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do you have any jaw fragments to add to the composition? something to suggest the damages to the skull came from the gavel? that'd be cool...
Comment by Don posted on Your Critique Please at 22/10/2012 - 23:59
johnriley wrote:
Well thanks for the comments and critiques. It's quite interesting how the perception varies from the intent.
My original idea was:
This was an exercise in perception. It seems nobody saw what I intended, so I shall think about that. Maybe the concept was too complex to even have a chance of deciphering it? Or maybe the execution of the idea was too open to alternatives?
I could see from the highlights on the gavel and skull you used large windows... as I mentioned the lighting was technically perfect, but... can I ask you this...Well thanks for the comments and critiques. It's quite interesting how the perception varies from the intent.
My original idea was:
Quote:
This was an attempt to make an image that conveyed a meaning. The first two volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica represent the limit of one person's knowledge in life, the skull represents the untimate fate that limits this knowledge and the gavel represents the finaility of the end
Our friend Janice translated the imnage as:This was an attempt to make an image that conveyed a meaning. The first two volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica represent the limit of one person's knowledge in life, the skull represents the untimate fate that limits this knowledge and the gavel represents the finaility of the end
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A very pleasing composition John, however Iwould not have interpreted it in quite the way that you have - and that is the beauty and interest of photographs such as this. The encyclopaedia represents knowledge and the skull the casing for the organ that gains and stores that knowledge - 2 very different methods of storage - both dependent upon each other. I would not have seen the gavel as 'ultimate fate' but rather as 'bang - sold on knowledge or hammered home'
To answer the question about lighting. The still life is laid out on a large piece of black sateen and the lighting is from a large evenly lit window. Not too different to using a very large softbox. A second window acts as a fill light. I just love natural light.A very pleasing composition John, however Iwould not have interpreted it in quite the way that you have - and that is the beauty and interest of photographs such as this. The encyclopaedia represents knowledge and the skull the casing for the organ that gains and stores that knowledge - 2 very different methods of storage - both dependent upon each other. I would not have seen the gavel as 'ultimate fate' but rather as 'bang - sold on knowledge or hammered home'
This was an exercise in perception. It seems nobody saw what I intended, so I shall think about that. Maybe the concept was too complex to even have a chance of deciphering it? Or maybe the execution of the idea was too open to alternatives?
Would you try this shot again, same composition, same same props, but painting with light using a torch (flashlight here in canada) and some warmer tones? I am thinking you can convey some mood through your lighting and color balance that would add to the sense of foreboding one feels when ever contemplating the finality of our "end" if you get what I'm meaning?
Comment by Don posted on Your Critique Please at 22/10/2012 - 23:08
question...
your choice on lighting....
with a basic set of props, and a basic composition, and simple (yet technically perfect) lighting set up...
I'm wondering if lighting it differently to create "mood" could invoke a more directed response from the viewer?
or was your choice on lighting meant to leave the mood of the image open to interpretation?
others already covered the basics on meaning that popped into my mind, so I'm asking about the lighting..
your choice on lighting....
with a basic set of props, and a basic composition, and simple (yet technically perfect) lighting set up...
I'm wondering if lighting it differently to create "mood" could invoke a more directed response from the viewer?
or was your choice on lighting meant to leave the mood of the image open to interpretation?
others already covered the basics on meaning that popped into my mind, so I'm asking about the lighting..
Comment by Don posted on Your Critique Please at 22/10/2012 - 15:21
my kr developed an edial problem... and a drop of wd-40 worked into the dial solved it for me.
proceed at your own risk...
link
proceed at your own risk...
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Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-r fault at 19/10/2012 - 14:13
had a national magazine put the wrong name on one of mine... they credited it as my assistants last name.. lol!
happens... just ask then to print a correction... next edition... with another set of images shot by you...
happens... just ask then to print a correction... next edition... with another set of images shot by you...
Comment by Don posted on Little bit upset... at 18/10/2012 - 23:30
consider a bridge camera for this trip?
the x-5 or x90 seems like it'll do what you need, take up minimal space...
for the number of times I've used my sigma 400, I think I'd have been better off with a bridge camera.. nice back up camera attached to a nice telephoto lens perfect for daytime shooting on trips.. for the price of a telephoto lens...or less even..
the x-5 or x90 seems like it'll do what you need, take up minimal space...
for the number of times I've used my sigma 400, I think I'd have been better off with a bridge camera.. nice back up camera attached to a nice telephoto lens perfect for daytime shooting on trips.. for the price of a telephoto lens...or less even..
Comment by Don posted on Longer lens for safari? at 15/10/2012 - 17:39
Comment by Don posted on Pentax FF DSLR - confirmed at 15/10/2012 - 12:22
I for one have decided on a k-01.... just waiting for a another big sale to go snap one up!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax FF DSLR - confirmed at 15/10/2012 - 00:16
johnriley wrote:
Depending on the design, it could well be that any FF DSLR would automatically change to APS-C format (using only part of the sensor) when DA lenses are attached. It is conceivable this could apply to the viewfinder view as well.
So discussions that rage about whether or not DA lenses are compatible could be irrelevant. But, as I said, it depends on the way such a camera would be designed.
There are some FA lenses still available, but no doubt digital versions with new coatings and perhaps optical design tweaks could well be superior.
most likely a dark mask in the viewfinderDepending on the design, it could well be that any FF DSLR would automatically change to APS-C format (using only part of the sensor) when DA lenses are attached. It is conceivable this could apply to the viewfinder view as well.
So discussions that rage about whether or not DA lenses are compatible could be irrelevant. But, as I said, it depends on the way such a camera would be designed.
There are some FA lenses still available, but no doubt digital versions with new coatings and perhaps optical design tweaks could well be superior.
Comment by Don posted on When the FF Pentax comes out, what lenses can you use from day one? at 13/10/2012 - 13:43
they could solve the flash sync issue entirely by releasing a leaf shutter af teleconverter....
just mate the q to k adaptor to the old af 1.7 teleconverter....
I could live with that.....
just mate the q to k adaptor to the old af 1.7 teleconverter....
I could live with that.....
Comment by Don posted on Pentax FF DSLR - confirmed at 11/10/2012 - 16:00
