Lathe

7d
M
ISO 500
1/250
28-135@53mm
f4.5
External Flash mounted on camera with bounce card

C&C Welcome

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I find the shadows from the flash harsh. Maybe it'd look better b&w?

And a B&W

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Turn the lathe on and capture the chips flyin'!

Not quite tight enough for a detail shot IMO. The harsh lighting doesn't help the color image any either. The B&W version is helped by the harsher light though.

Thanks Rivas8409, so you think a tighter crop?

What you have photographed is just a small part of a lathe. If that is what you were going for, remember that like landscape photography, low angle of light and shadow are what give depth to the image. Instead of having the flash on camera, fire it remotely from an angle to provide some shadowing...or bounce the flash for the same reason.

I think I'd like to see the whole lathe.

Me to, looks like an old wooded-framed lathe. Haven't seen one of them in years... The B&W makes it look old too, kind of nostalgic.

tmoore323 wrote in post #16327638
Thanks Rivas8409, so you think a tighter crop?

If there was something particularly interesting to crop tight of then yes...IF you were aiming for a detail shot. As is though, I don't see anything strong enough to stand out for a tight detail shot. PLUS, you'd definately loose IQ cropping in THAT tight becasue there's just not enough pixels in the details.

Detail shots typcially have to be shot and framed in camera with the intent to show the detail. Cropping a wide shot into a detail shot in PP won't do it any justice.

navydoc wrote in post #16327668
What you have photographed is just a small part of a lathe. If that is what you were going for, remember that like landscape photography, low angle of light and shadow are what give depth to the image. Instead of having the flash on camera, fire it remotely from an angle to provide some shadowing...or bounce the flash for the same reason.

I think I'd like to see the whole lathe.

Flash was bounced with a bounce card aimed at the lathe, but I'm thinking that I need to think out of the box and bounce the flash from other points.

All of these are from a "walkabout" at a museum so no time to set up proper shots but I'm getting a lot of ideas, on a possible re-walkabout

Firemike wrote in post #16327751
Me to, looks like an old wooded-framed lathe. Haven't seen one of them in years... The B&W makes it look old too, kind of nostalgic.

It's from the 1800's

By the way, I think the black and white version is better than the original as it shows more interesting detail...even though it may be a bit contrasty.

Here's my version of your original where I tried to add interest to the image with light and dark.

I didn't bother to straighten the metal piece.

Here's the black and white version of the above edit.

Nice edits, Navy - I have an inside track to this museum, so may go back just to re shoot some of these shots with the critique I'm getting...

Try using just natural light or dialing in negative flash exp comp to balance ambient and flash.

While I'm not always a strict rule of thirds adherent, I think your shot could benefit from keeping that in mind. I'd also say that you are kind of I between being cropped to the point of forcing the viewer to think/wonder what the object is, and being wide enough to just know what is going on and appreciate it for what it is.

Good luck with your next set.