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Originally Posted by Spidey976
Judging from SEVERAL pictures I have seen from that angle the head looks off, but I am willing to bet that the piece looks awesome when viewed from the selected angle. So in the end as long as people enjoy the piece that is what matters. Edit: I will say I think it needs a straight on looking head though
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But thats my whole point, every statue has angles where you can make certain aspects of the statue seem....well, just off or weird. Clearly one of those angles with this statue is that angle taken from the left side as it makes his neck look longer than normal and that is only exaggerated when your down low and use a wider angle focal length. I'm not arguing that it doesnt look weird from that angle. I'm arguing that it's an angle that is irrelvant as nobody is actually going to view or display the statue from that angle.
Again, I can pretty much guarantee that I could take any statue Sideshow has ever created, even thier most beloved pieces, and find similar angles to take pictures from that make one aspect or another of the statue seem off. And again, that is only amplified if one doesnt use a proper focal length when shooting.
One should never go outside the 50mm to 85mm focal length range when shooting statues. Anything above 85mm is going to flatten out the features and anything below 50mm is going to stretch out and distort the features. And while 50mm is more in line with what the human eye sees, 85mm is a more natural portrait lens so statues are going to look a bit nicer when photographed with a focal length closer to 85mm. This is definitely one of the more common problems I notice with the pictures many people take of thier statues.
At least for me, the only thing that is important is how the statue looks from normal viewing angles and this statue was definitely not designed to be viewed from that left side angle, especially down low. The fact that he is looking away from that side should make that clear enough. This statue is clearly meant to be viewed straight on or from a more right sided angle like the picture I showed before.
