Opinion of this snapshot?

Question

This is a snapshot that I took yesterday. I figured it would work best as a high key thing so I upped exposure 1.5 stops over 'correct' just before I took it. It's a candid shot. I just walked up and took it.

The background is a stainless steel door and the lighting on the subject is open shade (skylight). For the curious, the EXIF info is available with the image.

I added highlight and shadow diffusion in photoshop. You can also post a comment when you view the image. The best viewing is to pick slide show.

Thanks for all opinions.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Vance.Lear/VinylKink?authkey=57FtwKLJ3Xo

Sorry Antoni, I guess I expressed myself poorly. The exposure was intentionally 1.5 stops over what would have been correct for the stainless steel door in the background and done in camera. I wanted to blow it out and get a little flair.

It's not a blown shot that I tried to make good. I threw a contrast curve on it, which I always do because my camera is set to the lowest contrast setting except for overcast/foggy/cloudy days, and upped the saturation. In fact, I use low saturation, no in camera sharpening, and turn off the noise reduction for almost all shooting.

This was a spur of the moment shot, but I had been shooting high key stuff earlier in the day and when I saw this guy just about to walk into the sunlight with that shining stainless door behind him, I just went for it.

It wasn't at a party, either. This is one of my shots from the Folsom Street Fair held every year here in San Francisco. You can Google it.

I shoot it every year. :)

Answer 1

well there is not much going on here in my opinion.

Answer 2

you must goto some weird parties!!
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why is there a zip over the mouth, what do you put into the mouth? ---yes you Vance---haha

I dont like it, but it dont mean that its not coolish in a freaking, kinky, manlove way.........

may be a market for this stuff, just be careful you dont accept any "drinks" from your new friends, i went to a funny party one time, they siad they wanted a 38 year old virgin - i've never run away from anything/one so fast

thanks for the share not my thing or style of image, please get a decent shot for you avitar, im learning from you and almot missed this question.......

a motto for your bussiness card : sticks and stones may break my bones but whips n chains excite me

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EDIT : its of course not a snapshot anymore...........it was proberly a really nothing poorly lit snapshot of something "interesting/different"

- or maye you thought about making the final result at the time then its still not just a snap shot...............so your either very very smart or you took a interesting/different subject, recorded it poorly (light/composition), then used photoshop to try and make something of it - and you did..............as far as technique/lighting/exposure etc goes it doesnt matter its so manipulated its fake(?) looking anyway.

now this is not to my taste.........but i does grow..........if you can do the samething again, and do it better or the same with say a twist - a celeb, or someone/thing not expected like a dogs face, or anything unexpected then good,

im more a in camera guy so its just gross to me with all the purple n stuff in it, but these images do have a market, and your photoshopping is pretty

Answer 3

Looks kinda like Masked Wrestling Man meets Hannibal Lechter. Interesting.

Answer 4

well i dont know much about photography so i cant make any real good suggestions... i do work alot with photoshop tho and programs like that..... but as an artist i can say its good because i felt something when i saw it... so aside from the technical stuff (lighting and what not) i think its a good picture.. there is emotion in the eyes of the subject.. you cant tell if he's smiling or wincing in pain or angry...it provokes thought and emotion from the veiwer... i like it good job.... you should post your stuff on www.deviantart .com

Answer 5

it looks kinda like a tin ninja...if you like that! but my brother thinks it's cool!