I originally wanted to shoot this with some smaller more colorful pills, but alas, all i could muster up in the medicine cabinet was....aspirin. So this is a really erotic shot of Becky curing her headache.
Strobist: 1 sb800 full CTO gel upper camera left, 1 sb600 lower camera left, camera WB set to 3000k.
Crop, levels, contrast, gradient map on soft light, hue sat layer 1, hue sat layer 2, sharpen 3 times, save 4 web.
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It's a shame that this didn't score better, I still think its deserving a ribbon as all the elements of the photo are strong and you didn't sacrifice the concept behind the shot. It's a shame that using daring subject matter impacts your score so negatively here at DPC, I guess its one of those love/hate things!
This is the image which jumped out at me when I first flicked through the submissions. I think this one will ribbon for sure, and its easy to see why. The lighting is spot on - you really nailed it, especially with the fall off in the background blue which adds extra interest to your lighting alone. The depth of field on the face compliments the picture, and the tack sharpness of the face and water (sweat?) are great, along with the superb lighting which brings out some of the texture of the pills on the tongue. The square crop works well here too and isn't just used for the sake of it as so many other submissions have.
Finally, I like your execution of the idea enough but the idea itself deserves merit for being an outside the box approach which isn't just a dubious ploy to try to make something fit into the challenge. It does fit, and it isn't an obvious idea for the challenge which makes it all the sweeter. 9 from me.
If was weird. I saw this as a tiny little picture first and then when I saw it bigger I was scared. I didn't expect there to be a tongue right. Nice picture though. :p
good, different approach to the challenge. I like the OOF foreground, nevertheless the DOF is a tad too shallow, at least the whole tongue shoulda been in focus IMO
nice crop and composition. the chin is blown out at the bottom though. I actually would like to see her eye more. (did you use a color gel on the background?) seems there is a touch of blue in her hair at the bottom right.
nice idea and capture..I just wonder why you ellected not to have the pills on focus....given the averafe qlty of your competitors I will give this a 7.
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