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JPS
August 23rd, 2007, 03:21 AM
...of my old friend Bob, with "minimal" lighting: the onboard flash of the D200, at -1 EV !

D200 with AFS 28-70 @ 62 mm. - 1:250 @ f/2.8 - ISO 100
http://www.pbase.com/scherrer/image/84351699/original.jpg

...I guess this is the FIRST portrait i have ever shot in "digital" B&W !

Opinions, critics, advice ?

Cheers,
J-P.
Igor
August 23rd, 2007, 04:43 AM
Great image to play in Draganizer with... give it a try! :)
Camarochas
August 23rd, 2007, 07:12 AM
You should shoot more of your friend. he's got a great face for photos.

Charlie

Great tonality and detail in the shot.
Bill C
August 23rd, 2007, 09:10 AM
I agree with Charlie and Igor - great face for portraits, and it would be fun to play with different 'draganizer' effects.
Regards,
Bill
BARBARA LUKE
August 23rd, 2007, 09:14 AM
One great face..... Barbara
ChazR
August 23rd, 2007, 03:52 PM
A wonderfully lighted image from just the D200 pop-up considering the very dark surroundings. Nice work.
JPS
August 24th, 2007, 12:15 AM
Hy guys... and Barbara !

Thanks for the comments ! I only heard of the "dragonizer" thing, but never had a go...

...care to show HOW you would re-process it ?

Cheers,
J-P.
Igor
August 24th, 2007, 01:00 AM
OK, here's my quick take :)
All default Draganizer settings plus minor PP.
JPS
August 24th, 2007, 01:08 AM
:rofl:

...i'm not sure my friend would really like to see him like that :woot: !

(he's 81 years old... just 20 winters more than me ;))

:lol:
J-P.
Igor
August 24th, 2007, 01:27 AM
Oh, sorry :o , here's a milder version, now I hope he likes it :troutsmac
JPS
August 24th, 2007, 01:33 AM
Yeahhhhhh !

...but HEY !!! where did you find this old portrait of myself ?

:confused:
J-P.
photoworks
August 24th, 2007, 02:53 AM
Yeahhhhhh !

...but HEY !!! where did you find this old portrait of myself ?

:confused:
J-P.

Playboy magazine!:p

BTW Great portrait JP!

Billy
JPS
August 27th, 2007, 12:02 AM
Thanks Billy ! You're right !!!

:)
J-P.
fujifilmnut
August 28th, 2007, 05:32 AM
JPS,

Looks just like you took it with a very fine grain film like Panatomic X. Great shot and lighting.
JPS
August 28th, 2007, 07:00 AM
Thanks Jim ! In fact, i shot in color, post-processed it in color and THEN thought/noticed that this is NOT the kind of image -IMHO- that "works" in color ! The best portraits i've ever seen were in B&W, except sometimes for children...

I'm not "at ease" shooting portraits, because 1) i haven't got the lighting stuff, with the softboxes, reflectors, etc..., and 2) i don't know how to "deal" with the people i want to photograph ! I don't know what to say to them, don't like to tell them what to do, etc...

...so i just "grab" a shot from time to time !

Pity, as i'm sure i would LOVE to MAKE -instead of TAKE- a nice pic of someone !

:)
J-P.