Belle & the prince

[forbiggs]

My son will be the Prince in a regional Beauty & the Beast musical. I took this siloughette to put on an advertisement poster. What do you think and which adaption do you prefer?

[blackshadow]

I prefer the second... but overall I think too much beauty and not enough beast. More beast!

[René Damkot]

First.
Needs a bit more black though.

[DENMONKEY]

I like the first as is :)

thats 3 responses and 3 different answers .

Sorry

[alan_potter]

I'd go with the first as is... very romantic!

What was your lighting setup?

regards,
/alan

[skifurthur]

Like # 1 with one caveat...I don't like the shape of the blur at the bottom of the frame. Not sure what would be better, though.

[forbiggs]

I prefer the second... but overall I think too much beauty and not enough beast. More beast!
Do you mean the 18 year-old beauty and her big hair overshadows my skinny 16 year-old son?

First.
Needs a bit more black though.
Hmmmm! Like the second one?
I like the first as is :)

thats 3 responses and 3 different answers .

Sorry

Looks like you're the winner!

I'd go with the first as is... very romantic!
What was your lighting setup?
regards,
/alan

Lighting: a strobe on each side of a white sheet bg at full strenth; ISO 100, f13, 1/125, 50mm.

Like # 1 with one caveat...I don't like the shape of the blur at the bottom of the frame. Not sure what would be better, though.

Let me think about that one. :confused:

Thanks all so much for your input!

[René Damkot]

More like this:

Bit of curves, to get more black, brighten shadows and overall image and remove the yellow cast in the shadows. (which would obviously be easier with the original file at hand)
It's a bit too magenta / red now.

You also need to work on the mask a bit: In the left image in the OP there's a bit of dress (?) sticking out behind her elbow.

[thelightofsound]

i would vote for a mid point of the two. :)