Single Light Low Key Portrait
Mar 16, 2014 13:56:36 #
Some of you may remember my test model (always at the ready but never smilin'). Feeling in a dark mood and using only the room's ceiling light (a cluster of 3 compact fluorescent bulbs) I tried some low-key shots with my D5100, 35-80mm Vivitar lens, ISO 800, 1/40@f4. All processed with Picasa.
Straight from camera
Processed
Blue light on neck from TV (Fox News of course)
Picasa's tint and pencil sketch options added
Mar 16, 2014 14:03:34 #
Beautiful series. You did a great job. Any chance I could have her phone number? :D
John
John
Mar 16, 2014 14:08:59 #
Mar 16, 2014 14:09:37 #
John Lawrence wrote:
Beautiful series. You did a great job. Any chance I could have her phone number? :D
John
John
Sorry...there is no phone in the closet where I keep her. ;-) Thanks for the nice compliment.
Mar 16, 2014 14:11:02 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
Photog8 wrote:
Some of you may remember my test model (always at the ready but never smilin'). Feeling in a dark mood and using only the room's ceiling light (a cluster of 3 compact fluorescent bulbs) I tried some low-key shots with my D5100, 35-80mm Vivitar lens, ISO 800, 1/40@f4. All processed with Picasa.
Photog8
nice, is she a blow doll?
dave
Mar 16, 2014 14:11:55 #
Thanks, Starshooter, and welcome again. Luv your star shots. Took an elective Astronomy course in college and can't remember a darn thing. ;-)
Mar 16, 2014 14:14:26 #
datsmar wrote:
Photog8
nice, is she a blow doll?
dave
nice, is she a blow doll?
dave
Awww...be nice, Dave. She's a real high class model. ;-)
Mar 16, 2014 14:53:06 #
Photog8 wrote:
Awww...be nice... She's a real high class model. ;-)
Nice lighting but, these images seem to have that too much post-processing "plastic" look to me. :D
Mar 16, 2014 14:56:12 #
I like all the different ways you photographed her. Nice subtle lighting. I do remember her as your avatar at one time. She hasn't aged a bit.
Mar 16, 2014 15:17:17 #
Rick36203 wrote:
Nice lighting but, these images seem to have that too much post-processing "plastic" look to me. :D
Ummmmm...she is plastic or plaster or...no, wait...I was plastered. :lol: But thanks for the compliment.
Mar 16, 2014 15:19:24 #
James56 wrote:
I like all the different ways you photographed her. Nice subtle lighting. I do remember her as your avatar at one time. She hasn't aged a bit.
Thanks, James...good memory. Haven't seen any trip shots from you lately. Thought you might take a get-a-way trip in the winter. ;)
Mar 17, 2014 15:27:13 #
Mar 17, 2014 16:05:06 #
Oh my goodness. I just had a second look at these images. And, boy oh boy, did you ever put one over on me. I thought the model's plastic appearance was due to excessive post-processing.
Now, I clearly see that the frozen glassy-eyed gaze... the thousand-yard stare, if you will, is most certainly due to over-exposure to that faint blue light on her neck and, all of that light's toxic effects.
Quick, change the channel! She may yet be saved! Four hours of sustained exposure to MSNBC is just what she desperately needs. If not that, at least an hour of Comedy Central.
Now, I clearly see that the frozen glassy-eyed gaze... the thousand-yard stare, if you will, is most certainly due to over-exposure to that faint blue light on her neck and, all of that light's toxic effects.
Quick, change the channel! She may yet be saved! Four hours of sustained exposure to MSNBC is just what she desperately needs. If not that, at least an hour of Comedy Central.
Mar 17, 2014 16:22:28 #
Mar 17, 2014 19:13:01 #
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