Robin the Spy! Something Fowl is afoot.

Here is the original untouched footage...

eagle.jpg





Here is what I have done with it...


eagleccsmall.jpg


I prefer the second one. What do you guys think?
Opinions needed!

Thanks,

Mike
 
I have always been a fan of the desaturated and bleach bypass looks. Looks good to me, though I wonder how it would look with more contrast (more crushing of the blacks, I think is how they say it :) ) .... either way, it looks cool to me :thumbsup:
 
How does this look? Is there enough contrast (sharp focus vs soft focus) between the two subjects?
No CC or wash done as of yet.

Let me know what you think.

eagle_and_flamingo.jpg


Thanks,

Mike
 
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I lifted the top end end of the colour curve, desaturated to 70% and moved contrast to .19 in Vegas. (1st example)

There's at least a couple of ways to achieve these results - instead of using constrast you can also use levels to crush the lowest end of the blacks, and further lift the highlights with the curve. Or you can pull the bottom end of the curve down to make it something like an "S", (while pulling the high end up further) (2nd example).

I always use a mix of the tools in the doc, and usually only sharpen if using a 35mm adapter.


www.conceptsmith.com.au/Doc1.doc


The more I look at that frame the more I likey. Depth lines on the right hand 1/3 and your subject pretty well framed on the left. :beer:

Do you have any more frames to share?
 
2nd grab...

My 2c are worth just that - but the separation by focus seems to do the job. On the flipside, I wonder about your vertical lines in the frame (wall join, frame) - could be the result of not being level and/or tilting upwards.

I also wonder about having the subject occupy the lower part of the frame - it makes him seem weak, but that may be your intention.
 
The frame was level, it just looks odd from the angle that I took the shot from.

As for the "weak" subject, I actually thought that having her out of focus would make his presence stronger on screen. That and the fact that he does all the talking. ;)

Thanks for all the advice! I really do appreciate.
I'll take all this in for my next shoot!

Thanks,

Mike
 
Kyser said:
How does this look? Is there enough contrast (sharp focus vs soft focus) between the two subjects?
No CC or wash done as of yet.

Let me know what you think.

eagle_and_flamingo.jpg


Thanks,

Mike
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Here's the new CC'd pic...


cc.jpg


I took your advice and played with Color Curves.
Now that I look at them both side by side... I could probably "bleach" it a tad more.

What do you guys think?

Mike
 
Looks good to me. I went a little more extreme, but of course it all comes down to personal preference. The downside of my effort is that it suffers from losing detail in the blacks.

edit - looked back at my settings and remembered that I sharpened this pretty heavily.

Imagea.jpg
 
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Funny enough, that scene above didn't make the cut. Just ran out of room.

I'm compressing now... at 25% and going. I hope the final file is <50MB.

Looking good though....

Mike
 
Robin.jpg


Robin the Spy debuts! ;)

Just finished uploading it to Spyfest.

Hope some of you enjoy it. I had to overcome a lot of hardships in order to get this finished. I'm sure most of us with entries have...

I also want to thank everyone involved, especially John LaBonney (writer) and Leandro Gardini (composer).

As well as the entire cast and crew, as small as it was.

Cheers,

Mike
 
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im late on this one, however, my suggestion for your grabs would be to make them pop off the screen a little more. your first cc job that you posted looked very very flat. -- up the contrast a little, crush the blacks, you will have nice sharp looking images. i'll assume you already did this since you've uploaded already.

congrats!
 
I altered things a little further since my first CC'd grab.

Maybe not as much as StMad suggested.... but more than my last grab shows.

Thanks for the advice!

Mike
 
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