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lanervoza
24th of February 2008 (Sun), 10:19
Not a pro, relatively new, etc... be kind. I'm taking a class called "Photography and Computers".

The assignment is to emulate a photographer. Happenstance showed me this composition of Kate Moss nude and I thought it was particularly good. (Nudity Warning)

http://finenudes.blogspot.com/2007/05/kate-moss.html

Now, I'm a student and my friend's are necessarily of the posing nude persuasion, so I had to come up with a substitute. My bass, for it too has a head, neck, body, etc...

But my question is more about getting the vibe down. Close's is dirty, and the fade to black is great. I don't have a studio, nor fancy equipment, so I don't expect to get real close, but I'm wondering if I can get closer than I am now with a bit of work in Photoshop.

I haven't found a good way to make the bass pop out of a black background like Moss does. I can replace the background with black, but it looks quite crappy if I just do that. Maybe there's a better technique?

Anything else you can think of might help too.

I've uploaded one of the original shots, a color/"raw" form of the composition, and my current processed composition.

Thanks,
Alex

lanervoza
24th of February 2008 (Sun), 10:21
and here's the "raw" composition.