godfather 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Excellent piece with a best title i have seen in a long time. nice post process work. Colours are just great. Best rgs Tero. Link to comment
pnfphotography 0 Posted October 1, 2007 creative and fun - the muted colors in this really make the image rock for me - this image has my eyes wandering all over as it speaks volumes. Link to comment
tripanfal 3 Posted October 1, 2007 Awesome. Love what you have done with the color and overall feeling here. Link to comment
florianabarbu 0 Posted October 2, 2007 Excelent, impresionant de real si suprareal in acelasi timp ! Link to comment
mike_stemberg 40 Posted October 4, 2007 Wonderful expression on the man's face. Great capture of light too! Link to comment
yuri meshalkin 0 Posted October 4, 2007 That was a good laugh))) Great photo and title!!! 777 Link to comment
vlad_balas 0 Posted October 8, 2007 Tine-o tot asa Alex !! Da ba ce televizor bomba are acolo ca face o lumina de te orbeste...=)) ai putea sa vezi de pe trotuar...si dak te chinui bine...mai vezi si o sticla de jack acolo in spate pe raft =)).Fain de tot man.Flaviu Link to comment
pmj 6 Posted October 15, 2007 Please note the following: This image has been selected for discussion. It is not necessarily the "best" picture the Elves have seen this week, nor is it a contest. Discussion of photo.net policy, including the choice of Photograph of the Week should not take place here, but in the Site Feedback forum. The About Photograph of the Week page tells you more about this feature of photo.net. Before writing a contribution to this thread, please consider our reason for having this forum: to help people learn about photography. Visitors have browsed the gallery, found a few striking images and want to know things like why is it a good picture, why does it work? Or, indeed, why doesn't it work, or how could it be improved? Try to answer such questions with your contribution. Link to comment
daniele paccaloni 0 Posted October 15, 2007 Very interesting but uhm... shadows look odd. Softbox shadows are "too soft". And shadows from the lamp are totally missing (am I missing something too ? :). Link to comment
atlatling 4 Posted October 16, 2007 Cute, but not particularly well done. A bit too "staged." the lettering and numbers in the lower left confuse me a bit. The flash reflects on the books or windows at the left rear which also bothers me. Use of the wide angle lens seems to distort the whole background. It could be cropped a bit closer on right and left making almost a square pic. Not my cup of tea. It might look better if it was two or three times this size, but difficult to read the man's face which is what the picture is all about. Willie the Cropper Link to comment
kezia 0 Posted October 16, 2007 I haven't reached a final conclusion on this week's picture, but the comments so far seem more indicative of a subconscious reaction to the artificiality of some aspects of the picture than to what is actually happening here. Square format? Surely, whether you like the effect or not, cropping would destroy the intentionally weird perspective and the cluttered, claustrophobic atmosphere. I don't understand the comments on softbox use and the flash reflection in the 'window'. The main light source is surely meant to be the television screen (and that is what is reflected). I don't even have a problem reading his expression at my screen size. There is a need to 'read' small details in this kind of photo - for example, the dropped ticket - and that kind of detail doesn't perhaps display well at this small size, but I love pictures that tell a story with lots of detail to move my eyes around. Also, I enjoy seeing photoshop used to produce an atmosphere and enrich the story at a more human level for a change. So, no final opinion on this as a photo, but I do think it tells its story well. Link to comment
florainer 0 Posted October 16, 2007 Hi Alex, first let me tell you i really like the image, i find it very well done. the colors might look a bit artificial, but as you prove with the making of, there has not been done much in PS. thanks for adding the link, this is usefull and interesting. it's a pitty though that there comes no info concerning the lighting with it. let me have a guess: it's lit with one flash which is hidden in the TV screen? maybe you hid another, weaker one, but i can't figure out where, so i guess it's only one. congratulations on your fabulous portfolio, too. best wishes, fr. Link to comment
david brown 0 Posted October 16, 2007 This shot does tell a story and irony it it's title, who does'nt want to win the lottery. How many times have you heard of a battler winning and you think good on you, good luck to you. Here is a battler who needs the money, his old TV is his table, light fittings broken, bad paint work, who better to win. Then the poor old bloke has a heart attack and probably dies, just his luck. This is a doco type shot which has to tell a story in order to get a response from the viewer, it has an appeal in that sense. Colous and perfect lighting are not required in order to tell a story if anything these imperfections as some see it are necessary to add to the story. I am interested to know the tech details on how this was acheived though, you know f settings, shutter speed, flashes used etc. If not this will just become a I don't like it forum and none of us will learn anything. Link to comment
matusciac 0 Posted October 16, 2007 technical details: a 420w flash 1/1 in the TV case (it was just a tv case) and a 45w 1/1 in the lamp beside him 430ex @ 1/32 (but this was used just to sync the lights) tokina 12-24 f4 @12mm on a 400D iso 100 1/200 f 9 PS... tonal rage and toning a few details retoutched - no cropping Link to comment
ken_thalheimer 3,739 Posted October 16, 2007 The post processing is very good. His expression is great. There's humor in the tilted lampshade & his using the old TV as a dining table while watching the new wide-screen Link to comment
robertpastierovic 0 Posted October 16, 2007 The lyrics of "Ironic" song came to my mind:An old man turned ninety-eight, he won the lottery and died the next day ... isn't it ironic ...As for the photograph, I'm not sure if it would work without the explaining title. It's hard (if only possible) to read the "message". Some improvements are necessary to emphasize the details that actually tell the story, I think. Also I dont like the reddish (pinkish) cast much personally. There are some great photos in author's folder BTW.Regards, Link to comment
bilianar 0 Posted October 16, 2007 The light is impressive, as well as the colors. But truly, the feeling it provokes in me is ugly. Perhaps because it reminds me somehow of ex-communist years, and the way those poor people lived, especially as seen on Russian (or more likely - ex-Soviet Union) movies so long ago. Link to comment
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