This is Ingunn, I doubt someone will recognize her but I started off my "2006 season" here at DPC with two shots of her in the Off-Centered Subject II and Blue II challenges. I have had this idea in my head for over half a year now, was originally going to take this photo for the fantasy challenge that was in january this year but at the time there were no elf ears available here in Iceland so I waited till I could buy them and then waited till a fitting challenge came along, the rest was easy.
This is the first time I light a portrait outdoors with only two reflectors. Have used just a single one before and a single one + some sort of artificial lighting like a flash or a monolight but never two reflectors at the same timea and just that as lighting. Did that because I intended to mix up the WB afterwards to get a certain effect on the shot in post processing. Henny held a big one from the left and I held a smaller one to the right. Shortly after taking this shot my friend indridistefans came along and helped us out by holding one of the reflectors, he was a big help even though he didn´t have any effect on this particular shot, this was actually one of the first shots in this photoshoot.
As usually my wife Henny took care of the makeup wich was of course mainly putting on the ears :) Ingunn actually liked the ears so much she left the photoshoot with them on. Notice the date, it was taken at friday and pretty late, around 9 pm so I dunno, maybe she went partying downtown like this, I have to get the full story from her :)
Post processing was mainly just raw conversion where I increased contrast and stuff like that. Since I increased the WB to about 11000 kelvin her eyes wich are naturally very blue kindof lost their punch so I restored them to what they originally look like and then lightened them a little. Then just the basics, shadow/higlights, curves for contrast and sharpened after resizing. This shot could actually be in basic editing modes except for mainly the eye adjustment but since it was advanced I took advantage of that and also did some slight healing brush adjustments.
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Hæ Lárús, Klárlega flottasta myndin í þessari keppni, er þetta Ingunn sem var í ungfrú íslands fyrir ári eða tveim?
mjög flott mynd og titill myndarinnar gæti ekki verið betri
10+
Congratulations Lárus! Yet another fresh image on your front page, very nicely done...
Til hamingju kallinn, lýsingarnar hjá þér eru engu líkar, flott þetta.
Beautiful portrait. I especially like her shy and playful expression, just like an elf would respond to her picture taken. I wondered if the ears were photoshopped or real-fake, nice to know the story behind the picture! Congratulations!
As much as I like this photo - the depth of field jumps too quickly on the right in her hair. DOF is usually a gradual thing.
The ears are awesome - no wonder she wore them off the set! Great eyes. I can see why you would enhance them if they faded out.
Nice job
Congrats again! This has the same quality as Kiwiness' Color Portrait. IN fact i would have guessed it was his entry if someone held a gun to my head ;) Nice Shot!
Okay, When I left my fist comment it looked a teeny bit like your work and I was like..."No it's probably not " I then when you won I was It Was ! Congrats on yet another victory
This is just so beautifully subtle - first you see the eyes, then the ears and then the green leaves in her hair. A truly magical image. Congratulations.
A masterful gathering of ideas, subject and technique to bring about this beautiful work which despite the challenge theme, bears a lovely uplifting feel. Congratulations on your well earned blue.
Absolutely gorgeous. Perfect crop and I love the perspective. Wonderful lighting and color. My pick for blue. Bumping you up....bye bye 7, hello 9. *************
Back again. Ok ok ok...you twisted my arm...a rare 10 from me.
Stunning! This shot captured my attention from the thumbnailed page immediately. Spot on use of shallow DOF. The colors really bring home the magical feel. Her eyes = gorgeous.
This should be the winner. Great everything - colors, editing, pose, gaze, concept. Amazing detail and just a beautiful portrait. Great work - bumping up 2 to a 10.
Realy like this one, good portrait and the elv-eares are awesome, great bokeah. I think the eyes are bit too much in some part, second 9 from me in ths challenge - 9
i voted this a very easy 10. it's a really gorgeous ethereal photograph, and a really subtle, successful take on the challenge. your model is obviously stunningly pretty, which helps carry off and make more authentic / believable those triffic elfish ears. the focus on the startingly blue eyes feels natural, and the depth of field is just perfect. the colours are bright, bold and almost illuminating. a superb striking portrait.
You must have visited middle earth for this image. For this is surely Galadriel of Lothlorien.
Very nice work! From a technical point of view I really like the DOF. You almost miss the elven-like ear because it not in focus which gives it a more natural appearance. Her eyes are captivating.
wow ... beautiful model, fantastically sharp capture and the ear is just classic. Even without that touch, I think the model's expression is bewitching and mysterious enough to meet the challenge criteria. This is a 10 from me, and I don't think I will be the only one giving you the top score. Again, excellent shot.
Ya, this one is going to do well. I gotta say the composition and focus and lighting and everything is just awesome! Straight from Tolkien. The blue eyes are arresting. Fav!
This really stands out in the challenge, the fofus and lihgting are perfect. I wish the elf ear where in focus, but thats just a minor thing. Definetly top 10 ;).. ohh yeah I bet this is you Larus!
this is absolutely PERFECT for this challenge and deserves the blue...I congratulate you in advance, why? well she's beautiful, the lighhting and colour are perfect, the pose has a little mystery to it, here eyes are enthralling, the ears look real (!), it looks like you just met her in the enchanted forrest...this is a perfect 10
Ordinarily I would love this as a portrait, but the intensity kind of takes away from the faerie quality. Great DOF and terrific clarity. I wish the eyes weren't so over saturated. Just not elfen enough for my taste. GREAT EARS!;~D Still giving it a 7 - it is well done. Maybe I'm being too anal about the challenge. ha
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