Girly Flower Shot : My first go at 'fine art'!!

[Mad Dave]

Hey guys,

I thought i'd have a crack at this 'fine art' malarky, so I got a couple of sheets of A2 black card, a sheet of foam board and one of my cheapo Interfit studio lights and came up with this:



Waddayafink? I know it's not perfect, and the border is far too big, i'll perfect that later.

Dave

EDIT TO ADD: PH is shrinking it down a bit and making it look really clunky - click to view full size

Edited by Mad Dave on Monday 23 July 20:40

[Lotusespritforum]

The background looks great and well lit but the subject is too dark for me on the left. Maybe a diffused flash from in front would add some fill in light and take away the shadows?

[Mad Dave]

Hmm, thanks. I did take a few with two lights, but this one was my favourite for the exactly the things you describe! I rather like the fact that the left is in darkness. Maybe the right is too bright by contrast. I'll go back and look at the other shots

[Mad Dave]

Edited by Mad Dave on Monday 23 July 22:04

[Gemm]

The lighting seems a bit too harsh to me, especially on the right-hand side, and the shadows on the left-hand side also looks a bit too harsh to my eyes. But very good first try.

[Gemm]

BTW, flower shots are NOT girly!

[sdws]

Lighting is a bit too unbalanced for my taste. Rather than two lights try using white/silver/gold material as reflectors to bounce light back in to lift the shadow areas. By varying size and angles of reflectors it is surprising how controlable they are.

[2jamesl]

Yes adjust the lighting to create softer shadows and change the font at the bottom, have more elegant, flowing writing

[B3N]

Here's my flowery attempt from the weekend.

Finding this home studio (a couple of pieces of card) is creating some great effects.

[GFWilliams]

nice shots everyone, but why a dead flower?


GFWilliams

[_dobbo_]

Dave, I actually prefer the first one, but find the reflection in the vase a little distracting, it's a bit harsh.

[B3N]

GFWilliams said:

nice shots everyone, but why a dead flower?

Because my gf can't keep them alive!

[Mad Dave]

Thanks for all the advice guys I still like photo 1, but may have another go if I get time

I did take a few shots with more lighting on the left, maybe i'll process a couple