My first still life pics :)

[laimis.s]

http://www.crap.lt/jxl/IMG_0255.jpg

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Image Date: 2006:10:05 19:31:49
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 55.0mm
CCD Width: 4.58mm
Exposure Time: 2.500 s
Aperture: f/29.0
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)


i would appreciate some critiques :) i just made my first "mini studio" in my wardrobe :D here it is ...

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9529/img0270ub8.jpg

hehehe ;) i know i have used too high aperture i will try on f4.5/5.6 and try to blur out the background. Plus the lighting is very crap... there are few unwanted reflections and also you can see that its photographed on paper :(

another pic...

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5385/img0276smallxp0.jpg

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Image Date: 2006:10:05 19:55:45
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 45.0mm
CCD Width: 22.28mm
Exposure Time: 30.000 s
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)


maybe better lighting but you can see my room from this reflection i was thinking put black paper behind the camera to stop reflecting?

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6677/img0286ms6.jpg

as you can see i could really use with some opinions from professionals...

thanks

[ibdb]

There was a thread very recently about shooting subjects like that. I'll have to see if I can find it again -- you'd find it very helpful.

I think these are a nice start. The thing that bugs me about the first two is that I don't have a sense of what the object is resting on, so they're left almost floating, and don't appear natural to me as a result.

Keep at it -- and I'll go look for the other thread now.

[ibdb]

Here it is: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=218885&highlight=reflector

He avoids the "floating" feeling with a piece of glass as a reflector under the subject. Hope this helps you!

[laimis.s]

thank you! [bookmarked] i thought i have seen that post before... now i need to get some glass and better lighting because the huge lamp i have used is wayyy too strong (i dont even think its meant for photography :D

oh and iv just done a self portrait for college... (dont want to start a new thread) got 2 versions not sure which to chose...

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/ginklas/IMG_0352_edited_retouched.jpg

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/ginklas/IMG_0345_edited_rtouched.jpg

im soo pleased with my 400d... the quality is just a-m-a-z-i-n-g compared to my old Fuji S7000... on 100% crop it still looks sharp!

P.S i know that big lamp should be moved out of the frame... il try again sometime

[freefallu]

the first portrait by a mile. the second one is ruined by the flash. for the second id suggest looking at the centre of your lens in the mirror :)