Friday, April 24, 2009

digital days revisited

This is another photo from the Digital Days model shoot in Houston. I did a little something different with this image - I used the dreaded Lucis Art filter on a layer with a blending mode and dialed it back. I think it was the first time I've ever applied a blending mode with a Lucis layer. Anyway, I think it made for an interesting (not overwhelming) level of shadow detail. I also used a Nik Silver Efex sepia layer, again in a blending mode, then painted back a little color in the face. Funny how when you start using blending modes with textures like I've been doing a lot lately, that concept makes you start working with traditional layers the same way. It definitely opens up some new levels of tonality.

7 comments:

  1. Very, very nice. I like how everything seems to blend together. It's not "in your face" effect.

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  2. I agree with Larry, it's an understated effect that really works well with the subject.

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  3. Perfect! You nailed it! Great use of your post-processing toolkit!

    Cheers!
    Barry

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  4. This is so good I felt I needed to comment twice! :-)

    OUTSTANDING!!!!

    Cheers!
    Barry

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  5. Yes, it definitely works on this male portrait. Very subtle, but adds to the rugged look. I like the background and the vignette a lot too.

    Cindi

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  6. How were you set up for the shot Steve?

    The exposure is great, no blown highlights or anything. Just a really nice shot.

    DHaass

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  7. Did you do anything to the skin? Do you think the layers smoothed his skin at all? Looks smoothed around chin...just wondering.

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