About the Image(s)

For this month our camera club set subject was "Staged Image". While that does cover a multitude of areas, still life, portraiture, pets, etcetera, I decided to present this image.

A very simple vase and reed combination using about five lights to illuminate the set up against a simple black background. While this image didn't turn out exactly as I had in mind, it did score reasonably well with the judges. The image I am after and will try again at a later date is for the effect of the reeds in motion flowing up and then the reeds in a stationary position, similar to a back curtain flash affect. Tried a number of different ways all very unsuccessful, perhaps an idea will come later on that will work. Thanks for viewing.

Our club allows two images to be entered each month; we have a set subject and an open subject together with two grades A and B grade. We have three award levels Acceptance, Credit and Merit .