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 05/19/2004 01:17:44 AM · #1
Thought I would post these for the heck of it.

First, my Opposites outtake.. the shot I used was my second worst score (whee-haw!) but I'm glad I chose it, since the alternative was another fire and ice one, and badly done. The reasons I chose not to use this should be obvious.



Next is my Habits outtake. I had a really hard time with this challenge, since habits are such a personal thing.... what for many is a habit may be no more than a hobby or a product of nervous energy to others. I ended up only shooting two ideas, and I chose the one that was both riskier and lacking my face. When I use myself as a makeshift model, I tend to want to use Neat Image way too much, and I wasn't sure anyone else would see hair twirling as a habit anyway.



I think I enjoy the outtakes posts as much as the challenges :)
 05/19/2004 01:21:22 AM · #2
The hair twirling might be more sucessful if you were to try a longer exposure to give a blurring effect to the hands and hair. Just a thought.

Message edited by author 2004-05-19 01:21:32.
 05/19/2004 01:24:34 AM · #3
Originally posted by faidoi:
The hair twirling might be more sucessful if you were to try a longer exposure to give a blurring effect to the hands and hair. Just a thought.


I was actually going to try that, and I completely forgot. I was also going to try it with a softer focus, and, again, I forgot. I came up with my second idea while I was still working on this one and never really finished the first, hehe :)
 05/19/2004 01:25:17 AM · #4
I really like the habits outtake. I think it would have done well if you could have avoided the overexposed background, or even here, cropped tighter to reduce it. Also, a little less Neatimage would be best. IMHO.
 05/19/2004 02:35:12 AM · #5
My shot got rightfully DQed for Opposites. I got mixed up and used advanced editing, but I still like the shot I got.

05/19/2004 02:39:09 AM · #6
Originally posted by Zoomdak:
My shot got rightfully DQed for Opposites. I got mixed up and used advanced editing, but I still like the shot I got.


Looks like a good prints addition.
 05/19/2004 03:59:53 PM · #7
Originally posted by nshapiro:
I really like the habits outtake. I think it would have done well if you could have avoided the overexposed background, or even here, cropped tighter to reduce it. Also, a little less Neatimage would be best. IMHO.


Thanks for the comments. The background was one of the major reasons I wanted to avoid doing this kind of shot. I have no real light controlled areas in my house, and working with daylight (behind me was a window) can be difficult.

And I agree about Neat Image, but I'm vain. ;)
 05/19/2004 04:02:55 PM · #8
Originally posted by Zoomdak:
My shot got rightfully DQed for Opposites. I got mixed up and used advanced editing, but I still like the shot I got.


That is a great photo, too bad about the advanced editing.
 05/19/2004 04:13:37 PM · #9
Ah, oh well. Was only at a 5.1444 when it was DQ'ed, so its not that big of a deal to me.
 05/19/2004 04:29:19 PM · #10
The hair twirling is lovely black and white work. Great lighting and tones. It does, perhaps, look a bit overly smooth, but maybe if you added a fairly transparent glaussian blur layer it would take some of the smoothness and make it look more natural, like a soft focus image. Still a beautiful shot, though, I would have rated it a 7 or 8, I think.
 05/19/2004 04:35:39 PM · #11
Echoing jodiecoston....wonderful photo..beautiful....7 / 8......9
 05/19/2004 04:37:37 PM · #12
Here's the unsmoothed original for the heck of it. Tones are different, I guess I fiddled with those later :)



There goes my vanity.

Uaagh... as my Habits entry continues to fall, I'm starting to wish I'd used this one.

Message edited by author 2004-05-19 16:39:43.
 05/19/2004 04:51:47 PM · #13
The grainy one doesn't look that bad, come on.
But I still like the smoothed one better.
 05/19/2004 04:58:21 PM · #14
I was suprised nobody did a hair twisting entry when I was looking through them. That's a really good shot. Fadoi's suggestion about using a slower shutter speed to show motion might have been a good touch. But overall, I like it. Great facial expression too!
 05/19/2004 05:18:42 PM · #15
Originally posted by jenesis:
I was suprised nobody did a hair twisting entry when I was looking through them. That's a really good shot. Fadoi's suggestion about using a slower shutter speed to show motion might have been a good touch. But overall, I like it. Great facial expression too!


I actually came across a few hair twirling shots.
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