank you!!! that is so helpful... i'm really not good at all on the technical side... at this point, i haven't a clue what i don't know, other than that there is tons i don't know... not sure if i wanted the movement to show or not... did i?? i think if i could have gotten a tack sharp shot of the pin on edge, i'd probably have been happier... i've been mcgyvering the lighting as i don't have any special equipment (so far!), so i think i'm a bit limited with respect to shutter speed, but it's so helpful to get some feedback on the kinds of things i can experiment with to improve... thank you so very very much!
@northy I quite like the spotlight effect you have going here, and you might lose that with side lighting, so perhaps it is not necessary. Maybe a stronger light is all you need (i.e. more shutterspeed and more contrast between the light and dark areas). I also like all the negative space around the pins, which evokes the sound of silence that is broken by the pin (though you could maybe go in a fraction closer). What I have in my head when I look at this is a slightly flatter circle of light, with the area outside that circle much darker (almost black) and a pin crossing the boundary between light and shade, but lit clearly by your spotlight, and ideally landing right on its point as you have done here. Sounds like a recipe for pulling one's hair out though! :)
February 2nd, 2012
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