Rap-Aid 2007

[Cathus]

Been playing around with some shots from a recent music festival in my home town.
Taken during the afternoon on a reasonably sunny day so no moody lighting effects.

http://community.dcmag.co.uk/photos/cathuss_gallery/images/543407/original.aspx

[shesgotthepic]

Great shot!

Feels like you've bumped the exposure a little too much in post processing but apart from that it is a great shot!

[DwightMcCann]

Nice shot ... but why would anyone want to raise funds to support Rap? I'd lean in the opposite direction.

[simonSE15]

likewise I dont like the pp but the reflection in the shades and detail is incredible.

[Cathus]

Thanks for the comments.

It's not really about Rap, it's a charity to provide chances for youth and music.

The detail in the shades was pretty cool 'cos in the full size shot I can see myself taking the pic.

[dwarfmcdougal]

Great portrait! Love the grain. Mind sharing how you processed it?

[Jonni]

It has a feel of somewhere between photo and artwork. I'd be curious of the PP too

[Cathus]

I'll have to get the exact instructions later as I wrote them down and can't locate the bit of paper right now, but basically I used one RAW file and saved 5 versions of it at different exposures, then I merged them in Photomatix to produce an HDR tif file.

I imported the tif file into photoshop CS2 and ran several filters on it, desaturated, sharpened a couple of times a bit of diffuse glow, a little added noise, although there was a bit there already as it was ISO 400 or 800.

I'll post the process when I locate it but if you Google 'dragan effect' there are some tutorials on getting this similar effect although without the HDR process I used first. Sadly, the processing isn't really original to me, just tweaking & playing about with someone else's.

[René Damkot]

I like the reflection in the glasses, but the 'HDR/Tone mapping' is way overdone IMO.
Apart from that it's a good image.

[deltroid]

I like the reflection in the glasses, but the 'HDR/Tone mapping' is way overdone IMO.
Apart from that it's a good image.

Double the reflection comment...cool to see the crowd in the shot, so it's not just a guy with a mic. I would guess you were going for this look (PP wise), and if so it came out really good! Very stylish...

[zack3082]

+1 for posting the process on this neat picture

[bmoguy]

That reflection really makes the shot. PP isn't my taste, but still a cool capture.

[thelightofsound]

i kinda like the pp. almost "too much" but not quite

and the reflection is what i pray for anytime i shoot someone in reflective glasses.