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Carrol

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Hi all. I had a different idea, but ended up taking some shots of my daughter's guitar because of the pleasing (and rounded) edge shapes.
I used one light and a reflector (white foam core board). I played with the angle of the reflector till I got a reflection-shape that I liked. -- C&C always welcome.
Update: Changed to vertical.

Edited on Nov 29, 2008 at 09:46 PM · View previous versions

Nov 29, 2008 at 01:21 AM

CDalessandro 14-time assignment winner

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · #321 Midnight Blues

I like the flow and the reflections..nicely done Carroll, Carolyn

Nov 29, 2008 at 08:04 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · #321 Midnight Blues

Carrol, did you have the light above/right and the reflector below?
I like the rendering of the shape of the guitar, but I'm not sure about the bit of background texture that you lit. It does lend a sense of reality, as opposed to a floating guitar product shot, but somehow with the clean black along some of the edges I wonder if the neck would be more effective if you went to black in the lower right. Maybe it's best like this. With the strings horizontal it's not as dynamic as a diagonal composition, but there's flow inherent in the curves that you portrayed so well.

Nov 29, 2008 at 09:05 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #321 Midnight Blues

Great color , nice shot.

Norm

Nov 29, 2008 at 09:26 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #321 Midnight Blues

Eye catching! Very Nice Carrol. I would hang it vertically with a super cool frame

Nov 29, 2008 at 03:28 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #321 Midnight Blues

Hi Carrol,

I love the color and the style of this shot. Beautiful.

Best wishes,

Steve S.

Nov 29, 2008 at 09:14 PM

Carrol

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Photon wrote:
Carrol, did you have the light above/right and the reflector below?
I like the rendering of the shape of the guitar, but I'm not sure about the bit of background texture that you lit. It does lend a sense of reality, as opposed to a floating guitar product shot, but somehow with the clean black along some of the edges I wonder if the neck would be more effective if you went to black in the lower right. Maybe it's best like this. With the strings horizontal it's not as dynamic as a diagonal composition, but there's flow inherent in...Show more →

The guitar was shot vertically. (I've replaced the horizontal image with it's original vertical format... I do like this much better.)
I had the main light to the right - and the reflector to the left.
I left a bit of the background texture because I usually don't like "floating" objects.
Thanks very much for your input!
~ Carrol

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Nov 29, 2008 at 11:06 PM

Carrol

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Vipermike wrote:
Eye catching! Very Nice Carrol. I would hang it vertically with a super cool frame

Thanks Mike! -

Nov 29, 2008 at 11:09 PM

Carrol

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · #321 Midnight Blues

Carolyn, Norm, and Steve ~
Thanks for your comments! Have a great week,
Carrol

Nov 29, 2008 at 11:10 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · #321 Midnight Blues

Wow...the change in perspective really makes a difference...beautiful shot Carrol.

--john

Nov 30, 2008 at 06:00 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · #321 Midnight Blues

Hi Carrol

Beautiful shot. I like the bit of texture to the right of the neck. It's very subtle.

Dave

Nov 30, 2008 at 09:24 AM

Yakim Peled 1-time assignment winner

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · #321 Midnight Blues

This is truly a sensuous pic. Well done.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Nov 30, 2008 at 09:57 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · #321 Midnight Blues

Beautiful color and very nice shot. Great capture of a simple guitar.

Carolyn

Nov 30, 2008 at 06:01 PM

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I like the graceful lines and color.

Nov 30, 2008 at 06:26 PM

Carrol

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Thanks Carolyn and AuntiPode ~ I appreciate your comments!

Nov 30, 2008 at 11:42 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · #321 Midnight Blues

Excellent shot, Carrol! I really love this. The color and the movement generated by the shape and light are great! I'm glad you tilted it back the way it was supposed to be. I was going to suggest it, too.