I painted my daughter's face and hands black (wish I could roughen it up in Advanced) and teased her hair with a comb. Brolly box in front and umbrella monolight in back, with a smoke machine pointed up behind her.
Processing:Converted from RAW, darkened red channel, converted to B&W in Channel Mixer, Curves, colorize slightly, crop and USM.
Post Challenge: Wow, I didn't expect a ribbon out of this one! I just threw a shot in so my WPL team would have 4 entries (and ironically I think we still only had three). Yes, I botched the makeup. I was in a hurry because it was past my daughter's bedtime and I only had a water pastel crayon to work with (the same thing I used to paint her in the Feet challenge). I should have smudged it around. Oh well. Cleanup only took a few minutes, but it looked like she was wearing eye liner for a couple of days. ;-)
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Congrats on your ribbon, Shannon. Who is going to pay for her therapy as she grows older? Let's see... you blow her up, put bugs in her hair, levitate her on a magic carpet, put her in a box for dolls... ;)
The expression is just priceless and I love the eye expression it really adds character to the whole photography. Hope that wasn't some permanent marker used as cover-up in this shot, hahah. Nicely done, keep it up.
Nice pic and idea. Love the textures and tonal of the pic. Urm, but there's one thing ... I presume this is a post-shot of a experiment gone wrong then went "ka-boom"? But the apparatus still seems so clean and brand new???!! :)
Wow! I was waiting for some kind of these "blow up" - shots! And this one really rocks: the hair, the black skin, the smoke and especially the shock and surprise in the eyes - Just wow! I hope this ribbons.
great effort and care taken...excellent choice to go b and w...perhaps lacks a real sharpness around the eyes, but that's neither here nor there...well done and good luck as you could be in ribbon winning stratospheres
By the smudges on her face, you can tell this was done with make-up (which, in this photo, is a bad thing.) But I enjoy the express on her face, and the way she is gestured. Overall, a 8. [:
Absolutely the hands-down winner for humorous entries! ;^) Should see the front page with this one - at least I hope I picked one right. The title is perfect for this.
Nice choice of going B/W with this. Very good attention to details in your composition and lighting. Good clarity and focus. Well done!
I like the b/w rendition. The composition is nice too. The background works. But I feel the makeup is contrived - even for an off-the-cuff humorous photo. Makeup application isn't rocket science! ;-) 7.
*laugh* Absolutely love it, both photographically and for the look on your amazing model's face! Can't even think how to improve this one. 10 and a ribbon I hope for you!
Cute concept. Were you going for the classis explosion in the face look? :) I think as fas as make up goes, could have been more splotchy to look more like powder and soot.
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