photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge 137 - Negative Space >> Challenge 137 - Eligible > Gun*
previous | next
05-JUL-2007 phi75

Gun*

Paris

Canon EOS 5D ,Flash 580EX,Light Box
1/200s f/6.3 at 67.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
comment | share
ctfchallenge11-Jul-2007 22:24
Whatever else this is, it's a very nice rendering of the old firearm. I have to admit that I 'love' firearms, having been trained on many of them in the '60's US Army. But I won't own them - just too careless to trust myself to have one in the house. A good friend was "careful"... then one day he shot himself in the foot. Even in the army, an "expert" but exhausted CA state trooper shot a hole in the ceiling of our company orderly room while "clearing" his weapon. -tv
Guest 07-Jul-2007 13:19
Hi CJ,

good eyes my friend, in fact as you said I suspended the gun , then I cloned the shoe lace and up side down the pic!!!
for the light, as I said before, a light box on my 580EX Canon!
a good result for a amateur like me...
phi75
ctfchallenge07-Jul-2007 13:10
Interesting shot Philippe - did you suspend this and then clone out whatever you used to hold it up? It is almost surreal seeing this gun floating in space! CJ
ctfchallenge07-Jul-2007 07:13
hi friends,
look at this link!
http://www.apogeephoto.com/mag1-3/mag1-3mf1.shtml

Try myself to find a better answer for negative space,but that's all I found, maybe some more links...?
Thanks for visiting and comments.
Phi75
ctfchallenge06-Jul-2007 23:10
So far I feel more confused than educated though I hope that will change by the end of this challenge. This is nice clear picture that could be used in a magazine advertisement. Lots of negative space but does the negative space have to be without detail? -COAmature
Rod 06-Jul-2007 22:49
This has plenty of negative space from a drawing painting point of view but us uneducated in art photographers look at smaller subjects in a sea of nothing as a negative space shot. So maybe we will learn something in this challenge or become very confused:-)
arminb06-Jul-2007 18:15
same here, subj. is imho too large too make it a neg. space shot; also it is a great picture :o)
Guest 06-Jul-2007 07:17
When I see the pics in the galleries, I am not so sure about , what people here understand as "negative space", here a link for more details about negative space!

http://www.apogeephoto.com/mag1-3/mag1-3mf1.shtml

have a nice day.
phi75
ctfchallenge05-Jul-2007 15:20
hi Jano,

I shot with a canon cobra flash 580EX and a light box "Magic square"
http://www.inter-image.fr/F_frame.html?http://www.inter-image.fr/F_art_24.html

and ST E2 on my 5D.

Philippe
janewigginsphotography05-Jul-2007 15:09
Great detail and lighting. What was your light set up? The guns appears to be floating. jano
ctfchallenge05-Jul-2007 13:40
great detail and control of the lighting.
theFly