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Albert Street
28th of May 2008 (Wed), 17:43
Shot this the other night in the rain. It's pretty nerve racking to try and keep your camera and flashes dry. Anyways, I'm pleased with the results. Some have told me it appears a little too Photoshopped, but thats kind of what I was going for with the split toning. What do you guys think? (It's a silhouette of someone on a bike btw)
Click on picture for larger version. (Looks much better)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5237/silhouette1oq6.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2219/2530454982_1c9ea453bd_b.jpg)
EDIT: How do the colors look to you guys? It looks fine on my laptop monitor, but I just checked it out on my parents' monitor and the colors look wayyy too saturated. The highlights are suppose to be a dull(ish) green, but the puddle looks almost neon on my parents' monitor.
chauncey
28th of May 2008 (Wed), 18:33
You can't go between monitors and expect to see the same thing unless both of them are equally calibrated (rare).
I see an excess of green and virtually no midtones.
Albert Street
28th of May 2008 (Wed), 19:26
You can't go between monitors and expect to see the same thing unless both of them are equally calibrated (rare).
I see an excess of green and virtually no midtones.
Thats what worries me. I don't own a calibrator and won't be able to purchase one for a while. I'm entering this along with some others in a BMX photo competition that a magazine is running. I want to make sure it doesn't appear oversaturated on their monitors which are calibrated to the press.
vpnd
30th of May 2008 (Fri), 00:17
I like the idea , but don't see a way into the image for my eye. I think you should do more of these. I would like to try this idea as well
saiminyaku
30th of May 2008 (Fri), 04:19
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5237/silhouette1oq6.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2219/2530454982_1c9ea453bd_b.jpg)
love the concept and some aspects of the lighting. the color and lack of midtones though does leave something to be desired. i definitely agree with 'vpnd' on wanting to see more of your silhouette work (split-toned or not).
thanks for posting! :)
Albert Street
9th of June 2008 (Mon), 18:00
Thanks for the replies guys. I definitely plan on doing more of these.
Here is a slightly less saturated one. Do you think it's better?
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/490/img1877edit2gs6.jpg
macocroft
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 06:57
Thanks for the replies guys. I definitely plan on doing more of these.
Here is a slightly less saturated one. Do you think it's better?
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/490/img1877edit2gs6.jpg
I much prefer the first one actually.
Just a thought, try adding the Orton Effect. Might look good :D
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