Cool and unusual pose and framing. Top of the head looks funky; too much shadow highlight???
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The top of the head did look kinda FUNNY to me too '
I did not use s/h and in some other frames there is the same look
maybe something picked up while diving in the water
not sure
Maybe Thia a little better for the top
Last edited by john crookes; 01-04-2009 at 12:02 PM.
John, is your monitor calibrated? I noticed in my office on my uncalibrated monitor that images look slightly warmer than at home. Maybe it's the other way around in your case. 7100K seems quite high.
I said at the time of the photograph i took a light reading with a Minolta color meter that is calibrated and that the ambient temperature was at 7100 degrees.
i do not use the exact setting but keep it as a reference point as most digital cameras do tend to be a bit higher on the red side
and yes i do use two calibrated artisan 24 inch monitorsand theyare calibrated weekly
I can see why you don't like the cooler color in the water. The main thing I wanted to change was the muddy look in the blacks.
Perhaps if I had confined the change to only the blacks, it would be more appealing to you.
I actually measured the black area on the head, and the red values were pretty high. Thinking about it, since he just came up from a dive, it makes sense that the same red vegetation that is reflected in the water might be reflected off the head too. I'd have to check the angles on a computer to see if that makes sense, but. I'm sending from my phone at the moment.