Strobist info - 580 on camera as master. 430 bare in front of him to give me the edge light and a 430 through a shoot through camera right to light the neck. I normally shoot in ettl mode but have been messing with full manual. Worked out well here.
Editing info - Lightroom conversion (I think the light contrast b&w setting), s/h, couple of curves layers, couple of selective color tweaks, usm, crop, resize, usm and another selective color tweak, border.
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I love this. The combination of silhouette and a standard light source make this amazing. The border even adds to the effect. I'm starting with a 9, but I may come back and bump this to a 10.
Meets Challenge: 3 of 3.
Technical: 3 of 3.
Emotion: 2 of 3. Just me... but I wish his head was facing a little more down. It would give a sense of weight to that cross he's baring. As it is, he looks more bored, than baring.
Awe: 1 of 1.
Great photo! Really good job.
Also, funny side note. For the longest time, I thought that in the Alanis Morissette song "You Oughta Know" she kept referring to "the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me". I couldn't for the life of me figure out how that went with the rest of the song. ;)
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