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Postby wendellt on Mon May 28, 2007 1:59 am

still experimenting with my black and white post production

these 2 have a cinema noir feel to them
taken at various fashion backstage
main lightsource tungsten hard light
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added ghosting effect in post
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fragmented sunlight
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon May 28, 2007 2:05 am

Flipping Gorgeous Stuff Wendell. I'm currently speechless.
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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon May 28, 2007 2:07 am

The conversions are very nice Wendell, even if they do lack grain.

I must say, I think their skin is too smooth for the look and I think #3 is nice but the composition's framing kills it for me.

My choices are #1 and #4.
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon May 28, 2007 2:58 am

#1, #2 and #4 for me. Very clean and elegant outcome from the conversions. I love a good black and white when it's done properly.
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Postby barry on Wed May 30, 2007 1:55 pm

All nice shots Wendell but #1 is the pick for me.
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Postby Oneputt on Wed May 30, 2007 2:02 pm

Wendell your work continually evolves and continues to impress the hell out of me :D
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Postby foonji on Wed May 30, 2007 3:45 pm

they look sweet! 8)

they even look like they could be 3d renders :)
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Postby BT*ist on Wed May 30, 2007 6:22 pm

Striking images - #1 and #4 are my favourites. In #1 is it my imagination or does the fade-to-black colour of the model's left arm remain every so slightly less dark than the background? If so, awesome!!!! :shock:
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Postby Yi-P on Wed May 30, 2007 6:41 pm

I like the last two. The skin is kinda smooth, but I like it very much :D
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Postby firsty on Wed May 30, 2007 6:42 pm

I'll go against the grain.... #3 all the way :)
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Postby Mr Darcy on Wed May 30, 2007 8:42 pm

Hi Wendell,
Normally I just like to look, not comment as you are way out of my league.
In this case
#1 WOW
#2 The model's skin is too smooth for my taste. Also, I find the pose disturbing. The hunched over look could read as "I'm tired. When can I go home", but to me it just accentuates the model's skinniness
#3. The reflections in the eyes bother me. Is this an alien?
#4. WOW
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Postby marcotrov on Wed May 30, 2007 10:23 pm

Wendell absolutely stunning :) A B&W Master as well :wink: Is there no end to your talent?
What's this against the grain stuff Firsty? I think you and I have it right #3 all the way. It's a knock out! :) :wink:
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Postby Bugeyes on Wed May 30, 2007 10:35 pm

The last one is outstanding, well done!
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Postby Div on Wed May 30, 2007 11:33 pm

All I can say is WOW!

Hard to go past #1 but eventually I got to look at the others. Then got stuck staring at #4 aswell.

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Postby jethro on Thu May 31, 2007 7:19 am

Silky smooth Wendell as usual. Framing and composition are damm fine as well
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Postby gstark on Thu May 31, 2007 8:52 am

The conversions and composition are great. I'd like to see a little more attention paid to the overall exposure that your using. In each of these images, you appear to have extended beyond the effective contrast range available to you, resulting in some blown highlights right across the board.

I love how you've kept the shadow detail, and you have a full range of greys, which is all good, but the blown highlights spoil these for me. Pull the main light down by about a stop, and then see how these look.

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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Thu May 31, 2007 10:17 am

Awesome work once again......love numbers two and three......WOW!
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