Will You Marry Me?

tenlientl · Nov 18, 2008

any thoughts?

this is overdone, but i think i did a great job getting the composition i wanted precisely the way i wanted it:

chrisburke · Nov 18, 2008

#1 is interesting... #2 is wayyy to blurry for my liking, but as you said 'it came out the way i wanted it to" so if you like it, who cares what other people think.

platano · Nov 18, 2008

#1 is pretty cool. #2 is just the way you like it.

Crosby · Nov 18, 2008

#1 is really creative. I like it a lot.

Gazman · Nov 18, 2008

although i don`t particuarly like #2 it does a fantastic job of showing excesive depth of field. Was that shot with the 50 mm 1.8 ?

Kimchi · Nov 18, 2008

The "Will you marry me" picture is VERY creative. I really like it. I dont see the purpose of #2 though. Like Platano said maybe theres something about it that we just don't know about.

laam999 · Nov 18, 2008

loved #1 #2 didn't do anythign for me but if its how you wanted then congrats ^_^

jwsciontc · Nov 18, 2008

#1 is amazing, sick idea too
#2 DOF is just way to intense,
pics are kinda huge too

tenlientl · Nov 18, 2008

yea. i think i should make them a bit smaller next time.

any thoughts other thoughts about #1? how about WB? i also think the pen is kinda distracting and ugly. maybe I shoulda bought a fancy pen?

and yea. 50mm f/1.8. for the second one.

Kendo · Nov 18, 2008

tenlientl said:
yea. i think i should make them a bit smaller next time.

any thoughts other thoughts about #1? how about WB? i also think the pen is kinda distracting and ugly. maybe I shoulda bought a fancy pen?

and yea. 50mm f/1.8. for the second one.

I do like the pen idea. Maybe the fancy pen would work better. Also #2 to me is fine art. I can see it on the wall right now. A 24"x32" print.

yogibear · Nov 18, 2008

It might be me but i think the pen works fine. It looks like you are trying to achieve the look of a hand written note that's passed between two kids in high school. With the color of the ink and that kind of setting, i feel that a fancy pen would be out of place. I think #1 is very well done.

#2 is some intense DOF. I cant wait til my 50mm 1.8 comes ><

tenlientl · Nov 18, 2008

yea. im actually going to print those two in a couple of hours.

not that big though, haha. i was thinking the first one to be a bit bigger than a 4x6. im not sure how im gonna print the second one though o.o

oh, thats not what i want. i want a fancy 30 year old female proposing to a guy o.o. not some high school kid, haha

Iron Flatline · Nov 18, 2008

Number 2 is too shallow, it loses context.

Number 1 is creative, though I must admit that it conjures up a punitive element. I had to rewrite sentences as punishment at boarding school in the 1970s. This makes me think of that. Marriage should not start as a punishment.

Rim-shot to follow...

yogibear · Nov 18, 2008

tenlientl said:
oh, thats not what i want. i want a fancy 30 year old female proposing to a guy o.o. not some high school kid, haha

I should have made my comment a little more clear. I think the ring and colors captured give it an air of an older person while the note and pen add a childish innocence of high school love.

The fancy pen would help put more weight towards the maturity of the photo for sure.

My comments seem to be more about the artistic story. I am no expert but I think you did a wonderful job. I really love this photo

ANDS! · Nov 18, 2008

#2 is way better than #1. #1 is cute, sure. However #2, has this striking smooth blur going on. You know what the object is, and your eyes is most definitely pulled on a line to the singular key in focus. The "context" - who knows, but I think it works on an artsy level. The color is definitely screwy in #2, but you can easily fix that.