Attempt at Still Life

[MAGIcAL]

Taking Basic Photography Workshop for four Sundays. One of our assignments is to take still life pictures.

Here are my attempts. We're supposed to submit only one... :)

[willy b]

lol nice shots, unusual, but nice! think i liek teh first one teh best, good reflections there

[Yiskah]

Yep, #1 is good:)

[barP]

well...don't submit that one.

don't get me wrong, it's very well shot. technically good. however, if i were your teacher (which i have no business being!) i would ask what the story of this image is. is it about the m&ms, or is it about the rose? if there is indeed a connection, you've got to figure out a way to compose them so that connection is easily recognizable to the viewer.

or...maybe i just don't get it! ;)

wp.

[mu60]

I would try a photo of just the rose (or just the candy, for that matter), personally, shot the way the first photo is. You're getting a nice reflection, and it appears technically good overall, but I'm also just kinda confused by the M&Ms in the glass combined w/ the rose.

Then again, I'm just a total amateur, so what I think doesn't really mean that much. It's just what I immediately thought when I looked at the photos.

[zacker]

love and chocolates... maybe its a Valentines day shot! Mmmm Candy!!!

[Yiskah]

I may get flamed, but I get tired of rose shots way before I get tired of candy shots... and the M&Ms are different.... try just shooting them, without the rose.

[MAGIcAL]

Thanks for all your feedback.

zacker hit it right on the button. I was thinking of using Hershey's Kisses but I don't find them colorful. Thus, decided with the one that "melts on your mouth but not on your hands"... :D

[zacker]

cool... did i win anything?
lol