A Little Post-Processing Fun

8 years 11 months ago #442747 by garyrhook
I shot a dance performance about 2 weeks ago, and some of the images have suggested to me some processing. I am generally happy with these (they are essentially quick proof-of-concept edits) but I would love to get some reactions from others. I guess the questions are:

1) Are they/do they remain interesting?
2) Does the PP serve the image (to your eye)?

Any and all comments are welcome. You can't hurt my feelings, I promise.

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8 years 11 months ago #442790 by KCook
I'm fine with #2.  In #1 the floor treatment is super distracting for me.

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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #442798 by icepics
That's what I was thinking, there's so much pattern in that flooring it overpowers the dancers. They look somewhat glowing, but too much so I think (I like the idea of enhancing them but not too much). I think the reflections add to the second one nicely, but the skintone is rather orange (and looking closer really an odd effect - again it's an interesting idea but not sure it works with dancers in subtle attire, maybe with a different subject could be cool, can't think what movie it makes me think of, sci fi...).

Sharon
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8 years 11 months ago #442801 by Hassner
I am not a broken record, I was going to say "foreground" before I read the responses.

I know one must work with what is there, it is just sorry that you did not have a reflective surface to reflect the whole body in both images.

Filters: It depends what the images will be used for. To me it becomes illustrative in stead of real, so used for magazine articles about exercise or posture of for a short story?


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8 years 11 months ago #442842 by garyrhook
Super; thanks everyone!

Image 1: Agree on the floor. Marley (the surface that is used for dancers) is annoyingly difficult to clean. It is reflective (as evidenced in the second image) but it picks up all kinds of dirt and scuff. Then the stage in front of the marley was even messier, but I didn't feel like cleaning it up in the image. I agree 100% that it is distracting. I should either crop it out or edit it severely.

Image 2: the lighting was extremely orange. I have a video from the show that I can hardly bear to look at because of the color cast. Not much I can do about it when the skin, costumes and light are all orange/brown. :(  

Appreciate the comments!!


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8 years 11 months ago #442857 by KCook
The orange skin never bothered me.  After all, it's modern dance, which is an unreal universe anyways. :evil:

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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #442897 by icepics
Kelly LOL It's not just the orange tone, it's the outlining, particularly the guy to the left looks like he's outlined in red. (Still can't think what movie this is making me think of...)

The flooring they're on looks almost like water and that's kind of cool, but otherwise yeah, probably needed to be framed higher to have less of it in the photo or do some cropping. Seems to take up too much of the composition.

Sharon
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8 years 11 months ago #442905 by John Landolfi
Can't add anything to what has been said on No1. But I like the Art-Deco feel to No2. I think it would make a good poster for the dance company.


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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #442949 by garyrhook

icepics wrote: Kelly LOL It's not just the orange tone, it's the outlining, particularly the guy to the left looks like he's outlined in red. (Still can't think what movie this is making me think of...)

The flooring they're on looks almost like water and that's kind of cool, but otherwise yeah, probably needed to be framed higher to have less of it in the photo or do some cropping. Seems to take up too much of the composition.


"Girl". Yes, it's red. That's an artifact of the light, I guess.

I'm a minimalist, and the negative space bothers me not at all. I hear you.

"A Scanner Darkly" is the most immediate film that comes to mind, although not exactly the same treatment. There have been others.


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8 years 11 months ago #443856 by Cory J
The first one looks like they are running on ice


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