A bit more light than usual for this shot.
After that I spent around 1.5h setting the levels, contrast, brightness, gamma, to cut darks from lights exactly where I wanted. It was a pain, and I wanted to give up a few times. Would be much easier in Members challenge but hey.
Had to leave a few spots (see nose-line and neck) as it was impossible to get this right and not spoil something else.
I really hope you like it.
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This is really interesting. The horizon you created with the darkness in the photo gave emphasis to your subject's face and the contrasting darks and lights in her face
I really enjoy looking at this. It is almost liek a charcoal drawing and the eyes are lovely. I would be interested to see a similar treatment with the model looking at the camera as I wonder if that wouldn't have an even stronger connection with the viewer. But this is one of my favorites. 9
Very cool shot. Not too many images seem to do well with the high contrast thing, but that works very well with this - really brings out her eyes. Nice job.
This version of high-key doesn't attract all the attention to the face, like fabrics and background would imply, but lot of it goes to well rendered hair. So maybe needs a bit more push on those shades.
Appears a tad overexposed. My guess is that the camera metered off the white wall. Did this myself. May try to spot meter off the face. If you did this then just tell me where to go!
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I like the way you've split the frame visually, and the placement of the head crossing the boundary is a very unique effect. It's a bit too "high key" for me, would like a touch more detail in the skin, but I really like what you are trying to do with this.
Just not in focus enough for my tastes. I really like the overall look and feel though. When I attempt this type of photography, it never *ever* looks even half this good.
I'm getting lots of dumb comments on my high-key photo... I hope you're not suffering the same fate. Seems some people don't understand... Anyway, I like your photo! The high key works well. And the horizontal line, broken by her arm and hand is intriguing. Love the detail in her eyes! Good luck in the challenge!
Lovely photograp, great expression however I feel there is too much black to the left of the model maybe would have been better to crop it a bit however (7)
There are a lot of people who like this high-key style of shot. I'm not really a fan of it personally. I do like how the background splits between black and white. I cant really see anything technically wrong with this, it just doesnt have the visual impact for me.
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