When I read the challenge description my first thought was "the woodies kidnapped him", thinking how that might look it just took a minute or two to come up with Gulliver's Travels.
I originally shot this in the grass in my backyard but the grass was too tall and obscured the woodies so I moved everything to the front yard and lay down in the dirt and took the photo. The strobes attracted a couple of neighbors who I don't think ever really understood what I was doing.
That is my arm in the photo, so that left only one are free to position the twine and woodies which was a lot more difficult than I had anticipated. Someone suggested that the woodies could be placed a little more dramatically but I was just happy they were standing up.
I only had a couple of hours Monday night before rollover to complete this photo and it almost didn't happen. I left work early to purchase the woodies from a local art supply store. Traffic was horrible and I arrived at the store 5 minutes after they had closed. The lights were off and a girl was locking the front door. I had to talk her into unlocking the door and selling me the woodies. It didn't help that she had never heard them called woodies and wasn't to clear on what I was talking about. Anyway thank you Sarah at University Art for re-opening the store for me.
This isn't a very well done photo technically, but I really like the story it tells.
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Love the story - I could have sworn that was Don's arm, and I was wondering (correctly, but with your arm) how the photographer had managed this. And it seems that was almost the least of it.
A delightful shot - perfect for the challenge - and an even better story to go with it! Congrats on the huge payoff (ribbon!) as well! (And I know what you mean that you were just glad the woodies were standing - took mine out to play in the vineyard and could not get him to stay standing on the ground at all!)
Great "story" indeed :O) Wow...back-to-back ribbons! Well done Craig! Thanks for sharing the details - it always adds so much to the image. Itwas definitely worth the effort. Congrats!
Not a bad score for one you didn't think was very good! You seem to have gone from "my photography sucks" to "ribbon hog" in a very short time. Congrats on nailing down the "secret".
I owe all my success to this wonderful site. Back when I wrote the "my photography sucks" thread, it really did suck, but people here were so helpful and gave me some great comments on how to improve. So I just applied myself to the task of getting better and it's has paid off. But I never would have gotten there without the wonderful feedback and support from the people here on DPC. Thanks to you all.
Not a bad score for one you didn't think was very good! You seem to have gone from "my photography sucks" to "ribbon hog" in a very short time. Congrats on nailing down the "secret".
Different idea. I think the direct light is a little strong, as it overexposed areas ont he woodies and the arm, but lighting this was always going to be a bit difficult.
lol funny cause I had a similar idea in mind, but this works very well! Love the woodies poses and the rope/stakes made of twine and toothpicks. Lighting very good, too easy to get glare in shots like this but you did very well 8
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