The BG is a very large Dufy print that hangs in my studio.
Converted from RAW. Shot with tungsten ambient lighting and bounced flash fill at 60mm. Cropped tight. Minor cloning of small hot areas on eyeglass frames and a stray hair on Greg's forehead. Minor lightening of color in teeth. Vignetting applied and faded. No other spot editing used.
Contrast masking, selective color, hue/sat, USM, gothic glow faded, further tweaks in hue/sat
Resize, USM, border
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Nice composition and lighting. Remarkably rich colors.
I fear you might get hit with a few "DNMC!"s as it definitely does not look like an actual studio setup. If it is, I want that backdrop!
Only other comment would be that the post-processing seems a bit extreme.The glow effect, in my opinion, detracts from the image.
Nice warm image and good capture - seems to grab there personalities very well. I just have a few suggestions. 1) the combination of shirts and background is just WAY too busy, solid color background and active shirts or vice versa would have worked better. 2) a little heavy on the post processing. Fun pic though - I hope they liked it! (that's all that really counts you know) :-)
The pose, expression and color make me want to give this a higher rating. But ... there's just so little detail left in the blacks (in their hair). The tops of their heads are just globs of black on my screen... I can't tell if gaussian blur was applied (kinda looks like it) or if the contrast was just boosted too much. Anyway, I'd prefer to see hair detail rather than helmets.
If there had been a plain dark background, I think this would have been much improved. I like the expressions, and the mood, which speaks of a real bond of affection between them.
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