This is Heiður Hallfreðsdóttir, first time I photograph her for DPC and haven´t actually taken her picture in over two years. She is a dancer so I thought she´d be perfect for this photoshoot wich the idea was basically just get a trampoline hidden in the grass and have her bounce and do poses in the air. I added the baloons last minute as I have seen shot´s done with baloons from DPC so that bit is "stolen" and I thought they would be a good way to hide the face as well. Then she jumped probably about a 100 times, she was a REAL good sport and we had a lot of fun, tried a couple of backrounds and I liked this one the best.
Honestly though, I don´t see a lot of emotion in the shot so I would not argue with anybody about it meeting the challenge. Again I would not have entered this challenge if it wasn´t for the DPL, I liked the concept of this challenge better than Still Life anyways and I had a blast in this photoshoot so I don´t really care about the score except I don´t want to let my teammates down so I´ll be shooting for street photography as well, no doubt :)
Took this in the evening and only used ambient light for the shot. Borrowed a trampoline from work (thanx EXPO) and it´s hidden in the grass below Heiður, hence her jumping so high although this girl is very athletic, I tried jumping like that and only got about 10cm up in the air and almost broke my neck, guess I am getting old and fat, hehehe.
Editing was all very minimal, raw conversion for contrast and white balance. Ran shadow/highlights to actually mostly darken the highlights bt also to slightly lift the darkest parts of the photo, added a little sepia toning with hue/sat, curves and unsharp mask for contrast and cropped to a 4:3 ratio, sharpened and added frame after resizing. If this had been advanced editing I would have removed the flower in the lower right corner and the ribbon that is over the pink baloon but otherwise kept this pretty much as it is so I am happy with the shot.
Wohoo, can´t really say I expected the score, am pretty extatic since it means I get to cross off two things on my "to do" list this year, now I can just take an relaxed attitude towards DPC for the rest of the year. Takes me back about a year when I also got to cross of two things of the 2006 to do list at the same time when I entered the challenge "Take Two" and could take it easy for the rest of that year too :)
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Damn I sure can call em!! Had you pegged for Red and Dr. Achoo for Blue. Guess I just can't win em. :P Congrats on a great shot, score, and grabbin the red.
The contrast (between the joy in the model and the pain/loneliness in the building) ruined it for me. If it had just been natuer (mountains and/or field) behind her, I'd have voted you higher.
This is beautiful, I love the dreamlike effect. I would love to know how to achieve this without filters! Perfect dof and lighting, color and contrast!
nice hops :)
a nice portrait and DoF, although I get the emotion it doesn't feel so extreme. But one person's extreme may not be another's...
I like the idea of the balloons but if they had more color I think it would have been better. everything else is well done, nice and crisp.
Gee wiz, I wonder who will win the blue? *cough cough*
Really, this is just perfect. I think the beautiful focusing you have achieved here definitely makes this superior. And of course, the tonal range, the sharpness, the splendid backdrop. You get the idea :P
What no suicide picture?? My pic for the red ribbon. I love your take on the challenge. Think positive, don't kill yourself, or show depression, but rejoice in life. Although this can be considered a bit cliche with how many ballons have been flying around in challenges. It still is a top 3 shot IMO. Great DOF and clarity. Colors are right on. And what a hell of a jump. WNBA?? 9.
This image is awesome, even if the chick w/ the balloons weren't there, can't see where the emotion is, I know that'd be pretty fun, though. The quality is superb, unsure if this really meets the challenge, so I am giving a 8.
this is amazing, do i smell an 85mm 1.2 / 1.8? looks like the quality pushed out, i'm eager to see if i'm right on this one. i'm eager to see how the vignette was done in basic. very great job, 10
ah the balloons again, this is beautifully taken I love the vibrant colors contrasting the dull background. excellent depth of field....ive got to get some new lenses...haha
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