Selfportrait, based on a picture of a greek statue. (example here
Took a frisbee of my son and taped it to the palm of my hand with double sided tape.
Background black velvet.
500W halogen floodlight from top right.
60W halogen reading light from bottom left.
Took 72 shots to get the right posture and toning of the light. It is not an easy position to maintain, normally it is the end of a turn and beginning of the swing.
Editing :
* levels
* crop
* colorize, hue and saturation
* burn finger nails, they were too visible and emphasising my hand was taped to the discus
* clone (at 20%) on small burned out spot on discus to tone it down
* neatimage
* resize
* sharpen
* save for web
Statistics
Place: 13 out of 87 Avg (all users): 6.6243 Avg (commenters): 8.2500 Avg (participants): 6.6709 Avg (non-participants): 6.6105 Views since voting: 4982 Views during voting: 919 Votes: 346 Comments: 46 Favorites: 6 (view)
This is a beautiful example of how lighting makes or breaks a portrait., and of how attractive the lines and form of a man's body can be. Very well executed photograph. I am impressed. :o)
Wow...can't believe this didn't ribbon. Remarkable image. :o)
ahh! Okay, I officially deserve the idiot award. I thought this really was a statue; I didn't realize that it was a living, breathing, naked body! I gave it a way lower vote than it deserved. I'm sorry :(
LOL, no problem Alisa, I'll take that as a compliment.
ahh! Okay, I officially deserve the idiot award. I thought this really was a statue; I didn't realize that it was a living, breathing, naked body! I gave it a way lower vote than it deserved. I'm sorry :(
Thanks, Shiiizzzam, and all others who left comments. I didn't really expect a ribbon, but am slightly disappointed it is not in top 10. I guess I'll have to do some less strong coloring next time and use a female model. I'll look at it positively, it is still a yellow ribbon if you only take the male models.
I hate you didn't receive a ribbon for this photo. It's very well done and a piece of art. I look at some rated higher and shake my head. Any whooooo...well done !
Congratulations on your 13th placing. This was my pick for number one. Regardless, this may be the best image of this challenge. The pose is meticulous and the lighting superb. This may be the mascot of your port.
Classic. A pose straight off a Greek urn. IGreat positioning of the model. I'd be interested to see how this looks with a yellow/gold tone to the modes (like you'd see on some of the vases). But even without the color change- this is beautifully done. 10
i commented on another shot that it reminded me of a sculpture. This reminds me of Rodin's work. Beautiful lines on your subject and your choice of lighting really brings forward the idea of a perfect specimen of the human form released from marble or cast in iron. Your use of light and shadow gives the shot a museum exhibit feel too. Well done!
Colors all wrong in this, the pose looks terrific if I could see it, I miss out on the definition of the body somewhat, a deep tonal range in black and white wihtout the blue would make this image so much better - imo
This is a beautiful example of how lighting makes or breaks a portrait., and of how attractive the lines and form of a man's body can be. Very well executed photograph. I am impressed. :o)
Funny that! I had the same idea but with the javelin! I changed ideas as the week progrssed and I'm glad I did cuz this is a great shot! The choice of blue gives it a mythical feel. a big 9 from me! I hope you make the top 5!
Didn't even think this was "real" at first, it is so perfect! I am scoring it very high, but as just a personal aside, I think I may have liked seeing it without the blue and with less-centered composition.
I think you nailed this one! Only critique is the lighting - maybe just a tad dark for my taste or it could be the placement. I would have liked to see more detail through the shoulder.
cool, dont know how possible it would have been but a blue on a white background would have popped out more imo. but anyways nice lighting and fitting concept with the olympics going on.
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