Ninja & Beer

[arne saknussen]

A little more playing tonight.

[Greg McCary]

I like the idea and processing. Maybe the rest of the sword in the shot, just a nit pick though.

[Photo-John]

If you really want this to work, I think you need to put more of a lighting emphasis on the bottle and sword. I also think you need to follow through and get the shot of the sword breaking the bottle. I don't think you can do this one halfway. It's a cool concept, though. Try again?

[CLKunst]

More action figures Tom? I like this, made me smile and nice dramatic lighting on the face. I'm seeing a blue cast to the lighting here and wonder if that's intentional? If not try leveling your blacks or adjusting your white balance to flash. Fun one! Keep bouncing that light around!

[arne saknussen]

Thanks for the comments.
Greg, you are correct about the sword hilt.
John, I thought it was interesting that the sword appeared black, but maybe you are right about the lighting. And the concept could go further, in fact, now I want the bottle to explode foam. I'll have to work on that.
Cindy, you should see my upstairs workspace, I have hundreds of figures. And thanks for pointing out the blue cast, I hadn't noticed it.

[tamiam]

The blueish cast bothers me some also, I think I would like it more in a dramatic black and white tones to give it more impact. Cool idea though! It doesn't bother me at all that the entire handle of the sword is not showing, in fact I would have never noticed had someone else not mentioned it. But that's just my humble opinion! :-)

[gahspidy]

I think you did pretty well here. I agree with Greg about the rest of the sword included, but not a big issue. I think the biggest concern is wanting a bit tighter sharpness on the face. Also, a bit of rim light (hitting the subject from back/side) would get it to stand out stronger.
Good work here, Arne!