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The Eye - Portrait in the style of Andrzej Dragan
The Eye - Portrait in the style of Andrzej Dragan
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Challenge: Photo Tutorial (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Date: Jul 17, 2011
Aperture: f/18
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2011

I am a great fan of Andrzej Dragan's work. His style of processing is among most famous ones, and many tutorials attempt to recreate the magic. In my opinion, none of the ones I found is extremely convincing, so I studied several of them and mixed their ideas with some of mines to get as close as I could to the wanted result.

Dragan's work:
His website/
Some pics

Tutorials:
Link #1
Link #2
Link #3
Link #4

I hope you will like this modest attempt.

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Looks like DPC didn't like this one very much. Made it to 1X.com anyway, so it's probably not that bad.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 65
Avg (all users): 6.6043
Avg (commenters): 8.1250
Avg (participants): 5.9615
Avg (non-participants): 6.7522
Views since voting: 3659
Views during voting: 327
Votes: 139
Comments: 13
Favorites: 5 (view)


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09/27/2011 07:26:11 PM
i hate this pic!! i would rate this a big -100, because you need to find pretty person!!!!
07/26/2011 01:32:50 AM
A wonderful portrait, Christophe. Love the quirkiness. And Dragan's work is fascinating, if a bit grittier than yours.
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07/25/2011 04:42:45 PM
Thanks for thoses links ! That's nice to discover Dragan's work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2011 09:28:19 PM
Hi, Christophe!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/24/2011 11:30:24 AM
One of the best so far, very interesting shot!
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07/23/2011 04:36:19 PM
Your imitation of the photographers style was well executed as far as the background choice and the clothing style and the character of the subject and props used. However te hd quality of your photo doesn't quite have the same feel as the photographer you have chosen to imitate. His portraits have more texture and a little less DoF and some added blur where yours is super sharp quality.
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07/21/2011 01:28:07 AM
Stark, yet excitingly bland...must be the light and shadows. Despite the blood oozing from the wounds of this razor sharp image (can I borrow that patch?), I like it. And stop looking at me like that, it's creepy! 8
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07/19/2011 07:16:11 AM
Very cool portrait. Intriguing.
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07/19/2011 04:17:59 AM
Nice :D
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07/18/2011 10:27:14 PM
In my profound ignorance of things photographic, I had to look up Andrzej Dragan. Glad I did - the work is fascinating. Thanks for a great photo and the opportunity to learn something new!
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07/18/2011 12:02:07 PM
My education in photography still has huge gaps. I am unfamiliar with Andrzej Dragan's work, but I will need to correct this because this image is fantastic. The lighting and portrait aspect of this is wonderful. I hope someday I can create a black and white image this lovely. What can I say about the eye patch, chop sticks and eggs? Marvelously quirky. Can you tell I like this?
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07/18/2011 10:15:52 AM
It'll be interesting to see the tutorial on this one. Great shot. Love the use of light to his right, yet we can still see the detail on the patch side of his face.
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07/18/2011 12:28:56 AM
I think you are in front of our drapes!
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