doing a shoot for a friend of mine, this is one of those happy accidents where he blinked, when i saw it in bridge i loved it right away.
In Lightroom: Exposure,Clarity and Vibrance
In PS CS4: 3 passes USM,small amount of air brush filter on the face,masked the coat and topazed everything else, adjusted curves on the coat. HUGE thanks to [user]Bear_Music[/user] for his patient critique/advice!
Statistics
Place: 100 out of 325 Avg (all users): 5.8671 Avg (commenters): 6.8333 Avg (participants): 5.8224 Avg (non-participants): 6.0000 Views since voting: 1032 Views during voting: 215 Votes: 143 Comments: 18 Favorites: 1 (view)
I don't know what to say about this image. It's excellent. Really excellent. And you were robbed of a 6+ score for it. The image screams of music, as I said. Composition is excellent. Lighting is gorgeous. The expression on his face is superb. This is my second time looking back at it. I gave it a 7 during the challenge. When I went back to look at it after I said I'd've given it an 8. But now I think I'd give it a 10 and fav it.
The expression evokes so much.
I'm amazed this got under six. don't let that get you down though. excellent capture. fantastic expression captured. love the use of negative space. love your title. love the lightin. the shot screams of music to me, which is incredible as there is no musical instrument in here.
love the portrait. got a 7 from me... which should have been 8 in revision. sorry :-)
i really cant believe the scoring on this jason .. you definitely did get robbed .. oh well .. dpc voters .. they're a weird bunch .. totally unreliable and totally unpredictable .. this is one of my favs of yours ... you are kicking butt with your portraits .. awesome lighting once again .
ps .. thanks for the recognition in the free study ... :)
thanks for you support, i didnt mind too much. in the last 2 days it went from a 5.4 to the current score AND i got a 8 from jj! I determined at the start to enter a portrait every f/s this year to try and learn my new lights so we'll see how it goes.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
