The Rules

1) Must be pictures that you just took for the assignment. NO OLD PICTURES!
2) Must be shot in Manual (M) mode.
3) You can use as much Photoshopping as needed.
4) Submit your best three.
5) Submit within the 2 week dead-line.
6) Shrink photo's down to at least 600 pixels
7) Remember to use "Constructive Criticism."
8) Have fun!

If your posting personnal photo's
1) You may submit as many as you want
2) Label all of your photo's, even if it's just by number.
3) Shrink photo's down to 600 pixels.
4) You can use as much Photoshopping as you wish.

Monday, February 16, 2009

group shot [jay]

ISO 100/1\320 sec.\ f6.0
ISO 100/1\200 sec./ f 11
ISO 100/1\50 sec./ f 5.6

I did not have a good valentine's day...f* cupid.

A tight GROUP of arrows SHOT thought the heart.


Posted by F.C.E. at 10:30 AM
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    hahahaha! nice work. very creative. I think I like number one the most. just a little bit dark, but man I woulda never thought of this.

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  2. Aries PhotographyFebruary 16, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    seriously... I would've never thought of this either. I like the composition in number 1 but 2 actually shows the arrow going through the heart so i like that one as well. I agree with Caleb, it is a bit dark. It's okay to have a dark picture just bring out some highlights to pop out the details a little more. Other than that, good job man!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    Yeah...I should have positioned the arrow head so it wasn't in front of that shadow...I didn't think about it until after i posted but oh well...Thanks for the input guys!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM

    jay-

    the second photo is the best one.

    while the first image shows the main arrow with the "fluff" from the stuffed animal attached to it, as it has torn through it and stripped it away, the position of the other three arrowheads look weak, under-emphasized, as if they don't even need to be there, or were just clustered there for the hell of it. the negative space around the edge of the frame bothers me because it shows a distance from the target arrow, instead of a closer crop which would reinforce it.

    the reason why the second image succeeds is because of the darkness, the sharpness, and the clutter of the composition. it tackles the idea of a group shot in a realm of chaos. remember, any time your eye can travel the photo, you've got yourself working in dimension, rather than just paying attention to one thing. the first photo's focus was the large arrow with the stuff hanging at the end of it. the lesser arrows didn't really add to the dynamic of the picture. the second photo had six or seven things going in it and that's what makes it interesting! (plus the idea of striking through a heart. when you play with metaphor, that's a plus.)

    as for the third, i agree with the highlights comment above. the whites need to be able to stand out, even a little bit more than usual. you don't have to go bright bright, but just add a touch and that should be fine. i also felt that in this one, the focus was too far from the subject. i didn't necessarily need the wood (or two beams) in the left hand of the frame. that and the negative space above the "cupid package" didn't work out. i would have cropped in closer. maybe not as close as the second image, but certainly a little more. remember that even your backgrounds have to lend to the topic at hand. everything in a photo has to have reason and a purpose. if it doesn't serve a purpose, then cut it out. that's called efficiency. efficiency helps make cleaner presentation.

    but overall, great job with doing something very different. i wouldn't have been surprised if you made the color in image 2 bleed. but the way you did it was fine.

    -benn

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