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02/01/2006 06:51:53 PM · #1 |
Sorry bout the title, just thought it might draw some attention. Finally got to go out and play with my Bowens lights that I got last october, hadn´t gotten the chance yet to try out the battery pack that came with it. Kindof liked these shots. Not too much editing going on, just did a little desat, increased contrast a lot and that´s pretty much it. Any thoughts, wether they be good or bad? I actually liked one of them enough that I thought about entering it in the current free study but I was very happy with the one I did enter so I let it be.
Bring it on, would love to get some feedback, don´t be afraid, I got tough skin! :D
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02/01/2006 06:59:20 PM · #2 |
i like the portraits themselves (actually, the first one more than others), but somehow the background does not work for me. there is just too big a contrast between the model and the background, both in color and lighting, feels more like an artificial (photographic?) studio backdrop, or (worse) photoshopped superimposition. Just my opinion, of course... |
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02/01/2006 07:12:23 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by ltsimring: i like the portraits themselves (actually, the first one more than others), but somehow the background does not work for me. there is just too big a contrast between the model and the background, both in color and lighting, feels more like an artificial (photographic?) studio backdrop, or (worse) photoshopped superimposition. Just my opinion, of course... |
My thoughts exactly.
The lighting on the guy is good by itself but in combination with the very dark natural setting it looks a bit faked. |
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02/01/2006 07:31:29 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by fadedbeauty: Originally posted by ltsimring: i like the portraits themselves (actually, the first one more than others), but somehow the background does not work for me. there is just too big a contrast between the model and the background, both in color and lighting, feels more like an artificial (photographic?) studio backdrop, or (worse) photoshopped superimposition. Just my opinion, of course... |
My thoughts exactly.
The lighting on the guy is good by itself but in combination with the very dark natural setting it looks a bit faked. |
my exact thoughts too! the lighting on the man is quite good, but the background just doesn't fit.
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02/01/2006 08:52:50 PM · #5 |
Same opinion as the others. The lighting on the model makes the background look like a backdrop, big time. |
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02/01/2006 09:13:03 PM · #6 |
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02/01/2006 09:36:38 PM · #7 |
such is an advertisement. damn quality photos... ;}
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02/02/2006 12:45:53 PM · #8 |
Thanx for all the comments and input :) Marked all of them helpful as they were and I would mark all of your inputs in this thread as helpful if I could.
I completely agree with you that the shots look artificial as if they were taken in a studio with a big print as a backround. I actually do like them that way though, I tried lightening the backround but I just didn´t think it looked as cool and dramatic and this was pretty much the look I was going for, still not 100% happy with these shots as there is something missing but I am going to go at this some more and do another photoshoot and explore this some more, I´ll post the results here if anybody is interested.
I suspect that these are shots that wouldn´t do well in challenges as people would probably think that they were "fake", I think that these are shots are not "DPC friendly", what do you think :)
I still haven´t gotten a comment on Oli Geir II, anybody care to be the first to give me some input on that shot? I´ll be glad to exchange comments if anybody want´s my opinion on their shot, just post a link to the image here and I´ll look at it. Thanx in advance :D |
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02/02/2006 01:33:49 PM · #9 |
You set up your Bowens lighting on a stormy beach like that? I would be too scared the lights would blow over, it looks purdy windy there! |
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02/02/2006 02:09:03 PM · #10 |
Left you some comments. I agree that they're probably not too DPC-friendly because of the background (although I'll probably get linched for being so negative-lol). Very cool shots and wonderful lighting on the model. |
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