This continues the theme of 'portraits shot through other materials' that I started the other day. It's of this daughter who I haven't photographed for a while – as she's fond of pointing out ;-) – and was taken through a plastic, gel-filled CD holder.
capture date camera lens aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter cropped?
5.26pm on 3/3/05
Canon 20D
EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
f/2.8
1/160
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
580EX
RAW
C1 Pro
minor distortion
comment byTony S. at 09:27 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Nice effect, I wonder how it would look if she was looking straight at you and each section of her face would be in a different segment of color.
comment byJoseph Spurling at 09:33 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Heh, what a crazy idea - but it worked!
Much better than any filter could have managed!
comment by peter cohen at 09:47 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Oh, I really like this one!
comment byJorge Lesmes at 09:51 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Great colors. Love cyan =)
comment byjustin at 09:54 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Hey, this is cool.
comment by Adrian Hudson at 10:02 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Am I allowed to say I don't like this one Dave. Sorry. It's technically an interesting photograph and has merit in itself... ...but such a shame to do this to your beautiful daugher.
Adrian: I should, perhaps, have added that she thought this was pretty cool, in a light-hearted sort of way. It's not flattering, and it's not much of a portrait, but we did think it was fun.
comment byAndrew at 10:31 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Your photos are incredible!! I love your photo an I hpe one day mine will be as good as yors. Vistit me maybe: www.straupisz.blog.pl
comment byFellow Eskimo at 10:59 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
I have to honestly say, its a little to 'modern' for me? The colours are good...but as for a portrait...I cannot tell there is a person behind there except for maybe pinoccio? (no offense, but all I see is a big nose) Colors are good, but not a good portrait. And for the record, I thought 'Clean' was a better example of your 'though materials portraits'.
comment byTanner at 11:47 PM (GMT) on 3 March, 2005
Actually..I like this one A LOT more than clean. It's more interesting, in my opinion. There was a lot going on in clean, and not much to focus on..my eyes were really left wandering and i found myself not looking at it long.
I like this one a bit more, but still wish SOMETHING was in focus. It's better than anything I've made though, awesome stuff.
OK, I've spoken to Eskimo and she was referring to a long way away. The 'clean' bit, as some of you will have noticed, is appended to the filename of all the main image pages - this is a legacy from when the site had two views for each image, one that included the text and comments, and the one I have now. Since I abandoned the other view quite some time ago I suppose I could re-code my current pages, but this would break a lot of external links, so I'm going to leave them alone. On which irrelevant note I'm going to bed ;-)
comment bymiklos at 12:52 AM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
Hrm, I'm now moving chromasia from my "photoblogs" category to my "graphic art" category. Or maybe under "photoshop tutorials" :)
miklos: lol – FYI, there wasn't a great deal of post-processing done on this shot: an increase in contrast, a slight change to the colour balance, and that's about it ;-)
comment by kate at 01:59 AM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
this is nothing short of spectacular. i love the split profile and the light bursting from her bottom lip like words wanting to be shouted! the green color there appears negative and i love the way it transitions to a splat of magenta "breath".
the mood is perfect for the split and abrupt colors. the strong angle of her nose and nostril flare, the abstract smudgy forwards stare of her eye and flatness of her cheek.
if i was her, i'd be thrilled to have a dad open to capturing such expression. brilliant!! congrats to you both! :))
comment by kate at 02:07 AM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
meant to say the green color at her lips appears like a photographic negative ;)
comment byHungaro at 03:55 AM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
wonderful, creative...very well done
not sure though your daughter will appreciate being in this portrait...., but maybe she'll like something different
comment byAdriana at 07:38 AM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
Well, I really think that all your daughters are beautiful. I saw the picture when there was no comments, so I didn't want to post the first one to say that this is not my favorite work from you Dave. Yes it is funny and is a lightening to know that your child thought it was funny, cause after all, I think this is all about, but I still prefer the old style. :)
I think if you put this into a graphic art category then it will stand out even more. Graphic art usually contains a combination of image and text and serves some purpose to inform.
This isn't one my favourites as well but I just see it as an experimental peice of photography which produces a chance image. This is really always going to produce an image that people will like or not.
Secondly, and this is not aimed at you Miklos it is just a general observation and food for thought. Many great artists produce work where the light has been exagarated to unreal proportions. They also paint trees and grass and skys in a completely different colour to the one that they saw.
It is purely a matter of individual taste as to how much post processing an individual photographer performs on each image.
comment bypierre at 10:43 AM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
That's a clever idea.
comment byruss morris at 12:20 PM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
experimentation is a good thing, david. i think that's what photography is all about. i like seeing this kind of image. keep playing.
comment bypicturegrl at 09:30 PM (GMT) on 4 March, 2005
I like the colors. I think you could do something really neat with this object, but I don't care for the nose. Just not my favorite. Still, I think the CD holder (?) has a lot of potential as an object to shoot other things through.
This continues the theme of 'portraits shot through other materials' that I started the other day. It's of this daughter who I haven't photographed for a while – as she's fond of pointing out ;-) – and was taken through a plastic, gel-filled CD holder.
camera
lens
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 20D
EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
f/2.8
1/160
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
580EX
RAW
C1 Pro
minor distortion
Nice effect, I wonder how it would look if she was looking straight at you and each section of her face would be in a different segment of color.
Heh, what a crazy idea - but it worked!
Much better than any filter could have managed!
Oh, I really like this one!
Great colors. Love cyan =)
Hey, this is cool.
Am I allowed to say I don't like this one Dave. Sorry. It's technically an interesting photograph and has merit in itself... ...but such a shame to do this to your beautiful daugher.
I'm sorry...
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Adrian: I should, perhaps, have added that she thought this was pretty cool, in a light-hearted sort of way. It's not flattering, and it's not much of a portrait, but we did think it was fun.
Your photos are incredible!! I love your photo an I hpe one day mine will be as good as yors. Vistit me maybe: www.straupisz.blog.pl
I have to honestly say, its a little to 'modern' for me? The colours are good...but as for a portrait...I cannot tell there is a person behind there except for maybe pinoccio? (no offense, but all I see is a big nose) Colors are good, but not a good portrait. And for the record, I thought 'Clean' was a better example of your 'though materials portraits'.
Actually..I like this one A LOT more than clean. It's more interesting, in my opinion. There was a lot going on in clean, and not much to focus on..my eyes were really left wandering and i found myself not looking at it long.
I like this one a bit more, but still wish SOMETHING was in focus. It's better than anything I've made though, awesome stuff.
Fellow Eskimo and Tanner: much as I hate to admit it I'm not sure which shot you're referring to by 'Clean'. Do you mean this one:
Photo Friday: Clean
OK, I've spoken to Eskimo and she was referring to a long way away. The 'clean' bit, as some of you will have noticed, is appended to the filename of all the main image pages - this is a legacy from when the site had two views for each image, one that included the text and comments, and the one I have now. Since I abandoned the other view quite some time ago I suppose I could re-code my current pages, but this would break a lot of external links, so I'm going to leave them alone. On which irrelevant note I'm going to bed ;-)
Hrm, I'm now moving chromasia from my "photoblogs" category to my "graphic art" category. Or maybe under "photoshop tutorials" :)
miklos: lol – FYI, there wasn't a great deal of post-processing done on this shot: an increase in contrast, a slight change to the colour balance, and that's about it ;-)
this is nothing short of spectacular. i love the split profile and the light bursting from her bottom lip like words wanting to be shouted! the green color there appears negative and i love the way it transitions to a splat of magenta "breath".
the mood is perfect for the split and abrupt colors. the strong angle of her nose and nostril flare, the abstract smudgy forwards stare of her eye and flatness of her cheek.
if i was her, i'd be thrilled to have a dad open to capturing such expression. brilliant!! congrats to you both! :))
meant to say the green color at her lips appears like a photographic negative ;)
wonderful, creative...very well done
not sure though your daughter will appreciate being in this portrait...., but maybe she'll like something different
Well, I really think that all your daughters are beautiful. I saw the picture when there was no comments, so I didn't want to post the first one to say that this is not my favorite work from you Dave. Yes it is funny and is a lightening to know that your child thought it was funny, cause after all, I think this is all about, but I still prefer the old style. :)
Dear Miklos
I think if you put this into a graphic art category then it will stand out even more. Graphic art usually contains a combination of image and text and serves some purpose to inform.
This isn't one my favourites as well but I just see it as an experimental peice of photography which produces a chance image. This is really always going to produce an image that people will like or not.
Secondly, and this is not aimed at you Miklos it is just a general observation and food for thought. Many great artists produce work where the light has been exagarated to unreal proportions. They also paint trees and grass and skys in a completely different colour to the one that they saw.
It is purely a matter of individual taste as to how much post processing an individual photographer performs on each image.
That's a clever idea.
experimentation is a good thing, david. i think that's what photography is all about. i like seeing this kind of image. keep playing.
Very clever, it has a surreal sci-fi look and I think it has a slight "edge" to it.
How very pschedelic.
Nice effect.
I like the colors. I think you could do something really neat with this object, but I don't care for the nose. Just not my favorite. Still, I think the CD holder (?) has a lot of potential as an object to shoot other things through.
Thanks everyone.