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Challenge: Triptych III (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D
Location: Fort Collins
Date: Oct 20, 2009
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Diptych / Triptych
Date Uploaded: Oct 20, 2009
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I normally don't do portrait work, and I'm normally not a model either, but both came to be on this one. I figured if I was going to try something new by entering a portrait, I might as well try lots of new things, and went ahead and attempted a high key and low key version, to show the spectrum of life. I also got to try out my new 24mm 2.8, which was fun, as well as some neat lighting technique. Too bad my girlfriend is in New Zealand, she's way way easier on the eyes...
Note to self: expect to spend more than 2.5 hours when you are taking and editing three photos in styles you don't normally do. Yes, I know there are crappy wrinkles in my crappy $4.00 white backdrop. I didn't have time to get nice material like the black velvet, nor time to fix those wrinkles and still take the photos.
Post challenge:
The center photo was as bland and lacked contrast because I had to boost curves some to get the white side to blow out in some areas even though I used a separate flash on it. I didn't have enough time to set up another flash to help it out a bit. Same thing goes for the whole "not exactly centered" thing. Details take time... and I didn't give myself much. Still a good learning exercise. Thanks for the comments. |
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01/25/2012 05:57:57 PM |
| ha - look at young Derek! I have to say tho, I really like that picture on the right. It seems so very natural. What a wonderful smile. This is very creative! |
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03/04/2010 02:01:38 AM |
This is a great study in contrast, and for me very well suited to the challenge. It's one of those shots that's probably a bit too clever for the voters and I think you may have suffered from some people not seeing it as a "traditional triptych".
I don't agree with the others on the "centre you" being overexposed, what I do think though is that because of the high exposure that the out of focus arms take away slightly from the shot.
The concept itself is very good, I like the idea of a spectrum of emotions. The positioning of them reminds me of the angel / devil on my shoulders thing and makes the image suggest that the high and low emotions are somewhat like those, each tempting you towards them in their own way. |
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10/24/2009 06:48:57 PM |
| The two smaller photos are very interesting, with the happy high key and sad low key.. The center one less interesting, as the look is a bit vacant and the tones flat. Focus may be a little soft as well. |
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10/23/2009 01:36:38 PM |
| I like your take on this challenge. |
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10/21/2009 03:44:56 PM |
| Interesting use of black and white backgrounds. Not sure I'd have had the smaller poses oriented to the edges of the image, rather than towards the central subject. Normally arrangements like this leave a too large gap in the lower sides of the main image, but you've avoided that nicely. |
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10/21/2009 09:07:20 AM |
| i like the contrast of the two outlying images, but i find the center image overexposed and distracting |
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10/21/2009 03:34:15 AM |
| I feel you've overdone it a bit on the darks and lights. Furthermore, I would have liked the divide between white and black right above the middle of the face. Like often, the devil is in the details. |
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10/21/2009 03:03:15 AM |
| I like this one for its' imaginative use of black and white to create the triple effect, and making it look like one image still. |
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10/20/2009 08:40:03 PM |
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