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northernlight
8th of July 2007 (Sun), 16:29
Tested out some new gear for this years big festival on some wannabe-pop-idol... when your on tv your the man right? no! ;)

Well anyways id like to know what you think of these. Some headshots is coming your way. Adding as i pp them. Also the clonebrush is sure to make it´s way on some of these. Mics and such (my image-computer is at the repairshop @ apple so im editing these in iphoto on an old mac mini).

Give it to me hard!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1046/754214670_15ce215450.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1007/754206808_2d74f7c169.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1112/754206796_8c3fe788d2.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1119/754206750_71deeb8c42.jpg

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livewire-photography.com
8th of July 2007 (Sun), 17:31
Give it to me hard!

Im not a fan, sorry!

what band/singer is it, Where? why no heads? why the funny colour?
Cheers
InspiredGraphix
8th of July 2007 (Sun), 20:42
Yeah i am confused sorry...

Maybe sneaking the camera in?

Rob
Suicidenote
9th of July 2007 (Mon), 14:02
Are you a fan of guitars? Were you just shooting to get the guitars?

#2 has great expression on the drummers face, too bad too much clutter in the foreground.
JtheVGKing
10th of July 2007 (Tue), 09:02
Yeah, you seem to have a guitar fetish ;) I also really love the drummers face in #2, try cropping it so you just see his face (and the mic perhaps?) and see what happens. Also, what body and glass did you use?
northernlight
10th of July 2007 (Tue), 16:49
hey guys. thanks for the crit and i agree totally... will probably not crop although i will clone some things out...

used an 30d + 100/2 for these shots.
René Damkot
10th of July 2007 (Tue), 16:54
I actually like #2 and 4 as an image (maybe crop #2 a *bit* tighter), but I don't like them as 'performance art' images (concert registration IMO): I'ld like to see some faces.
northernlight
11th of July 2007 (Wed), 06:01
I actually like #2 and 4 as an image (maybe crop #2 a *bit* tighter), but I don't like them as 'performance art' images (concert registration IMO): I'ld like to see some faces.

thx mate.
TeeJay
11th of July 2007 (Wed), 06:38
Gota agree with everyone else I'm affraid.

It seems like you had positioning issues, where you were trying to shoot "past" people/things. Maybe if you had moved around a little more (OK, so you did, but maybe a *bit* more) to overcome the constant "object OOF in the foreground" look.

TJ
René Damkot
11th of July 2007 (Wed), 17:09
Looking again, I still like #2 and 4, but I think #4 needs a bit of a crop too: Remove the amp (or whatever it is) on the right, and crop a bit of bottom to maintain aspect ratio.
ANDS!
11th of July 2007 (Wed), 18:23
I rather like these (although the hard change from green tone to blue in #4 kinda annoys me), sue me. I think they work on a peek-a-boo level, and even though some objects block the picture, you still have a shoot of the instruments on the hands wielding them. I like it. Alot. Especially the drummer and #4 (especially if it werent so blue).
Grey56
11th of July 2007 (Wed), 18:43
I LIKE THEM!! They have an artistic quality, that I think is going by the wayside with digital photography. I like the urban acid action going on. The blur in the foreground in the first one is the only one that really bothers me, but you could TOTALLY crop that out and have it be a fantastic Les Paul shot. Gorgeous guitar. Sometimes music can be just about the MUSIC.

The 100/2 is my favourite lens. I am glad you shot all this with it. What was your pp workflow like? Specifically, how did you sharpen? And did you use an action or did you write it out yourself? Please answer my questions....I am very interested.

Lovely set. Refreshing.
northernlight
12th of July 2007 (Thu), 07:16
Thanks for the critique guys. Love to hear from you :) Ok so the pp was basically nothing special at all.

As my workcomputer is at surgery getting it´s heart removed or whatever i edited these as small.jpegs in iphoto.

So. Warm or cold whitebalance for the temperature. I then tinted the pictures and added some well needded contrast + used the built-in vinjetting-feature. :) As easy as that.

I made an new edit on #2 and also tried out iphotos built in retouch-function which in my eyes acts as an primitive clone-stamp-tool.

What´cha think?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1317/786560770_a975609709.jpg

The original one in the top (actually likes the wb + tint-conversion better in this one but in iphoto you can´t see what changes you´ve made so i couldnt find the numbers used... anyone knows a way?
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