still life and studio pictures blu viking

Hi all, friends. This is part of an experiment, or better a study, I'm carrying on

about the light, its color, its direction and so on. Nevertheless the results look

quite interesting to me. Let me know you opinion, critiques and comments are

welcome too as far as rating are.

Mauro

I like it, it made me smile.

I like that there are sharp contrasts as well as soft ones and how you can see just a little bit of reflection and a little bit of his shadow. And the blue tones are great :)

Just one thing and this is more curiosity than critique, I just wonder how it would look if you had him at the far right side catching more of his shadow, or shadows depending on the light.

Charlie

Thank-you Charlie for your words.

I find it funny too and your curiosity raises up mine too. So I'll try to set up the picture the way you say and we will discuss the result. :-)

Mauro

Hi Charlie,

here is the try we talked about.

What's your opinion?

Cheers

Mauro

the first conventional composition with lots of room ahead of him gives him a tentativeness, like he's on the defensive, waiting for the enemy... the second un-conventional composition with lots of space behind him, including his taller-than-himself shadow, empowers him with an aggressiveness, like he's about to attack the enemy waiting just beyond the frame

as you can guess i like both but am more inclined towards the second ;>)

a great idea and works fantastically... 6 for the first, 7 for the second

Mauro

I really like it! Like Rajat said it sort of gives him a forward motion and forcefulness AND because he is reflecting the light forward it makes the picture gradually darker behind him and that’s kinda cool.

I like them both, very creative of you, now I am inspired :D

Charlie

Thank-you to both of you for your comments.

Charlie, you were right: I did this attempt mostly as a kinda of welcome to photo.net (I saw you joined the community in the last few days), but the attempt should be made and I like the result.

Rajat, I'm quite surprise by your interest in this kind of picture, but the analysis you've carried out is very interesting and, a posteriori, is the same reading I make about the two shots. I'm spending time to study the (artificial) light impact, because I want to shot pictures in a conscious way and not, as frequently as I do, because I like the "idea of the result I hope to reach".

Be fine my old and new friends  :-)

Mauro