Quote Originally Posted by CLKunst
I have a suggestion for this shot. First of all, it's not really your work is it? It's someone else's painting and your photo really only just frames it, nothing new to add. I would approach a local ballet/dance class (County Community Center?) and see if anyone would consent to posing in front of the painting in a similar pose or if not a full on portrait even a shadow/silhouette of a dancer cast on the wall in scale next to the painting. You could even set it up at night and you could be a partner dancer shadow by casting your own shadow up onto the wall next to the ballerina. THEN you've got a picture that comments on your artistic interpretation of the county for submission.
My wifes thoughts too. The model is a good idea. I thought of this more as a landmark since figures like these are all over the downtown area. The contest is wide open to subject matter but is to help promote tourism. So my thinking was the photo will probably wind up on the counties web site or in a broucher. The statue is in a forgetten area of town and I was hoping no one else covers it. But there is not much in Polk County to really peak any intrest. I hope to return and have until mid July. The contest runs through August but I am to have back surgery in July. Thanks for your help. I will look for a model...