Thanks all for the comments. I shot the picture in my office last week. The camera was on a tripod with self timer. I illuminated my hands with my overhead "mouth" light and took a few shots. I did some closer, but liked the look of the mask in the background in this one. Hope the background is dim, but visible. I edited the image on a monitor with a custom profile made for the same brand/model of monitor, but not this exact monitor. If you can see the background, but it doesn't jump out at you, I did my job right.
Oh no... This is scary.
If you could bring the torturer a little more in focus with more contrast, I think could imrove the composition.
But, I love the idea!
Aaaaaargh.... This is scary!
Could be if you brought the torturer into closer focus (but still oof), and a bit lighter, it would improve the composition.
I love the idea!
I never noticed on other monitors, but now I finally see the dentist's mask! That's nicely done, although it would be nicer if on other monitors I wasn't like, "What's that wisp of smoke in the background??" Heh.
Keith, it is my belief that on a properly adjusted monitor that you should easily see the mask, a little harder to see should be the outline of my head. It is subtle, intended to create mood and invoke a memory and feeling. I hope you found the image both appropriate for a "My Job" subject, and artistic in execution..
I am a general dentist and perform oral surgery, while the main focus of my practice is preventive, restorative and cosmetic in nature. I am blessed with a busy practice, great staff and wonderful patients.
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Amen! Well said!
None of my monitors are calibrated!! It IS artistic, my friend, and I highly respect your work. I think stylistically I would have just preferred it to be slightly more obvious because something that is "hard to see" can also be distracting, but hey, who asked me. The thing is, though, for the entire week I saw your shot, and it wasn't until NOW that I see the face, and it really adds a lot to it because, prior to this, I didn't know that I was looking at it from the patient's standpoint at all! Hehehehe my bad!
Whoa!!! When I turned off my halogen lights, now I can really see it well on the LCD!!! OOPS! It was a lot more obvious than I realized. I guess once I know it's there, I see it every time!
It IS artistic, my friend, and I highly respect your work. I think stylistically I would have just preferred it to be slightly more obvious because something that is "hard to see" can also be distracting, but hey, who asked me. The thing is, though, for the entire week I saw your shot, and it wasn't until NOW that I see the face, and it really adds a lot to it because, prior to this, I didn't know that I was looking at it from the patient's standpoint at all! Hehehehe my bad!