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Spicing things up
Spicing things up
tyrkinn


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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Gardabaer, Iceland
Date: Apr 11, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200s
Galleries: Humorous, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2006

A lot of effort was put into this shoot. These are my friends who are turning 30 soon and they asked me to photograph them for their "60 year old" (2x30 years...) birthday invitation card. They got a pro make up artist to make them old (what a great job she did) and they dressed up for the occation. Then the shooting took place at her grandparents house where the interior looked a bit more elderly. We had a great time doing the photos and I really liked the outcome.

I used 2 x Bowens 500W strobes, one with an umbrella and the other with a softbox. Shot Raw. Post processing included USM, Channel mixer in diff mode, Curves and a bit of desaturation. Finally cropped a little bit and resized.

First submission in ages for me

Statistics
Place: 125 out of 199
Avg (all users): 5.3561
Avg (commenters): 7.2941
Avg (participants): 5.0991
Avg (non-participants): 5.5425
Views since voting: 846
Views during voting: 427
Votes: 264
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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04/26/2006 01:06:03 PM
*Howdy from the Critique Club*

First of all, when I looked at it gave me a smile and as my eyes start to move around. The relationship between the picture and the couch are out and a little distracting.
Also if you would have moved your subjects over to your left about 6 inches this would have put his head in the red area and hers in the white. Because the green in the painting is around his head making it look strange. I know you did allot of set up for this shot, but you could always change the background to something else. Just my opinion.

His glasses seem smudged a bit I don't know if this was intentional or not. But I do know the voters see everything here.

Your lighting seems to be dead on, nothing to bright or dark.

You might also keep up your file size close to the 150K limit, so you don't loose any more detail than possible.

Over your photo has a nice funny story to it, I think you have fine image and keep up the good work. If you have any question feel free to ask.

Have a Great Day, Mark Thomas Kelsay
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/23/2006 04:14:51 PM
even the painting is tilted! ;-)

very nice!
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04/23/2006 09:56:18 AM
hehe, this is soo cool.
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04/22/2006 09:22:37 PM
Go get 'em !

Funny and really well done.
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04/22/2006 09:00:17 PM
I really like the image - a straighter crop etc. but I can't help but give it a high score.
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04/20/2006 09:11:23 PM
Color Studio Portrait challenge? DNMC
04/19/2006 04:30:36 AM
the orientation of the image is awkward - due to the rotated painting hanging behind the subjects. But the wakwardness is caused mainly due to the combination of the rotated painting AND the tight cropping of this photo.
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04/18/2006 10:17:59 PM
Seems oversharpened to me. His right eye looks artificial or odd, maybe highlights cloned there? The titled painting disturbs me.
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04/18/2006 08:00:08 PM
superb! looks like these people are made of plastic.
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04/18/2006 03:17:15 PM
Your creativity in setting up this scene get you a 10.
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04/17/2006 09:21:07 PM
The sacrifice you make for England! Well set up. 10
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04/17/2006 02:24:23 PM
The painting on the back wall adds a sense of tilt to the photo.
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04/17/2006 09:35:31 AM
Different, I like it, good luck. 9
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04/17/2006 09:16:23 AM
White balance seems a bit to the yellow side and the painting in the background is crooked. A little bit of mood lighting rather than just full on, would have made this picture pop a bit more.
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04/17/2006 03:12:12 AM
Where's the cigar? Sorry- I just couln't avoid thinking of Bill andMonica...

Wel done and a fun shot. Very sharp and good colors. 10 from me!
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04/17/2006 01:36:30 AM
More a candid than studio.....
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04/17/2006 01:30:53 AM
this is so kewl!
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04/17/2006 01:08:44 AM
Is the guy for real, or is he painted in? His hair looks really strange, as does one of his eyes....
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