Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
More photo critiques PLEASE!
Marc Phillips
>I received the seamless paper, so here we go again... One thing I noticed immediately is that the pic is a lot clearer... more in focus...
Thanks in advance for any comments...
Oh yeah, the bowl is Osage Orange :)
No flash, and had to use the software to brighten it up a little....
With flash....
and with changed lighting...
Marc Phillips
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and even more lighting changes...
Marc Phillips
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Re: and even more lighting changes...
Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL
>Marc,
Personally, I like the very first one - not shadow behind it.
Mark
Re: More photo critiques PLEASE!
William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey
>I've found that when I increase the brightness on an underexposed photo, it helps a lot to increase the contrast as well. That restores some of the apparent sharpness to the image. I don't have any rule of thumb on how much, I just play with the controls until it looks best.
Re: More photo critiques PLEASE!
John Lucas
>Mark
It's hard to tell exactly what you are doing except for the ones where the flash is used. It creates a shadow on the left and a highlight/glare on the inside. I'd do away with that.
Basically your light is too even. Most of the time we have the opposite problem. The left and right are the same brightness. Try either moving one light further away or shading part of the light to make it dimmer. You may even be able to aim the light a little less directly at the piece which will also dim the lamp a little.
This will create a subtle shadow on one side and make the other side appear brighter. This makes the piece look more 3 dimensional and also helps it look sharper. For interest sake turn off one lamp and look how much sharper the piece appears.
As Photographers we constantly play the game of creating shadow to enhance sharpness and texture without making the shadow ugly. It can be challenging.