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From a recent shoot. Edited using the bleach bypass method. Critique welcomed.
| Camera: | Canon EOS 40D |
| Lens: | 50 1.4 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | David |
| Username: | 
Geraint |
| Uploaded: | 27 Aug 2010 - 3:31 PM |
| Tags: | Flash / lighting, Portraits / people |
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knew this was yours 
love this, lighting is wicked
looks a tad hot but on a cheapo monitor at mo
well done
Neal
I am a bit suprised here - everything suggests a superb male portrait initially, then you realise that there is little tone in the forehead or upper cheaks. I think there should be.
No idea what the bleach bypass process is in digital terms, but that may be what has bleached out the highlights. Used to use etch bleach in the wet darkroom, but that was rather different.
Paul
I saw this in the tell it like it is group, but I can't fault it personally so I'm commenting here!
I love it. It's the sort of effect I've been experimenting with recently, but the 'hard way' in PS using blend modes & such, is this a one-hit action in Color FX, or is there a bit of further tweaking involved?
Thanks for the comments. I'm sorry to tell you Steve it's pretty much a click of a button in Color FX! I downloaded the trial versions of all of NikSoftware's plugins, hoping to emulate them in Photoshop. I really couldn't get close to this effect - I used a mix of masked curves, desaturation etc but couldn't quite get the contrast I wanted. This is the default setting but with slightly less global contrast and a bit more saturation.
NiKSoftware's stuff is fantastic. Expensive but so useful - (the noise reduction Define 2.0 can be a lifesaver!).
Geraint, I've uploaded this, which is my take on a similar style I guess but using PS.
The Nik software is expensive but I keep seeing great examples of work done with it. I find it hard to justify the expense when similar can be achieved in PS and NX2, but these ease of of 1-button editing is vary tempting.
I'll be over to comment in a sec. I ummed and aaahed for ages over whether to buy it or not. I suppose the main question is how long do you want to spend working on an image? The software cuts corners, but without compromising quality. I guess that's why it has such a price tag. One positive I've found is that since it's quite easy and fast to edit photos in different ways I've edited some photos from shoots to show clients how different they can look, and I've found that quite a few of them buy extra photos. Granted it'll take a while to recoup the cost, but it's always great to see that people like what I've done. Nik Software's stuff is very intuitive. They should pay me for writing this stuff, seriously...
HI Geraint
interesting to read about the software, i'll have to have a play too.
I like the way it really pops out at you.
A couple of niggles, well you knew there would be 
For me he is just trying just a bit too hard to be moody, so I don't feel like it's real. I can sense the photographer giving direction 'give me moody'.
While his face is nicely toned, his ear seems to be a rather pink, if this were mine I'd try and match the tones of the face. I don't want to notice his rather puffy ear.
Well done on the HC.
Martin
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