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Once Upon a Dime

Postby wendellt on Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:24 pm

Testing with monotone in New York City. All shot with available light

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Re: Once Upon a Dime

Postby sirhc55 on Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:37 pm

Critique! No way, they are just brilliant :up:
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Re: Once Upon a Dime

Postby Glen on Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:19 am

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Re: Once Upon a Dime

Postby biggerry on Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:21 am

damn fine images wendell, the use of that billboard light in the first and third is great :up: who needs flashes etc when ya got that! The subject isolation is great in these two images also, in teh first, Kate's face is very nicely framed by the black hair then the city lights behind - I really like that. I find in the the second image she (head only) gets lost due to the black hair joining with the black background, if the composition placed Kate a fraction lower so she was completely enclosed in the grafitti wall then it would be perfect...thoughts?

I love the concept in teh final image but would also like to see some legs - not only Kate's but also the street sweeper's :roll:
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Re: Once Upon a Dime

Postby paulmac on Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:41 pm

Love the third shot. :up:
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Re: Once Upon a Dime

Postby aim54x on Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:42 pm

I am blown away by your work once again. Love the concept!
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Re: Once Upon a Dime

Postby Nnnnsic on Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:20 pm

I like the compositions, but I'm not sold on the black & white conversion. It seems like the detail is being lost to highlights. What's your process like?
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Re: Once Upon a Dime

Postby wendellt on Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:18 pm

hi leigh

thankyou my current process is linear black to white gradient mask then linear curves taken up at the highlights, obviusly in these examples ive done it too much but i wanted it to look somewhat overexposed to smoothen her complexion to the detrement of the overall b+w look
what do you suggest


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