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Old 04-22-2008, 11:25 AM
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Mike - I agree with TomD. The last shot is the best. The following suggestion gets at what TomD is thinking, I think. To my eye, that image is cropped a bit too tightly on the top and bottom. In general, I try to leave roughly equal amounts of background (as measured by the distance from the furthest edge of the knife or sheath and the edge of the canvas) on all four sides. How much is debatable: Too little and it starts to look cramped, too much and the background starts to dominate.

Additionally, the camera angle is a little high, slightly distorting the handle/blade size relationship or 'perspective'. Do you see what I mean?

For examples of where to place the tip, perspective issues etc., in addition to Terrill and Coop's web-sites, check out my LooksXpensive link below AND take a look at Eric Eggly/Point7's knife image site: http://knifephoto.com/knifephoto_site.swf
I do this all the time so I can see how others might have dealt with the same issue, whatever it may be.

Good work, Mike!


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