Friday, February 23, 2018

1480 - Mona Sylvia - Lit Midground


This is the second of my experimental series of illuminating a picture of that girl with the enigmatic smile, Sylvia.  

I think out of the series this is my favourite, perhaps because it's also the most conventional.  It holds  close to the source photograph (JSVB Post #1478, please click here).  I tweaked the light source so that the drinks and Sylvia are in the lighted area, while shadows add necessary volume to the composition.  The effect to me seems both balanced and dynamic.