Shot at the Expo at Photoshop World in Vegas. Westcott had set up four booths with lights and provided four or five models everyday for shooting. Great stuff for a guy who does not normally shoot studio, portraits or models!
This may get hammered because it is not a shot of a triangle and we all know how literal DPC voters can get. But I actually asked the model to lean the way she did to get the triangle shapes created by the black background outline and by her arms. Thought it did not hurt that the hearts were kind of triangle like but that was just a bonus that added color and interest. I hope you all get it!
Import to Lightroom 3.2
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White Balance as shot
Blacks to 8
Brightness to 50
Contrast at 36
Clarity to 20
Vibrance at 5
Saturation to 5
Tweak Tone Curve 5, -5, 0, -7
Sharpen 30,1.0, 25, 0
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Adjustment Layers for brightness and contrast tweak
Adjustment Layer for Levels tweak
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Place: 99 out of 128 Avg (all users): 4.7452 Avg (commenters): 5.8000 Avg (participants): 4.4310 Avg (non-participants): 4.9293 Views since voting: 900 Views during voting: 280 Votes: 157 Comments: 6 Favorites: 1 (view)
Not really seeing the triangle, compositional or otherwise. Funnily enough my wife just walked towards me as I was typing this and she said "Where's the triangle" so it's not just me. Unusual and interesting shot though.
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