Homage to Mike Dixon...

[philip_woodcock]

... well it's not really as I took this photo about 3 years ago. I decided to print it as a test to check my darkroom kit which I put back together again last week. I thought it was a fitting picture to submit to you lot to critique as I've not posted one before.

 

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It was taken with my SL and f2 'Cron 50 and I used Ilford SFX with an orange filter (stupid me lost my red filter that afternoon).

 

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Ok guys and gals flame me!!!

 

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<img src="http://www.pushbar.demon.co.uk/lynda.jpg">

[philip_woodcock]

oh yes the enlarger is a Durst 370 with a Leitz f4.5 lens

[dennis_couvillion]

The photo has a certain dixonesque quality about it.

 

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Dennis

[furcafe]

Nice portrait. I have my own inadvertently "Dixonesque" shot from

last year (well @ least it shows babes in a bar!):

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[kens]

I like these kind of shots, Philip. A Super Model? No. A Real Person

with flaws and character? Yes. I also like the way it's framed off

balance - gives it the tension appropriate to her appearance. I think

the lower-right corner should be burned in though.

[preston_merchant]

For future reference, a portrait of this woman will be more

flattering if her mouth is either closed or in full smile--but not

partially open. She has an interesting look about her, which makes a

simple shot of her so effective.

[ben_hughes]

Philip:

 

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I like it a lot. SFX, as well as true infrared do fascinating things to

eyes.....a mystical quality. Nice work old boy!

 

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Ben

[iván]

Hi, Philip:

 

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Good work, indeed. I was wondering wheter you have cropped the image

since the lenght to width ratio seems to be somewhat unusual.

 

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Only item to note: IMHO it lacks some more detail concerning the

texture of her skin in order to match Mike's usual postings (by the

way I think that, in general, the portraits Mike posts here are

better than the ones he shows in his own site).

 

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Strongest point in your image: composition, I think. I liked it.

Keep posting, please.

 

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Regards !

 

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-Iván

[philip_woodcock]

Thanks for such quick positive response guys!!! cheers

I think my scanner has a bug which seems to slightly alter the aspect

ratio as the image is full frame and I use an oversized mask to give

true full frame.

 

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I will keep posting now that I'm back up and running, already a queue

of young women are wanting my long lost skills.

 

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I wanna be like Mike... isn't that a line from 'Bad Boys'?

[mike dixon]

I like it, too (and not just because you're saying nice things about

me). Very direct. I do agree about burning in the blown out corner.

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