Creepy

So I had this great idea and thought I executed it well to my liking. But I have a feeling there is a lot to improve on in this photo. Comments and criticism PLEASE!!!

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Well, I like the way it turned out, myself. The shadows make the knuckles really stand out and give the hand that ghoulish look... and the hard shadow on the left foreground leaves a lot to be wary of...

Works for me.

Juniors G7 wrote in post #6004382
=Junior's G7;6004382]Well, I like the way it turned out, myself. The shadows make the knuckles really stand out and give the hand that ghoulish look... and the hard shadow on the left foreground leaves a lot to be wary of...

Works for me.

Thanks for your critique!

I really like the pp you did with this. How did you get the hand like that? Or do we not want to know?

jbone wrote in post #6004585
I really like the pp you did with this. How did you get the hand like that? Or do we not want to know?

I took two photos of the sink using a tripod. One with me and one without. The one with me, I leaned into the sink as much as possible and layed my hand out as you see it. Took a few tries to get something I though I could edit my body out of, but there you are.

An odd thing happened when I did this though. The two photos, despite locking the focus, using a tripod, and setting everything manually, the two photos never did overlay perfectly. I had to manually move them so they overlapped perfectly. Anyone know why that is??? Also the colors were slightly different in the photo with me in it, any ideas?

Pierre81385 wrote in post #6004605
An odd thing happened when I did this though. The two photos, despite locking the focus, using a tripod, and setting everything manually, the two photos never did overlay perfectly. I had to manually move them so they overlapped perfectly. Anyone know why that is??? Also the colors were slightly different in the photo with me in it, any ideas?

As you moved the floor likely flexed, and you used auto WB so with you in the scene the WB was recalculated to be something slightly different.

Great photo... and as always I'm very impressed to see people work right from concepts to excellent executions. One thought though: the hand is - though tensed - ostensibly resting on the benchtop. I think it would have more impact with the fingers wrapped over the edge and an appearance of strain... more suggestive of supporting weight within the sink, or an active effort to emerge therefrom. Regards, Tony

tonydee wrote in post #6006469
Great photo... and as always I'm very impressed to see people work right from concepts to excellent executions. One thought though: the hand is - though tensed - ostensibly resting on the benchtop. I think it would have more impact with the fingers wrapped over the edge and an appearance of strain... more suggestive of supporting weight within the sink, or an active effort to emerge therefrom. Regards, Tony

Thanks a lot! As it happens I do have another photo with something similar to what you describe, and I did find the effect of the hand "grasping" to be more effective. Thanks for pointing it out! And thanks for your comments!

LeuceDeuce wrote in post #6004635
As you moved the floor likely flexed, and you used auto WB so with you in the scene the WB was recalculated to be something slightly different.

Hummm, I used manual white balance actually, but your floor theory might be the cause. Of course I don't have a remote cable or anything like that so now that I think of it, I was probably the one who moved the camera ever so slightly when I pressed the shutter button!

Pierre81385 wrote in post #6006767
Hummm, I used manual white balance actually, but your floor theory might be the cause. Of course I don't have a remote cable or anything like that so now that I think of it, I was probably the one who moved the camera ever so slightly when I pressed the shutter button!

Not sure why the colours changed then, unless something about the ambient light changed. Thinking about that... what colour was your shirt? It could have been reflecting light changing the ambient colour in the room.

Pierre81385 wrote in post #6006767
Hummm, I used manual white balance actually, but your floor theory might be the cause. Of course I don't have a remote cable or anything like that so now that I think of it, I was probably the one who moved the camera ever so slightly when I pressed the shutter button!

The 2-second (or 10-second) self timer works well as a substitute for a remote shutter release. I use that almost anytime I'm on a tripod.

LeuceDeuce wrote in post #6006983
Not sure why the colours changed then, unless something about the ambient light changed. Thinking about that... what colour was your shirt? It could have been reflecting light changing the ambient colour in the room.

Again, as I think about it, is it possible that the color changed ever so slightly from the reflection from my skin? I wasn't wearing a shirt, but perhaps I should have worn a black one?

THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE SINK!