Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by e301:
You know, if this was a Robert Mapplethorpe photograph its connotations would be entirely different. The simple visibility of background prevents it being such, however. Oh, and the banana. It's more an indictment of dpc that this seems simply simplistic and even a little ... I don't quite know the word: unsympathetic, dystopian perhaps. I wish I didn't see a a certain crassness in it - I mean, the banana for heaven's sake - but I'm afraid I do. I'll be very very interested to see where this rates: its actually a true assessment of style versus content.

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by LaMas:
Very nice capture. the only think that I keep wondering though is what is his left hand doing. I can't see it and therefore my attention kind of draws to it. The gentle balck and white though is a great idea and the photo itself was shot very well. Someone really needs to shave that man!!

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by Jedusi:
nice lighting, but I wonder if you missed nanopportunity by not putting up some 'Cave Paintings' ?

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by lovethelight:
cool lighting and i like the background, but how early can this be with an iron railing inthe background? haha

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by surfdabbler:
Very well done. Great pose and placement. I was going to complain about low contrast on the person, but I think I like how you've edited it.

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by Borusa:
Lovely image, with nice composition and great texture. Good light, too.

Well Groomed
by RulerZigzag

Comment by Citadel:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

As mentioned in a few of the comments, your sky does appear overexposed. How do you deal with that? You can point your camera at the sky and hit the exposure lock button. Alternatively (and the way that I have found to work fairly well recently) is to go into full manual.

I have the D50 and while you have the D200 the process is the same. Point the camera at the sky as mentioned previously. The aperture you wanted (judging from the settings you provided) is F8 so dial that in 1st. Next you have to adjust your shutter speed. In your view finder you will see a series of bars at the bottom. Keep changing the shutter speed until they line up with the middle. (Bars will disappear as you get closer). You are now exposing for the sky.

With trees, you actually want to underexpose usually anyways. (Usually about -2/3 of a stop).

If your exposure if good then you won't need to get too carried away with saturation. Adjust the levels then curves and you'll end up with a really solid shot.

In hindsight I um...wish I would have done these steps myself.... :)

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by Jutilda:
The banana kind of ruins the mood but the technical aspects of the shot are great. I'd have him holding a big ol' turkey leg or hunk of raw meat. Well done though.

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by Cyclop:
I found the rail distracking, other than that.. nice shot!

Early Man
by RulerZigzag

Comment by jonfrommk:
Very funny and very well delivered. Great B&W conversion and lighting