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I have been playing around with composites and, whilst this is still work in progress, I am quite pleased with it so far. Sam was originally shot in an office and the background is from the dark arches in Leeds city centre. A texture was added to the background to grunge it up a bit but this time it wasn't applied to Sam.
Thanks for looking and I would welcome any ideas to take this forward.
Phil
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D90  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 15 Jul 2012 - 1:45 PM |
| Focal Length: | 25mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/160sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | On, Return not detected |
| Title: | Busking |
| Username: | 
Philo |
| Uploaded: | 25 Jul 2012 - 6:08 PM |
| Tags: | Composite, Dark arches, Digitally manipulated, Flash / lighting, Leeds, Musician, Portraits / people, Sam, Saxaphone, Strobist, Textures |
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I like where it going, i'd want to ground his left foot a bit and but the foot shadow more behind the shoe. Also as its feed back you are looking for is his face a tad saturated and red?
Ideas to take it further - darker and more menacing background? perhaps with some smoke or mist, so your eye is drawn in but does not stop at the back wall? could the light further back be less white?
Good point about the foot, Stuart, though I wouldn't know how to do it. I actually uploaded the wrong version, as it has no texture, so I have added V2. This hopefully addresses the whiteness issue. Smoke or mist a great idea but I would need to research how to do it. I need to find more backgrounds!
Thanks again for the valuable feedback, Stuart.
Phil
Hi neighbour 
I prefer the version without the texture...I know,I know good coming from me huh ? 
I just think it adds nothing to an image which is complicated enough..sozz 
Good point about the feet,that would be my main niggle,along with the very bright blob on the end of his right toe.
I think he would have been better placed with his back to a wall tbh,not many of the Buskers would be stood right in the middle of the roadway.
Shadow is good although I think it would have been better slightly shorter as much of the light is coming from above him....we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel,or the begining in this case
I like the setting you have put him into,yep,a bit darker at the back would bring much more focus onto the Busker himself,I know the place is lit but it would look much better darker & more 'tunnel like' if you get my drift.
Well done for having a bash Phil,always good to get out of the box sometimes
10/10 for effort,which gets my vote.
It's a good job I accidentally uploaded the untextured version
Thanks Vicky, I am sure mono would look great but I am fairly pants at them. Will give it a go though!
Janet, you are the last person I expected to advise losing the texture
I think can sort the feet by cropping him above the knees.
Someone else mentioned about him leaning against a wall so I will see if I have a more suitable background.
Darker: now that's more like you, Janet
Thanks for the fine critique.
Phil
Ive uploaded a mod with some of the suggestions incorporated. Also tilted Sam a little. Darker, de sat, copied left wall over to right, extended right canvas and some bits and pieces. View large only.
Regards
Willie
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