As I mentioned yesterday, Matt Hoyle's 'Icebergs' portraits were on display at the opening event of the Gulf Photo Plus annual training event. This is a shot of one of them – entitled 'mistman' – being admired by two of the guests.
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7.48pm on 20/3/07
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Wow, I really mean WOW! I think this has to be one of my favourite shots that I've seen in a long time anywhere, there is so much going on. I particulalry like the colours, it has an old 50's early-colour-photo style feel to it.
comment byRyano at 09:16 AM (GMT) on 1 April, 2007
brilliant Dave! this is very different for you and I love the diversity! great photography!
comment by Jennifer at 10:47 AM (GMT) on 1 April, 2007
I prefer your photos of Matt's work to his actual photos! They look unreal - more like paintings - is it HDR per chance!?
before I read your introduction, I was convinced that you were at some beach front wine bar with these ladies admiring the beach scene through the bar window! Very lovely image. mal
comment byowen-b at 06:44 PM (GMT) on 1 April, 2007
I've now had a chance to view this man's portfolio and I have to say that the 'HDR'ness of many of his images, whether they are HDR or not, is very offputting. They look very fake and heavily manipulated, and not in a good way. Personal opinion, that, of course... ;)
comment byMaarten at 08:01 PM (GMT) on 1 April, 2007
Great processing on those 'viewers' almost looks like they are part of the painting they are looking at !
Thanks all. And I guess that Matt's work isn't quite as popular as I thought it would be.
comment by cy at 01:25 AM (GMT) on 2 April, 2007
what fun. love the perspective of the women in front of the paiting. almost makes it seem as you are part of their critque of it.
comment byLightChaser at 03:45 AM (GMT) on 2 April, 2007
Nicely done. This has a very 1960's suberbia feel going on with it which is great. I think it has mostly to do with the liquor in the womans hand, the floral/paisley print shirt, and the man with the swimming cap on. The mix of warm and cool toning further intensifies this feeling. Well done, Dave!
comment byAlice at 03:47 PM (GMT) on 2 April, 2007
Great perspective the way you included the two "viewers" in the photo. Great idea!
comment by Elinor at 07:51 PM (GMT) on 2 April, 2007
This is great. I did not realize it was a viewing at first so I wondered why the women were so dressed up, drink in hand, for the beach. Fabulous shot.
I really like the surreal feel to this, created by the focus point and shallow DOF ;)
damned photography and its contant flat 2d representation of a scene!!! or praise?
comment byJesus at 07:33 AM (GMT) on 3 April, 2007
What a different and great shot, very interesting work.
comment byWout [Woit] at 11:12 AM (GMT) on 4 April, 2007
Nice colors! It is a special shot. It could also have been that these women were looking through a window at the beach.
As I mentioned yesterday, Matt Hoyle's 'Icebergs' portraits were on display at the opening event of the Gulf Photo Plus annual training event. This is a shot of one of them – entitled 'mistman' – being admired by two of the guests.
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 5D
EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
40mm
f/2.8
1/30
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
640
580EX
RAW
C1 Pro
no
It looks like the two guests belong to Matt's photo. Well done. :-)
Nuno: thanks, that's what I like about this one too.
brilliant. feels very stepfordwife-ish. (long time, I know, hope all is well)
你又活过来了！好精彩的构图！
Beautiful colors and I like how the viewers look like spectators at the beach. Nicely done.
Wow, I really mean WOW! I think this has to be one of my favourite shots that I've seen in a long time anywhere, there is so much going on. I particulalry like the colours, it has an old 50's early-colour-photo style feel to it.
brilliant Dave! this is very different for you and I love the diversity! great photography!
I prefer your photos of Matt's work to his actual photos! They look unreal - more like paintings - is it HDR per chance!?
Nice one! It looks indeed as if all of you were at the scene watching the man.
before I read your introduction, I was convinced that you were at some beach front wine bar with these ladies admiring the beach scene through the bar window! Very lovely image. mal
I've now had a chance to view this man's portfolio and I have to say that the 'HDR'ness of many of his images, whether they are HDR or not, is very offputting. They look very fake and heavily manipulated, and not in a good way. Personal opinion, that, of course... ;)
Great processing on those 'viewers' almost looks like they are part of the painting they are looking at !
Thanks all. And I guess that Matt's work isn't quite as popular as I thought it would be.
what fun. love the perspective of the women in front of the paiting. almost makes it seem as you are part of their critque of it.
Nicely done. This has a very 1960's suberbia feel going on with it which is great. I think it has mostly to do with the liquor in the womans hand, the floral/paisley print shirt, and the man with the swimming cap on. The mix of warm and cool toning further intensifies this feeling. Well done, Dave!
Great perspective the way you included the two "viewers" in the photo. Great idea!
This is great. I did not realize it was a viewing at first so I wondered why the women were so dressed up, drink in hand, for the beach. Fabulous shot.
I really like the surreal feel to this, created by the focus point and shallow DOF ;)
damned photography and its contant flat 2d representation of a scene!!! or praise?
What a different and great shot, very interesting work.
Nice colors! It is a special shot. It could also have been that these women were looking through a window at the beach.
Very good colors! Nice composition/Idea!
Superb PP looks like a painting., perfect chosen DOF,
i realy think its pretty .
to me it looks like the ladies are gossiping about him ...
it varry nice.