Here's another shot of this guy. At the time I processed these I much preferred the first one I put up, but now I think that this one may have a slight edge. Let me know how you think they compare.
captured camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter cropped?
1.14pm on 17/5/08
Canon 1Ds Mark II EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
80mm
f/4.0
1/125
aperture priority
+1/3
evaluative
100
580EX (-1/3 FEC)
RAW
C1 Pro
minor
Hi given a choice I prefer the solo pic can I ask wich tutorial demonstraits how you processed it. I also apreciate the work you put into the tutorials as a subsciber as well.
Regards Dave
Btw, I really like the B&W conversions you've been doing. For some reason, I can't seem to get the images to pop like that (if only it were as simple as bumping up the contrast..!)
Dave and Dave: the previous shot was processed using the Channel Mixer for the B&W conversion, biased towards the blue channel. This is covered in my Black and White: part one tutorial. The rest is just Curves for contrast. This one used a combination of the Channel Mixer and Hue/Saturation tool for the conversion.
I'd go for the solo shot. Not for photographic reasons really but just cause I find his face more visually interesting than his, erm, associate's. Funny, the face in drag ought, intuitively, to be the more ambiguous, but it is clearly not, to me anyway. His face tells a thousand stories where as he/she/it's tells but one.
Did I just write all that bull shit. Sorry,
Andy.
Note to self: Never comment on photoblogs when drinking fine, single malt whiskey!
I seem to be alone in preferring this shot. It seems to me that it may be an enigmatic discomfort that others feel with this couple that puts them off the image; to me, it's what makes it most interesting.
To me, this couple epitomizes what it means to exhibit oneself in a pride parade; the conventional and the un, not just together, but apparently together. Or are they? And does it matter?
I always enjoy your pride parade series every year - the people detailed in the portraits range from conventional to envelope pushing. It's interesting to not only see the photographs in an artistic sense but to also see the range of characters captured.
While this isn't the forum for discussions on the niceties of today's society, I agree with Ron when I say that the discomfort that some people obviously have when viewing these images makes them that much more appealing. The world is changing, and only way to have the world fully embrace the change is put it out there - photos, parades, etc.
it is just fascinating what you can do cutting hair here and there with your camera :) Just love both pics and the fact you can make the same person so different. Amazing! Well done.
Here's another shot of this guy. At the time I processed these I much preferred the first one I put up, but now I think that this one may have a slight edge. Let me know how you think they compare.
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 1Ds Mark II
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
80mm
f/4.0
1/125
aperture priority
+1/3
evaluative
100
580EX (-1/3 FEC)
RAW
C1 Pro
minor
Hi given a choice I prefer the solo pic can I ask wich tutorial demonstraits how you processed it. I also apreciate the work you put into the tutorials as a subsciber as well.
Regards Dave
Definitely the first one.
Btw, I really like the B&W conversions you've been doing. For some reason, I can't seem to get the images to pop like that (if only it were as simple as bumping up the contrast..!)
Dave and Dave: the previous shot was processed using the Channel Mixer for the B&W conversion, biased towards the blue channel. This is covered in my Black and White: part one tutorial. The rest is just Curves for contrast. This one used a combination of the Channel Mixer and Hue/Saturation tool for the conversion.
I'd go for the solo shot. Not for photographic reasons really but just cause I find his face more visually interesting than his, erm, associate's. Funny, the face in drag ought, intuitively, to be the more ambiguous, but it is clearly not, to me anyway. His face tells a thousand stories where as he/she/it's tells but one.
Did I just write all that bull shit. Sorry,
Andy.
Note to self: Never comment on photoblogs when drinking fine, single malt whiskey!
I seem to be alone in preferring this shot. It seems to me that it may be an enigmatic discomfort that others feel with this couple that puts them off the image; to me, it's what makes it most interesting.
To me, this couple epitomizes what it means to exhibit oneself in a pride parade; the conventional and the un, not just together, but apparently together. Or are they? And does it matter?
Thanks for posting these. I admire your approach.
very nice!
Very nice portrait and B& w !
stellar tones here & thnx for the link to the tutorial
I always enjoy your pride parade series every year - the people detailed in the portraits range from conventional to envelope pushing. It's interesting to not only see the photographs in an artistic sense but to also see the range of characters captured.
While this isn't the forum for discussions on the niceties of today's society, I agree with Ron when I say that the discomfort that some people obviously have when viewing these images makes them that much more appealing. The world is changing, and only way to have the world fully embrace the change is put it out there - photos, parades, etc.
Does that even make any sense? :)
it is just fascinating what you can do cutting hair here and there with your camera :) Just love both pics and the fact you can make the same person so different. Amazing! Well done.
Thanks all, and Ash/Ron – I agree.
very allive photo