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 by johnmc on Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:12 pm
Well after being flat out with work for the past few weeks (and getting over the dreaded lurgy that's going around at the moment) I finally found a brief moment to do some shooting over the weekend. This is my first attempt at a self portrait (or any real attempt at a portrait for that matter)... so yeah now you can all see the sort of ugly mug I actually am! Was going for a desaturated grainy look - the sort of think popularized in various entertainment type magazines (I'm open to anyone inserting the names of relevant photographers here - I'm at a loss). As my camera was still set to 800 ISO the grainy feel strated to happen by default. all feedback welcomed  fwiw the reason my camera was still at 800 iso was from trying to take some shots for the kids when we went to Disney on Ice... who would have thought that I'd get a warning during intermission via their production department for using a 70-300mm lens from the second row! sheesh Canon EOS50D, 17-40mm f4 L USM, 24-105mm f4 L IS USM, 50mm f1.4 USM, 28-80mm f3.5-5.6, 70-300mm f4-5.6 & various other bits 
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by Big Red on Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:36 pm
i reckon it needs the curtains right across the background. also the face shadow is a bit too dark 
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by johnmc on Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:48 pm
Yeah curtains bleeding across would have helped - I think a reflector to bring some light into the other side of my face too ( although I might see if I can salvage some of this from the raw file )
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by surenj on Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:06 pm
I like it as it is. Although if you were keen to sraw the curtain across, this would be very easy in PS. The edge is very clear.
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