My favourite movie of the 1980's. I always wanted to do a shot like this and knew immediately when I saw the challenge topic that this is what I would do :)
This is pretty much as I shot it, the only post processing was extending the hair a slight bit to cover her teeth cos she was smiling and I didn't want a smile in the image. Levels, toned to a bluish night kind of scene, cropped and resized.
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Thanx for your comments. The placing of this photo is not so important, it doesn't really bother me. The funny thing is that I like this photo so much more than any of the photos that I have ribboned with :)
I'm surprised this didn't do better. This was amongst the highest scoring shots on my voting page. It felt very "80's" to me in terms of style and mood. I got it right away. Plus it was really well done. You got pooched in my opinion.
My fave movie from that decade. Damn that Mickey rourke and Kim Bassinger! That fridge scene was great! Wonderful exploitation of that movie and great shadows and definitions. Thanks for the memories.
I like the idea and the way the light falls as a a spot with the lines and strong shadow on the background.
However to my liking there is too much bleu/magenta tone in this photo. It takes the pop out of the skin colors and especially the hand looks a bit weird that way. When I do a quick correction with a white levels sampler on one of the bright parts of the breasts section it looks a bit more natural. Also a slight pull upwards on the curves makes it pop a little more and some mild sharpening 80% .3px on the creases in the dress makes the contrast of the edges a little better there.
Posewise it looks like she is a bit shy. The arm in front of her body and the face looking away hidden by all that hair makes it look that way. It does make for a good shadow profile tough. The film poster is like that too, so it is not hones to critisize on that, altough Kim Basinger poses more toward the viewer. 7
I'm looking forward to the workshop Gary. :)
(Philos told me after I guessed his one right in one attempt and yours in one out of four)
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