Getting this effect

That's a spectacular shot... flat out spectacular. I would like to think that there's a way to get that in photoshop, but I don't know man... I think I may have to second Matt's guess that it really IS underwater... I don't know... it's hard to tell.

That's one that I'd really like to post on the Nikon thread and just casually say, "yeah... hmm... how about this one..."

It would be cool to be on that level.
 
yeah. maybe it is just an underwater shot, done very well.

It just looks so perfect. and theres no bubbles or ripples. and the guy is a photoshop master.

but yeah. i like his stuff.
 
It does look like it's underwater but the guy looks too skinny so maybe it's not real.
If I had to do it I'd use a photo for the face and CG for the rest.
 
Look at some of Sharky's images... I believe they are mostly medium format but his shots have a similar effect (better actually)
 
looks like he used some light rays plug in of some kind, thats pretty easy but I am not sure bout the rest.

Very cool.
Brian
 
I'll bet that with a simple but pretty powerful fan, you could get that effect with a lot of light and a super fast shutter speed. Something on the order of 1/5000 would probably work. They you just hang the guy from a harness, have him pose, start the wind on my from below, and keep snapping until you have the shot you want.

It's certainly a much more practical and controlable setup. And most of his clothing looks like it is being blown upwards.

The light rays would be the most difficult, but volumetric lighting from any 3D app would work. Isolate the subject, create a path around (or use something like Illustrator's Auto Trace) Bring that path into a 3D program, turn it into a poly, and set up your lights. Render away.

THen it's back to Photoshop for compositing and touch ups.

But hell, maybe he painted it, but whichever, it is still a stunning piece of work.
 
I agree with the others that it's underwater. If you click on the picture a slide show pops up with other images from the collection. Images 20 - 30 are from the same series.
 
David LaChapelle is a great photographer made famous by his many portaits of the stars with a similar painterly quality. While this is indeed a photograph, there are quite a few painterly techniques applied to work itself to give it that quality. Whether he used real light or not is hard to say, but from what I have read about him in the past, most of his work is done through creative lighting, and then post production, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was in reality the actual lighting used for the photo.

Thanks for the heads up Jeremy
 
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