I wanted to have another look on "mother" than the usual (mother & child, pregnat etc.) so I decided to do a shot like this.
Allready had planned to get a light photo, to accentuate the holy spirit of mother mary. The neckless is just an ordinary one, I got it in the grocery-store. The scarf is actually a silver very wide shiny pants, I like to wear them with carnaval :P
I'm not religious in any kind, but I really had fun shooting this selfportrait. I think it's always pretty hard to shoot a selfportrait, getting the light & compo right takes 10 - 20 photos, and after that you have to take a bunch more to get what you want. But, after everything's done, I really get a kick out of it!
I'm very happy with the way this one turned out, I hope you guys can appreciate it as well!
post-processing:
curves to make the photo lighter
desaturated all, except cyan
contrast
cloning & healing brush & dodging & burning to remove spots on my face
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I had the comment from someone else about the pants on the side of my nose before entering it. tried to get that part away, but I thought it was missing something over there to make the photo "fit", if you know what I mean.
@ Palmetto: while voting, I read the comments about the "too white", but I didn't know it was really too much. I thought it was just right. Think my monitor is set a little too bright...
thanx everybody for commenting, very much appreciated!!
Hi there, biteme - just wanted to say that this deserved at least a 6.4 :-) I enjoyed the shot and enjoyed reading your comments about it. I learned a lot from reading the comments made, too. I think you have a perfect face for this kind of profile shot. It might be interesting to see your nose area, around where your pants are sticking out a little, slightly more defined. Hmmm, that last part of the comment sounds funny. Just PM me if you want me to explain :-)
I really like this shot. I expected it to do better than "middle of the road". The high-key purity is wonderful. I agree with the others, it may be a little "too white", but with a slight adjustment, this would be perfect!
I love how the hands stand out but the face blends in with the background a bit too much because of a lack of contrast. Maybe a bit more room on the left side of the hands would have been nice.
I'm glad you did this shot. I was hoping someone would. I would have, and thought of it, but didn't have a model. This is a very nice depiction though. I don't think I would have thought to do a lot of white in the photo. I'm bumping this up. The model is great. Looks very angelic, and the hands look very pure. I also like the rosary beeds shoing through. Would have liked to see a cross though.
I wanted to try something like this (being a catholic) somehow your photo (without the title) doesn't lead me to mother mary, perhaps a little more covered face, less wrinkled hands... more like in a "prayer" attitude than a "posing" attitude, like there should be a deeper feeling, deeper emotion coming from the mother of Christ... you have something against you, we are used to seeing lots of different representations and form each one his own expectations from such a subject. I hope this helps, I am commenting with full respect to the subject, to Mother Mary and to you, I think this is a good photo but is just lacking something.
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