Forum: Photography

Subject: Portrait.

Antoonio opened this issue on Oct 23, 2002 · 14 posts

Antoonio posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 5:04 AM

My friend Petteri. I'm really poor with portrait shots, but this came out pretty nice. Minimal postwork with too strong background. .n

gsalas posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 9:29 AM

I think you did very well here. It really says somthing. Good expression, good diagnals with the hair, nice all to gether feel, and nice framing, though you may want to consider croping a bit off of the dead zone on the left. -Gabe-

starshuffler posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 12:23 PM

Nice one, Niko! :-) I love the dreds... (*

Slynky posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 3:34 PM

i dunno, the black has a really muted feel to it, dunnop if it agrees with me, don't think it does... freaky dude tho, and cool shot. What would happen if the entire background was burned out near completely? I'm just wondering if the dude himself can stand on his own or if the background adds to it...?

mysnapz posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 4:55 PM

Yeah I would try loosing the background as Slynky says, The white bar above his head, really doesnt help. I might try removing the badge for me its an unnecessary distraction. Nice one Niko. :O)

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Michelle A. posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 5:44 PM

I like it too, but I have to agree about the background.

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PunkClown posted Wed, 23 October 2002 at 7:10 PM

Yep, a crop (and I don't mean the dreads) would make this quite a striking portrait. Good one Niko. :-)>

Antoonio posted Thu, 24 October 2002 at 2:40 AM

Thank you for comments, this portrait thing is something I really need help with. ...you guys mean something like this? .n

Slynky posted Thu, 24 October 2002 at 8:43 AM

"burn like an animal!"

Wolfsnap posted Thu, 24 October 2002 at 8:56 PM

I dunno - the "confusion" of the background of the original to me contributed to the "confusion" of the guy's dreads. the crop lost some of the "wild" I felt with the original. Just my 2 cents. Eithere way - great shot!

starshuffler posted Fri, 25 October 2002 at 10:30 AM

I tend to lean toward the original... but both are good anyways. :-) (*

mysnapz posted Fri, 25 October 2002 at 1:18 PM

I see you have lost the white bar and the badge I think this is the way to go, but I dont like the crop just to tight on the subject and I think you should not go so dark with the background. You are loosing the separation between the subject and his environment. I have had a go with the post hope you can see what I mean. :O)

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali

Antoonio posted Mon, 28 October 2002 at 12:55 AM

...snapzie, I agree, better in this way. .n

mysnapz posted Mon, 28 October 2002 at 6:59 AM

You might like to try taking out all the background and adding somthing different. :O)

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali