Angels by candlelight

Well, here it is: a series of images taken with 1 (one) tealight for a light source. It started out behind the figurine (was the only thing handy at the moment) and then I moved it in front of the angel. After importing it from Bridge to Photoshop for conversion from RAW to jpg, I thought I try and learn a bit more about some of the features of this conversion. The very last image is showing the applied grain to the photograph. Is it an improvement? I dunno ... anyway, here is what the first image looks like.


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/...3c03afe2_b.jpg


Then I put this thing into Photoshop and experimented with the glass filter


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/...9513f2e4_b.jpg


This is what the darn thing looks like when lit from the front ...


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/...17e1d02d_b.jpg


and finally I went crazy and put grain into it like there was no tomorrow, with this result


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/...dc8b47f1_b.jpg

I am partial to the 2nd and the 4th one Matt. I like the abstract quality the editing in PS gave the first one and the grain works for me in the second.....very nicely done. :)

I like the third. the lighting and shadow convey an interesting mood.

I'll take the 3rd 1st and then the 1st 2nd ;)