Midnight Shine Herold enlow moonshine run

Thomp · #1 05-07-2007, 04:35 AM

A Photo lighting experiment,, on a ongoing project

this harold enlow pattern of hillbilly riding horse, i decided he needed a lantern tyed on a pole out in front of the mule, lighting his way
setup a black shop apron backdrop, all lighting halogen 40watt from the right, casts a forward lighting as if from the lamp its self,.
best 7 of 30 exposures, kodak digital on manual and exposure at -2.0 light filter.
when finished there will be a half starved looking hound walking alongside the couple. and some bramble - stumps..etc..

intended effect, mule and rider both asleep.. dose the light seam to be coming from the lantern?

as my first poll, hope this works right,

poll question: which shot is best 1-7
other comments welcome,
photos are pretty big, so there poster here>
http://picasaweb.google.com/thomp51La/MidnightShine

tnartist05 · #2 05-07-2007, 08:48 AM

The carving its self is very neat plus like you added a lantern which is good but theses picts are too dark which takes away from the good work you did on carving it! Just my thoughts, I do like the "frontal side lit" the best. TnArtist

mwilleson · #3 05-07-2007, 09:47 AM

Nice project Thomp. I like the total front lighting and the blue. I think each has their own nice effects.

One other comment. It's hard to determine from the poll choices photo 1, photo 2, etc....which is which. I assume total front lighting is #4 so that's how I"m voting on the question of which gives the best simulation of light from the lantern on the pole.....the blue is just a cool effect I think.

Thomp · #4 05-07-2007, 10:34 AM

this isent a new charater carving showing .. . .
it was an experiment in photo- lighting

maybe i got the choices fixed

vote or dont but i do want yer thoughts - openions

Tom H · #5 05-07-2007, 05:19 PM

Number 4 Thomp! It's a good balance. You can tell it's supposed to be dark, but can still see the carving and the colors. Really neat. Tom H

feb · #6 05-08-2007, 12:16 AM

Thomp I'll have to go along with TN. I think it's to dark. I went with the side lighting shot. feb

Claude · #7 05-12-2007, 09:37 PM

Thomp:
I think the total front lighting is best, but your light source should be lower. Look at how his hat bill casts a shadow on his face. If the light is "coming from the lantern", it wouldn't leave a shadow from the hat bill. I'd say, just lower the light source about 6 inches and it'll be great.

Claude