Very nice Sergey. Without any notes under various one has to guess as to what you have done to achieve this shot. Without giving away the store you could share a little more info! The three light source works very well here with either gels or coloured lights to the right and in BG with limited DOF and low POV. I would like to draw my fellow My Olympians attention to this critique. I have stated that (A) I like the shot. (B) What specifically I like. (C) Have left a rating. And (D) have requested more information. This folks is how it?s done. Again Sergey, good stuff indeed.

The low angle and shallow DOF combine to produce an effect I like. Personally I would work at minimizing or eliminating the shadow which falls on the knight in focus on the right as I find it distracting. I often retain my impression when I first view an image since most images don't get much more then a qlance unless they grab your attention at first sight

regards, bert

Donald Bryant wrote:
> The low angle and shallow DOF combine to produce an effect I like. Personally I would work
> at minimizing or eliminating the shadow which falls on the knight in focus on the right as
> I find it distracting. I often retain my impression when I first view an image since most
> images don't get much more then a qlance unless they grab your attention at first sight
>
> regards, bert
>
You brought up a good point Bert. Sergey, if you had just moved that Knight forward slightly that would have taken care of that. Now you can see Sergey that a "simple" shot can be demanding eh! Photography is like wood working..measure twice, cut once! It's easy to overlook a little detail like that.

Nice shot! good light and composition! Best Regards

Randall Beaudin wrote:
> Very nice Sergey. Without any notes under various one has to guess as to what you have done
> to achieve this shot. Without giving away the store you could share a little more info! The
> three light source works very well here with either gels or coloured lights to the right and
> in BG with limited DOF and low POV. I would like to draw my fellow My Olympians attention
> to this critique. I have stated that (A) I like the shot. (B) What specifically I like. (C)
> Have left a rating. And (D) have requested more information. This folks is how it?s done.
> Again Sergey, good stuff indeed.
>

Thanks Randal and Donald. The source of light is a slightly open curtain - I was intentionally looking for shadows in hopes to create an impression that I am as tall (or rather as small) as the figures are. I saw shadows as plus, basically, rather than destructing. The background light is a receiver (h/k avr-700) - not only does it produce great sound but good photographic backgrounds at times as well ;)

http://www.hometheatermag.com/receivers/43/

The blue lights are "CD", "DVD", whatever; the blue with reds around is speakers setup; and the green lights are the "Source".

I did try tamron lens at first, but then realized the magnified perspective did look more sensational (if I may say so) with longer lens (as 50-200) instead.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

- Sergey

Nice shot Sergey

Great shot, perspective and lighting. Love it.