Backgound enlargement....

[David Darom]

A nice way to display a small and relevant detail in a picture of a
knife can be to display the whole piece on the background of a big
enlargement.

An example of this can be seen below.

• The background-element layer should be relatively darker
and a little underexposed (or by reducing the Gamma value).

• The background enlargement should clearly display an
important element of the knife. In this case the Maker's logo.

Only the photographer's imagination can limit the options for
such a photographic display...

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

[Kevin Jones]

That does create an interesting effect and I haven't seen it done very often.

[David Darom]

Originally Posted by Kevin Jones

That does create an interesting effect and I haven't seen it done very often.

Kevin,

I think that it is not easy to find good subjects for creating
similar (or even completely different) unusual knife illustrations.

AND, most important one must be very carful not to overdo
such presentations or do them too often....

Actually, as I mentioned above, one's imagination is usually
the only limiting factor, as setting up such a picture is technically
very simple....

Amazing presentations of this kind are often found in
professional design artist layouts for magazine ads and such.
You see them in magazines every day...

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)