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High Key Experiment 1


High Key Experiment 1
Photo Information
Copyright: Andy Cole (flagman) (45)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-03
Categories: Friends/Family, Experimental, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed], Portrait
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon 17-40mm f/4 L USM, Hoya 77mm UV
Exposure: f/4, 1/20 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-12-08 8:36
Viewed: 655
Points: 5
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This sort of shot seems to be all the rage in the high street studios at the moment, so I thought I'd give it a go myself.
This was just a standard portrait of my daughter, taken in my kitchen with the on-camera flash, then PP'd to give the high-key, cross-processed look.
PP work done:
Convert from RAW. +3.30 stops exposure adjustment. +21 shadows. +30 saturation.
Remove background with eraser tool.
Adjust Red and Blue channels with the curves adjustment to give the cross-processed strange colours.
Add more white space to the left.
Re-size for TL.
Easy!

Any critiques/comments appreciated.
Andy.

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To aslaets: Curvesflagman 1 01-19 04:09
To riems: High-key & washed outflagman 1 12-13 04:43
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  • erdna Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 629 W: 68 N: 746] (5421)
  • [2006-12-08 16:15]

A super job you did here Andy! I like it. It is artistic and beautiful!

Andre'

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  • riems Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 115 W: 14 N: 45] (1677)
  • [2006-12-08 21:52]
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Well, not bad at all, Andy. But high key doesn't mean all details being washed out, so experiment a little more with the light and stops between fore and background. Set the difference to 2 stops and use a softbox as key-light for the foreground nearby the subject. You'll be amazed about the results!
Cheers,
Peter

Experiment succeeded ;-)
Tried to do high key with the curves ?

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