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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:29 pm    Post subject: Anna on the stairs Reply with quote


Planar 1.4/85
Custom duotone made in Lightroom.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I really like that, but I would crop the right side out as I think it could improve it.

Was this @1.4? If so, amazing job with the focus.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't remember, quite some time has passed, but judging on the DOF I would say I used something around f/2.8 or f/4
(which is how I use this lens most of the time...)


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks kind of cinematic - I like it Orio!!


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
stingOM wrote:
Looks kind of cinematic - I like it Orio!!


+1


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks! In fact I made this for use as a cover to my Facebook artist page (hence the writing), but then I liked it as a photo solution too, the empty space works well I think, like you say, it sort of creates a story around her. Smile


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like the pose.
As Martin said, I would crop/heal/clone that burned area in the background.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Himself wrote:
I like the pose.
As Martin said, I would crop/heal/clone that burned area in the background.


Yeah, I thought about that possibility. I'm afraid it would turn out boring If I clone the stairs. Somehow those highlights seem to give the scene a character. I don't know...


PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
see what I mean?
(just a draft)



PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice shot. Like the color tone too.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
tanheis wrote:
Very nice shot. Like the color tone too.


Thanks! Split Toning in Lightroom is a very powerful instrument. You can make duotones, as I did in this case, or you can make tinting of colour photos, in a much subtler way than you can do with Curves in Photoshop.
It has a lot of potential, if only people would take the time to dig in it.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This photograph is a beauty! I don't have any problems with the burnt area.
For me it fits nicely to the whole concept with dual-tone and the
"arty" look of the model.

Cheers
Tobias


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like the duotone look and the model's expression!

One question: how would the photo look when you cut off exactly at the vertical lines left and right?


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A beautiful shot! I like it as is. The highlight is part of it and the fact that her face appears to be looking towards it suggests an idea or dream. I love it. The processing gives it a fashion mag feel too.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks all!

Spotmatic wrote:

One question: how would the photo look when you cut off exactly at the vertical lines left and right?


You mean like this?


It's a possibility.
It becomes a different photo. This way, the emphasis is much more on her face, which becomes stronger and more emotional.
At the same time, the ambient loses character, it becomes more anonymous background, like it could be any blurred background.

Thanks for pointing out this alternative, it is an excellent example of how a simple different cropping can change dramatically the meaning of a photo!


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:

You mean like this?


..... it is an excellent example of how a simple different cropping can change dramatically the meaning of a photo!


Now it looks like a cinematic format. Very trendy these days.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This photo is well chosen. Her expression makes the viewer curious to what she is feeling or thinking.
I like the crop version and I also like the energy of the highlights.
Nice post work as well!


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks! Smile


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio, I like very much your portraits Smile


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Dani Smile


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, the cropped version was exactly what I liked to see. IMHO it works VERY well. Of course you lose something of the setting but as a portrait it's now perfect! I'm envious Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice Orio!

I prefer it as you first showed it to us, without crop etc.
It is like you have frozen the action in a movie.
To tell you the truth, I would be very willing to watch this movie Smile


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks guys! I agree with both you Peter and Nikos. I know, it's not possible Laughing


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I know the solution! The first version is only viewable at even days, the other one at odd days Very Happy Very Happy
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