House of Cards

[Runmonty]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/13923499831_5ae51eab95_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ndnzpV)house-of-cards (https://flic.kr/p/ndnzpV) by runmonty (https://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7280/13977815196_8d54c7afa3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/niaXtJ)house-of-cards-2 (https://flic.kr/p/niaXtJ) by runmonty (https://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5194/13997726042_f8b2735523_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/njW1hb)house-of-cards-3 (https://flic.kr/p/njW1hb) by runmonty (https://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/14001359814_97465a7d66_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nkfCtq)I am important (https://flic.kr/p/nkfCtq) by runmonty (https://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

[ewaizel]

#3 works for me!

[Marko]

Very cool set - I also favour shot 3.

[Mad Aussie]

3 for me too. Cool!

[Bambi]

neat captures- I too like #3

[Renan Paiva]

I agree the #3 for me was the best too.

[Runmonty]

Thanks for the comments folks

Looks like a clean sweep for #3. I would agree, but I was drawn to the mottled light in #1 (it is almost straight out of camera except for a minor levels play) .

[JAS_Photo]

Nope. Number 2 for me. I love those cards. They remind me of New Orleans somehow. They look much better on the black background over at flickr. The forum here does not do them justice.

[Runmonty]

Thanks JAS, I am glad you were drawn to the look of the cards - it was the retro look of the cards that attracted me to this shot

[QuietOne]

I liked the second one as well, specifically for the cards.

[Hillbillygirl]

#3 for me also. Just the dof used seems to really make this work with the lines/patterns.

[Iguanasan]

I like them all for the wonderful patterns but my eyes are drawn to the clean lines of number 3 as a favourite. Very cool set.

[christopher steven b.]

Delicious textures and linearity. Please tell me whoever set these up glued them together so I don't feel so inept--I don't think I'd make it to the second level.

One thing that I might have changed might have been light: I'd have liked a little more atmosphere and mystery which could have been accomplished via a directional especially hard light off-axis.

[Runmonty]

Thank you all for your comments


Delicious textures and linearity. Please tell me whoever set these up glued them together so I don't feel so inept--I don't think I'd make it to the second level.

One thing that I might have changed might have been light: I'd have liked a little more atmosphere and mystery which could have been accomplished via a directional especially hard light off-axis.

They were set up as an exhibit in an art gallery, so yes they were glued together. It also meant I couldn't do much with the light, particularly when I had limited angles the avoid the cluttered background