DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Bourbon
Bourbon
wyverndragon


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Portrait with Chair (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Date: Sep 16, 2010
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Sep 17, 2010

 Was in a seedy little club tonight, shooting photos of a buddy and his band. This is the friend I went there with, as he pretends to finish off the drinks we'd already finished. I loved the Jim Beam sign.

Okay, it's got a chair, but it doesn't feature the chair. *shrugs* I expect to get my ass handed to me accordingly. But I like this photo, and I'm currently too tired to care. :P

BIIIG lens flare I had to repair in this shot. Right over his face and shoulders.

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 71
Avg (all users): 4.2429
Avg (commenters): 5.8000
Avg (participants): 4.1622
Avg (non-participants): 4.2571
Views since voting: 834
Views during voting: 470
Votes: 247
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/28/2010 03:49:46 PM
Wonderful neon lit noir.In my top eight of the challenge.9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus PEN-F
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
09/28/2010 09:35:13 AM
My second-to-top pick* in this challenge.
I liked the array of seedy objects orbiting this guy: he fits right in. I liked the awful colours. I liked the mood: cheap, nasty and unrefined ... much like the eponymous Jim Beam. All in all, a terrific little vignette.
* I actually know who took my number one pick in this one, so I can't comment on it. But you were a very creditable silver medallist for me, and if that other person should fail a post-race drugs test (as is entirely possible) you'll move to the top step on the dais.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f1.2 L
 09/28/2010 02:54:05 AM
Photograph passes for a portrait but I miss the chair in this story. Or in better words, I don't see any chair adding to the story.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 09/27/2010 11:01:00 PM
i'd like to like this because it is outside the boxish but nothing in it grips me - even the spare glass of milk with a straw
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7500
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 09/22/2010 01:42:38 AM
Wow...this scene has so much potential but sooo many pitfalls to overcome. I think the first item of interest is the Jack Daniels sign. We want that nice and clear. Its a little overexposed and fuzzy. If you shot this with a smaller aperture (I am guessing you shot this wide open) and actually under exposed a bit we'd see the colors better and it would be clearer and a lot sharper.

The light from the sign is spilling nicely onto the table. Again, underexposing a little bit would allow those colors to come through better.

The subject? Well..he's soft and I think thats just because of missed focus. Unfortunately he's too under exposed and if we under expose everything else he'll be even more so. (See what I mean by pitfalls?) So we can't rely on the ambient light to light him up. We might be able to reflect some of the sign's light at him but I don't think its going to be enough. So we need flash. It doesn't need to be a lot but just one flash shaped to just light him and bench a bit then fall off. We definitely don't want it to hit the table because that would kill those cool colors that are reflecting off the edge of it. Maybe we gel the flash to warm it up and get a nice contrast to the cool light from the sign.

The ceiling light could go. Maybe crop it out because its not really adding anything to the scene. I wish we could get rid of that air conditioning unit but its photography not home renovation after all :)

I'd have to say that this was definitely a shot worth trying and maybe even revisiting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/12/2026 10:31:51 PM EDT.