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Koko Black

Postby Div on Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:40 pm

One from walking around the city the other day

I really like the eye contact in this one. Also i'm learning black and white conversion using channel mixer.

C&C always welcome =)

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Re: Koko Black

Postby Marvin on Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:53 pm

Oooh, I like it!
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Re: Koko Black

Postby Matt. K on Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:17 pm

As good a street shot as any I've seen before. Nicely done!
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Re: Koko Black

Postby ozimax on Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:18 pm

Excellent image, excellent. Tells a story which makes for a good image.
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Re: Koko Black

Postby aim54x on Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:06 pm

I like...the layers and the tones work nicely. The boy's gaze grabs your attention and holds it for just long enough!
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Re: Koko Black

Postby surenj on Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:58 pm

Nice! In addition to what's being said (Which I agree with), I would suggest to try a crop into almost square from the left.
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Re: Koko Black

Postby Div on Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:04 am

Thanks so much for the comments guys!

Surenj - I tried some different crops and as you suggested the square crop as i was a bit worried with so much black on the left side. I just felt that when i did this the image lost some kind of balance. When it's like this the eye gets pulled straight to the eye contact then it holds and after moves around. I found that when i cropped it square my initial gaze didn't go straight to the eye contact. Not sure why this was. Just a feeling i had.

Maybe i cropped it wrong =0)
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Re: Koko Black

Postby dviv on Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:12 pm

Div wrote:Thanks so much for the comments guys!

Surenj - I tried some different crops and as you suggested the square crop as i was a bit worried with so much black on the left side. I just felt that when i did this the image lost some kind of balance. When it's like this the eye gets pulled straight to the eye contact then it holds and after moves around. I found that when i cropped it square my initial gaze didn't go straight to the eye contact. Not sure why this was. Just a feeling i had.

Maybe i cropped it wrong =0)


I agree - I think the black on the left/bottom add to the depth.
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