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Another 3 Portraits…
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Shot at the Dunbrody Festival in New Ross yesterday.
This was one of those street selling guys…you know with the cowboy hats and those REALLY annoying bird whistles?
Post Processing – Dodge/Burn, levels, smart sharpen, desaturate reds and yellows.
Same fella again, except when I first saw him. This was shot from the hip and extremly underexposed (Had just finished at the gig!)
Post Processing – Desaturate, shadow/highlight, dodge, reduce noise, burn, sepia tones.
A bouncer outside a pub in New Ross. I loved the combination of the white collar and Anarchy tattoo on his head!
Post processing – Dodge, levels, smart sharpen, lens blur on left hand side, dodge/burn, desat reds and yellows.C&C me! :)
right, seeing as u wont leave me alone unless i comment on these, here i am.
First one is a good portrait capture but I dont like the post processing, i cant put my finger on what it is exactly.
Second one I like alot more, its definately my favourite of the three. Nice use of empty space to the right and a good capture of emotion in the face. Well done.
Third one is very good aswell but I think id like to see more of his face.
Still tho, 3 damn good shots.
Not keen on the post processing I’m afraid. I think that both 1 + 2 are promising had the exposure been spot
one, coz that guy has a great face for the camera.
Second one is interesting, nice angle, but the background is a distractionOn the last one, I think well done in terms of seeing the tattoo on his head positioned against his white shirt.
Its a pity it was on the front of his head ;) so we could see more of his face.I’m with Mark on this one. Your post processing tends to be very heavy, which works well on some portraits but not others. For instance I really liked your bus driver. For me however, these 3 images are just way too overcooked.
Good good, I agree that the photoshop effect either works or dosn’t.
The first, I defo burnt too much.
The second shot was horribly underexposed, but I’m wondering if a tight crop will do anything for it.
The third, I like, though not many others do. I guess it’s more of a personal shot than anything else, which, obviously isn’t a reason for thinking its fantastic :P
Would you think they’re any better with different post processing, or is it the shots themselves that lack?
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Fajitas! wrote:
Would you think they’re any better with different post processing, or is it the shots themselves that lack?
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That’s hard to answer without seeing the original shots. For me though, an image is all about what is spit out at the end of Photoshop so I tend not to tweak images over and over again. What I see in my minds eye when I take the shot is what I want to work towards in PS. In terms of the shots lacking, I’d be of the opinion that 3 is just the back of someones head. These shots seldom work unless there’s some real sense of emotion (loss, lonliness, stress… something to make the viewer feel it too). Number 2 after all the processing is still horribly underexposed, so can’t see a crop making a huge difference. Number 1 is pretty unusual and maybe worth another stab in PS.
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