HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
dan said:
It's not a must, but it's appreciated. Either way, thanks for participating.:beer:
Round 6 - DVXUser Photography Contest
- Thread starter Jeremy Ordan
- Start date
It's not a must, but it's appreciated. Either way, thanks for participating.:beer:
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
So is it time to announce which picture is ours yet?
- Mikko
- Mikko
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
uh... I already did.
mikegrasso
Well-known member
Mine
Mine
Sorry for the large size I saved them as large format. So the one I submitted looks better in color, when I took the color out it blended all the shadows, so I work on one of the other phots I took where you can see the harsh light. This is more what I was going for. Just did not have the time to tweak.
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Mine
Sorry for the large size I saved them as large format. So the one I submitted looks better in color, when I took the color out it blended all the shadows, so I work on one of the other phots I took where you can see the harsh light. This is more what I was going for. Just did not have the time to tweak.
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mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Jebus Mike, those are huge!
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So mine is "guilty hands"
Took this one during the "over time" of the contest.
No the blood isn't Hershey's chocolate syrup, It's BBQ sauce.
Took it in my bathroom with the self timer using my tripod with the center post in the horizontal mode to get the 'pods legs out of the shot. It was hard to hit the shutter button with a clean part of my hand and then get posed correctly and still look natural after waiting for the timer. I need a shutter-release pedal!
One thing that bugged me was how little blood there was on my hands in this shot, but the later ones (with progressively more) didn't quite hit the right pose.
I'd have liked to have had the camera directly centered, but I couldn't quite fit myself in there any closer with the grip gear I had on hand.
I'm really happy with the way the CC turned out, I was going for a really dark, but blown out look with a grimy feel to it. Almost like a flashback. And I think i nailed that right on for a change.
These contests rock, I'm really enjoying working on one frame at a time and I can really appriciate it as good practice for moving video.
- Mikko
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So mine is "guilty hands"
Took this one during the "over time" of the contest.
No the blood isn't Hershey's chocolate syrup, It's BBQ sauce.
Took it in my bathroom with the self timer using my tripod with the center post in the horizontal mode to get the 'pods legs out of the shot. It was hard to hit the shutter button with a clean part of my hand and then get posed correctly and still look natural after waiting for the timer. I need a shutter-release pedal!
One thing that bugged me was how little blood there was on my hands in this shot, but the later ones (with progressively more) didn't quite hit the right pose.
I'd have liked to have had the camera directly centered, but I couldn't quite fit myself in there any closer with the grip gear I had on hand.
I'm really happy with the way the CC turned out, I was going for a really dark, but blown out look with a grimy feel to it. Almost like a flashback. And I think i nailed that right on for a change.
These contests rock, I'm really enjoying working on one frame at a time and I can really appriciate it as good practice for moving video.
- Mikko
Jeremy Ordan
Major Contributor
This Week's Winners
This Week's Winners
Congrats to everyone who participated. By far this week had the most interesting and unique submissions of any round we have seen yet. The difference between the top three finishers is .1 point, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2... amazing! Here are your top five pictures:
1. Let me axe you a question
by MattinSTL
2. First Change
by Matt Grunau
3. After the theatre closes
4. Look out!
by Horse Films
5. Guilty Hands
by Mikko Wilson
This Week's Winners
Congrats to everyone who participated. By far this week had the most interesting and unique submissions of any round we have seen yet. The difference between the top three finishers is .1 point, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2... amazing! Here are your top five pictures:
1. Let me axe you a question
2. First Change
3. After the theatre closes
4. Look out!
5. Guilty Hands
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Sweet, placed 2 weeks in a row!
- Mikko
- Mikko
MattinSTL
Sound Modulator
I feel a little guilty... I would have put the other Matt on top.
Just so you guys know... my shot wasn't easy to get though. I took about 50 pictures in that setting. I had a bunch of gels with me for the shoot and I went through a few shades of red and orange, experimented with flash placement, and also aperature. Then once I was happy with the look of things it took another 10 or so snaps to get both Ari's and Sam's expressions to convey what I was going for with the shot.
I'll say one thing... cameras are freakin' great! Seems like an obvious statement right? Well what I mean is there have been many times where everybody was tired and totally zoned out and I started taking pictures of somebody... yelling at them and coaching positions and expressions... before you know it we're laughing and having the best time... then before you know it the entire cast and crew is in on it and everybody is laughing and having a good time. My Nikon has made me more popular then a bottle of Jack at summer camp.
For the record the only aspect of my shot that was comp is the blood... which is just water drops blasted in front of a blue screen... lit with the flash from the bottom... then in PS you magic wand the drops in one quick second with color select... chose the part of the drops where the light has them a different shade of blue then the BG... then adjust hue/saturation to take them from blue to red... then directional motion adjustment and make the angle of the blur coincide with the angle the drops would be flying... Did all that make sense?
Here's a fraction of all the shots that I took on or around that log... it was midnight. Pitch black except for flashlights... we had wrapped and all the lights were put up... this photo op was a last minute idea that was only supposed to involve me and Ari... but ended up including everybody.
Just so you guys know... my shot wasn't easy to get though. I took about 50 pictures in that setting. I had a bunch of gels with me for the shoot and I went through a few shades of red and orange, experimented with flash placement, and also aperature. Then once I was happy with the look of things it took another 10 or so snaps to get both Ari's and Sam's expressions to convey what I was going for with the shot.
I'll say one thing... cameras are freakin' great! Seems like an obvious statement right? Well what I mean is there have been many times where everybody was tired and totally zoned out and I started taking pictures of somebody... yelling at them and coaching positions and expressions... before you know it we're laughing and having the best time... then before you know it the entire cast and crew is in on it and everybody is laughing and having a good time. My Nikon has made me more popular then a bottle of Jack at summer camp.
For the record the only aspect of my shot that was comp is the blood... which is just water drops blasted in front of a blue screen... lit with the flash from the bottom... then in PS you magic wand the drops in one quick second with color select... chose the part of the drops where the light has them a different shade of blue then the BG... then adjust hue/saturation to take them from blue to red... then directional motion adjustment and make the angle of the blur coincide with the angle the drops would be flying... Did all that make sense?
Here's a fraction of all the shots that I took on or around that log... it was midnight. Pitch black except for flashlights... we had wrapped and all the lights were put up... this photo op was a last minute idea that was only supposed to involve me and Ari... but ended up including everybody.
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
Great job everyone.... I was snubbed again... The one question that will always remain... will Brice ever crack the top 5.... hopefully this next round, as I have something awesome planned!!!
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
Matt, your shot was freaking cool! Thanks for posting how you did it.:thumbsup:
Matt Grunau
Adobe Demigod
Hey cool. I came in second.
For the record, there was NO retouching in photoshop.
:beer: :beer:
For the record, there was NO retouching in photoshop.
:beer: :beer:
Blaine
Mr. Hollywood
Well, here's mine. Yeah, I'm the one who didn't read the "Details". I saw the topic and went out to shoot it. When I saw what everyone else put up, I was confused, went back to the topic and OMG, I saw the details and that I had ****ed up!
This was a nighttime shot on tripod without additional lighting. It was 1/2 second exposure. I actually forgot to bump up the ISO...
This is straight from the camera:
This is after a little correction in PS:
And after reading Matt G's comment, I tried cropping...(something I don't normally think about...)
Well, for the next challenge, I read the details, and who knows, I might even remember to do a little cropping...
This was a nighttime shot on tripod without additional lighting. It was 1/2 second exposure. I actually forgot to bump up the ISO...
This is straight from the camera:
This is after a little correction in PS:
And after reading Matt G's comment, I tried cropping...(something I don't normally think about...)
Well, for the next challenge, I read the details, and who knows, I might even remember to do a little cropping...
Brandon Rice
Distributed Producer
Matt Grunau said:
heehee... LOL!
david jerome
Well-known member
Congrats everyone. This one was mine.
I shot this at an old theatre in downtown Clearwater FL. One of the buildings in downtown not yet owned by the Scientologist. I took two separate shots. One with the girl in the skirt and one with the person sitting in the background. Put the shots together and B&W in photoshop. My sister and girlfiend were the models. I took about ten different poses for the girl and decided on the only one that didn't show her face. It seemed to fit the mood the best. I took the shot at night with street lights. I need alot more practice with shooting at night. It was rushed and a cop was scoping us out. Shot it in about 20 min. The story of the pic is a night at the theatre for the people that go there after it closes. The girl is a hooker that works that corner. The person in the background is homeless and sleeps there at night. They share the spot. Maybe there friends. Maybe the homeless guy or girl keeps an eye out for the hooker while she's working and she brings him(her) something to eat at night. I wanted to portray another side of life different from the ones that go to the theatre while it's open. A side that happens at the same place, but while the other side is sleeping. Am I sounding really cheesy here. Oh well, that was the motivation behind it, figured I share it.
I shot this at an old theatre in downtown Clearwater FL. One of the buildings in downtown not yet owned by the Scientologist. I took two separate shots. One with the girl in the skirt and one with the person sitting in the background. Put the shots together and B&W in photoshop. My sister and girlfiend were the models. I took about ten different poses for the girl and decided on the only one that didn't show her face. It seemed to fit the mood the best. I took the shot at night with street lights. I need alot more practice with shooting at night. It was rushed and a cop was scoping us out. Shot it in about 20 min. The story of the pic is a night at the theatre for the people that go there after it closes. The girl is a hooker that works that corner. The person in the background is homeless and sleeps there at night. They share the spot. Maybe there friends. Maybe the homeless guy or girl keeps an eye out for the hooker while she's working and she brings him(her) something to eat at night. I wanted to portray another side of life different from the ones that go to the theatre while it's open. A side that happens at the same place, but while the other side is sleeping. Am I sounding really cheesy here. Oh well, that was the motivation behind it, figured I share it.
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Steve_Arm said:
I'd guess Gimp.
... though Notepad would be really hardcore.
- Mikko ... thinks pictures are for wussies, hardcode all the way.