It's been a while! An Artistic Instrument shoot!

[Janie]

Okay, I shot this series with my Canon Rebel XTi but my firmware is corrupt, so its all shot in AV mode and various settings.

[jkriminger]

I like number 2 for the color and abstractness of it. Vivid! Number 5 is pretty cool too. Nice shots.

[Charles Hess]

Nice series...the first one has real potential, but I'm not crazy over the high contrast/saturation. The last image really grabs me...the unusual instrument, the angle, the deep colors, would be a great magazine ad. If you have photoshop, add a little green in the upper left corner to get rid of that distracting dark spot. Interesting stuff. :-)

[Addies Granddaddy]

Aside from any technical stuff, I like this series because of the different views and perspectives. Nice work.
John

[Janie]

I love the first one because to me, they look like tiki heads! LOL I used a tripod and long exposures on all - some of them became more saturated than I wanted them, so i'll soften them up.

http://janehaas.com/1620web/ is where more of that series can be seen. Maybe you'll like some of the others. I was asked to do a showing of them, but am having trouble picking some for a show! There are some cool guitars and basses - I need to add in some of the other instruments I have, just didn't unload them yet. My friend greg owns all of these! Jealous guys? lol

[Janie]

okay, how's this?


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Thanks! You guys catch things I don't see! Been staring at too many of these and finally did the prints last night!

[Charles Hess]

I still love the bottom shot, my favorite of the bunch. I guess my head's in a different place than yours(probably a good thing, LOL) because I still don't care for the top shot. Still, a good series.

[GB1]

Hi Janie - The bottom shot seems more interesting to me (the top one isn't bad, just seems mechanical compared to the bottom one which is more curvy and artistic). I really like the bottom's concept. But I think its execution could be adjusted, as such:

- Sharper angle for greater foreshortening.
- Either more depth of field or less. Try both.
- Make the image warmer. If you have to adjust in post processing, but I think you could warm it up with sunlight or supplemental lighting.
- Change the blanket to something else for it to lay on. It just seems a bit out of place.
- Change the color of the thing it is laying on.
- Sharper (absolutely use a tripod)

This may seem like a lot but I think the basics are already there, they just need to be refined.

G