Far too much effort for this picture! Only had two objects so had to set up the monkey and the woodie in one position, fire the flash, replace the lens cap, set up again and fire the flash again, hence no shadows. It didn't work exactly as planned but I quite like it all the same.
Adjusted in RAW, then in PS adjusted levels, dodged/burnt out some unwanted background, lighted the legs slightly and resized added border and SFW. A bit of USM along the way as well.
PS I know we didn't evolve from tailed monkeys, however, I didn't want to edit this out! :)
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Really happy this finished in the top 10. Plenty of effort!
1) Buy the woody
2) Wood stain the woody
3) Wacky setup
4) Run back and forth turning the lights on and off
5) Repeat 30-40 times
6) Post process with countless tweaks and indecisions on my part
Thanks for all the comments 41! in challenge.
I agree about the lighting, the effect was nearly what I was after, just not as 'blown out'!
The monkey has been in the family for ages, pretty sure it was my mothers from when she was a little girl living in Malaya (Malaysia now)
Well played Team Underexposed!!
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Very clever and well thought out. The lighting worked wonders here.
I am just going to have to try something like this soon - thanks for the inspiration to get off my butt and just do it!
Very fun image, and great poses. Only the light does not work for this, too blown out on the front sides. and the figures themselves feel out of focus.. this would have done well very crisp.
Excellent idea. It seems the erect woody is not as crisp as the previous 3, maybe too much dodge/burn to get him into the picture or just slightly oof?
Nice idea and execution, but for me the image is missing that little something. I think it might be that it could do with a little more saturation to bring out the colour. Also the burned out areas are a little distracting.
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