This is Berglind Veigarsdottir, some of you might know her as the girl on the far right in my Triptych entry. This photo was not taken with this challenge in mind, this is one of the few times I take a shot I took this week and made it fit the challenge, mainly through the title.
Lit with a single 500w bowens esprit head with a 75° softlite reflector. Taken pretty late, about half an hour after sunset, fortunately it´s bright outside for a bit longer than that this time of the year. My wife Henný was the makeup artist/stylist and a friend of Berglind was the hairstylist, don´t remember her name.
For the PP work I increased the contrast and reduced saturation, curves, shadow/highlights and sharpened after resizing, really wish I could darken and lighten some parts of the photo but alas, this challenge is basic editing so this will have to do...
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Reminds me off a picture I took for the "Faceless" challange:
Outside strobeing always works well on dpc :) The rock in front of the chair... not sure about that. Not sure if that was planed or not. The only thing i would have done different is to have the space between the model and tha chair shorter. It will place highly for sure. Good luck.
Not familiar with the saying but really like the photo. Went and looked it up at //www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/260000.html and Unintelligence wasn't what came to mind but anyway...
One of my top5 picks for this challenge, even though I dont get the exact pairing with the title and image. That's how much I like it. Hope it does well for you :)
One of my favorites in this challenge. You have captured this perfectly - with the correct amount of light on the model and the background. This reminds me of a some photos I saw a few years ago with people ironing clothes in a rural setting like this. Nicely done.
Pottþétt frá Íslandi. Hefði viljað færa stólin meira þannig að hann væri ekki falin þarna á neðra horninu, sem sagt sjá hann allan. Annars líkar mér svona myndatökureins og þú getur séð í nýjustu þáttökunni minni hérna á DPC.
Gangi þér vel.
Color/exposure/contrast: 2/2 perfect Focus/sharpness/DOF: 2/2 perfect Idea/creativity: 2/2 very creative Theme: 0/2 the theme-title-picture are totally disconected. terrible. Framing/appeal: 1.5/2 nice picture but I just can't get the chair and can't connect the hair drying with the background TOTAL:7.5
I'm going to let you off on the title and give you the 9 the image deserves anyway :-) If I was nitpicking I'd say the chair could be more upright. Iceland by any chance?
A really inventive take on this challenge. There are a number of sayings that could fit this photo (elevator doesn't go to the top, a quart shy of a gallon, etc.) but it all works.
I might have liked one more item to push the incongruity of this woman's life. The shot is great, I love the moodiness of the lighting, her dress and the DOF. 8
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