Moonlight Nude #2

Nice post processing, it made it look as being taken at night! Great stuff indeed!

Best regards Dougity!

PDE

Very beautiful shot! Best regards, Ilkka

Hi Doug, thought I'd drop in to see what's new and must say I was surprised by the new series; it's rather unlike the style I'm accustomed to seeing from you.

I find this one to be the most appealing of the three. Her gaze and pose forms a pleasant composition. I gather it's a long exposure with some (fill) light painting or heavy post work? was it difficult to achieve the desired colour? 

I was hoping to do something like this (but not nude) using a $30 Walmart fog machine modified to produce ground hugging fog. The difficult part of this type of work (for me) has always been working in pitch-darkness and creating just the right amount of light for the length of exposure. 

I noticed the D700; presumably much nicer to work with? 

Pierre, thanks for this, and your comment on the other picture from this same series.  Thanks Ilkka. 

Michael, the D700 is fun, yes, but I got it 3 years ago and, although there's nothing wrong with it, I'm lusting for a new one, mostly for the megapixels.  Yes, this is different for me, isn't it?  Be careful with that fog machine. I bought one in February or March, and successfully using it outdoors is a feat.  You need zero wind, for starters.  Even the slightest breeze will blow everything away.  And electricity was an issue, too, at least where I was using it. 

The color wasn't that hard: A monochrome layer over the original, and a solid color layer over that. 

Thanks.

Very nice photo and model.

Beautiful model and great lighting. What about increasing a bit the brightness and contrast? Congrats.

Raymond, thanks. When I finish this series, I'm posting a collection showing all the different variations available.  Technology has changed the way photographers present their work. We're not longer all about capturing images as we are making decisions that are more or less equivalent to editing.