These Days it's a Nokia Moment
by smurfguy

Comment:
Though you can still send the pictures to Kodak for printing ...

good and evil
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
If that wisp of hair running past the corner of her mouth were moved over (or removed) you'd have an even nicer yin/yang effect.

chele esque
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
The gritty/grainy feel works really well here.

Sometimes if I want to accentuate the grain/noise and I'm planning to end up with a B&W, I'll just copy the Blue Channel to a new Grayscale image.

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by Elvis_L

Comment:
Reminiscent of the scene near the end of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey ... very nice effect.

SD4: Exit Stage Left!!
by cgino

Comment:
Whenever I try motion-panning on animals, I find I'm zoomed-in too far and can't get them in the frame with any reliability. With more MP available to you, I suggest pulling back to a little more wide-angle setting and cropping in later -- that's certainly what I'm planning next time I'm trying it.

Day Five
by Bear_Music

Comment:
From the pattern, it looks like the center of a composite flower.

Warm colors and bold "strokes" give it quite a painterly look to me -- maybe a take on "Sunflowers"?

Boy
by xianart

Comment:
I like the strong diagonals in the composition. I'd like to compare with a version where the eyes are not quite so super-sharp -- it makes it look a bit artificial when it's really a completely natural capture.

PS: The eyes look good in the thumbnail -- I think I was a little surprised at the difference between the small and large versions.

Message edited by author 2007-08-04 21:13:38.

Star Light
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by annig: what I'm wondering is why a person would know or even think, to do this?? :) interesting use of technology old & new!

I was actually trying to make something which would work as a neutral-density filter. I figured I could focus the camera on the distant subject, and that the dots/lines in the filter would be so OOF that they'd disappear -- there's been a recent discussion of this effect in a thread about shooting animals through cage bars. Obviously, it only partially works.

I work in the printing industry, where I'm used to turning images into halftone screens -- clear film with a pattern of dots which simulates the original photograph.

I have some pieces of film with different types of densities and patterns -- I'll have to see what effects they can produce.

gork
by yanko

Comment:
As mentioned, a great Hallowe'en shot, though I'd probably shift the color of the eyes to a more pronounced orangy-red (though it should be noted that those are colors I don't see well!).

thelook.jpg
by drz01

Comment:
I'd like to see it with the green background darkened up considerable, letting the ladies in the center "glow" and be the focus of attention -- right now the brightness of the background tends to draw my eye away from them.