Donnie said:Thanks all for the comments and critique
After last weeks early start, this week I've left it almost late :| But decided to make this my Gravity shot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisisdonnie/8411653133/
365_24 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr
This was lit with a single bare flash at 45 degrees camera right, and about 45 degrees above too.
I exposed for the ambient first of all, then set up the flash to ensure I could expose myself in the "fall".
Once that was done, it was a case of setting up my set of steps to rest my left leg on, my upside down bin bucket for under my back and a small light stand to hold the cap.
Once I was reasonable happy with the shot I removed all the items and took another shot, no flash of the bare scene.
The rest is done in photoshop by masking and blending the images to remove the props to give the impression of being dropped from the sky.
I assume you're mentally challenged going through all this in a public place? LMAO
Great effort!
Gravity is fantastic, just great. Can't really offer much in the way of critical appraisal as I wouldn't know where to start with a shot like that.
Wild may be lazy, but it's a nice shot, really captures the wild in the domestic. I'm not sure if it's my eyes, but the DOF falls off a little too quick around the subject's left eye for me, but that's being picky.
Lovely looking kitty but says Cuddly to me not wild at all
Really good photo though Paul nicely placed catchlights
Hi, Paul nice catchup
Space, yeah it's there. Pity the sign on the right...draws my eye.
Work, the reds really pop in this one. Nice DOF and sharp.
Gluttony, I do like the vintage processing but doesn't scream gluttony as it say.
Time, again, the processing suits the theme and location. Well lit and composed.
Juxtaposition, best of the set. Well composed, nice subtle lighting and great eye contact with the cat. Lovely detail in the dogs fur.
Eeek, more! Tacky, in theme but I'd prefer to see closer. Looks underexposed?
Values, taken in January? Anyway, like it, nice focused lighting and well composed.
Cheers
Time is an excellent shot.
Good composition, very clean and clear, one of the best I've seen.