Assignment 34 - Portraits

oshead

pete4130 wrote: »

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4515937464_7e634ee544.jpg

Made me laugh. Funny Portrait.

oshead

PaulieC

bp

Himself on a vespa



Feck - just saw my shadow in the picture....ah well

homer simpson

Wow almost half the posts have been entries already, that must be some kinda record , but.......

I think we really need to have a discussion thread opened alongside the actull thread for entries becuase there is too much "healthy discussion" going on between the photos they are kinda destroying the threads, they are too messy, dont get me wrong the discussion is great but i makes the thread hard to follow sometimes, the last few assignments have been like this, anyone agree???

P.S. and i suppose im contribuiting to the messiness of the thread by posting this, lol.

YeGods

pixbyjohn

pixbyjohn

oshead wrote: »

[URL=http://pix.ie/oshead/16169 Nathan & his Nana

Thats just perfect

oshead

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Thats just perfect

Thanks John. Like i said in Pix. It's a composite with Nathans head placed on.

oshead

Buzz Lightyear

sprinkles wrote: »

Really like that Buzz, what kind of PP did you use?

Cheers Sprinkles. Thanks for the compliment. I'm just seeing your post now

I did several process to the image to get it to where I liked it.
I monochromed the image, then adjusted curves on the trees to fade them further into the background. I then applied a sepia tone to the overall image before popping through the faded coloured headscarf and jeans.

Morrisseeee

Lady with the spinning head !

squareballoon

DBIreland

IamBlip

sikahunter

:rolleyes:

DK32

Bokeh Bubbles

pete4130

Martron

she does not look happy. Mind you does not look like she has the face of a person you talked to beofre you took her shot:rolleyes:

oshead

Quick shot before off to Pre-School this morning. I Took this specifically with this challenge in mind.

pete4130

Martron wrote: »

she does not look happy. Mind you does not look like she has the face of a person you talked to beofre you took her shot:rolleyes:

You don't have to verbally communicate with someone to interact with them to get their consent...a nod at the camera and a raised eyebrow is all it took....some people jumping to their conclusions and onto their high horses :rolleyes:

homer simpson

Martron wrote: »

... Mind you does not look like she has the face of a person you talked to beofre you took her shot:rolleyes:

That would be all of his entries for this assignment so far, i think he is still doing the public transport assignment, lol!

Martron

Ah pete i was only kidding hence the use of emoticons!!! jees!

beside i had to sell the horse the soap box was cheaper to run.

.Longshanks.

Placebo

Brndn

Dimy

kelly1

1 wall bounced speedlite.

oshead

homerun_homer

pixbyjohn

Placebo, was your stunning portrait taken on the 7th. April ?

Placebo wrote: »

FINALLY, first attempt at strobes



color look messed up
please view large, all sizes available.

trooney

Sit still you fųcker

Placebo

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Placebo, was your stunning portrait taken on the 7th. April ?

its only a day off ?
midnightish

flickr actually shows it at 8th

Melion

Picture of my daughter last week, taken with a little point and shoot Fujipix camera. The last picture i took with it before i bought my Nikon D3000, ill upload some from that tomorrow.

.Longshanks.

keps

I genuinely think there is a need to define clearly what a

Portrait

photo is?

mrmac

imho - this thread is full of oustanding examples of what a portrait is.
Each one portrays the person, as viewed, or interpreted, by the artist - and captures a small moment in time of that persons (or cats!) life! You can create a story from every picture just by their expression, - without having a clue as to what's actually going on!
In my opinion, (without forcing it on anyone), that is what makes a portrait.

keps

kelly1 wrote: »

1 wall bounced speedlite.

very good portait

.Longshanks.

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Placebo, was your stunning portrait taken on the 7th. April ?

Placebo wrote: »

its only a day off ?
midnightish

flickr actually shows it at 8th

....SO.....you took the pic before seeing this assignment? (before 5pm on 8th April?)

BTW, its easily my favourite one so far

dan759

First time doing one of these assignments They look like a lot of fun!

Thecageyone

joeKel73

Animals count?!

joeKel73

pete4130

pete4130

keps

Longshanks100 wrote: »

....SO.....you took the pic before seeing this assignment? (before 5pm on 8th April?)

BTW, its easily my favourite one so far

I remember being at a union/management meeting years ago when it was pointed out to the main Union rep that what he was suggesting was actually against their own written Rules. His reply was...

'The Rules are only there as a Guidance':)

(and it is a brilliant photo)

keps

pete4130 wrote: »

Great shot Pete -what lens?

pete4130

Thanks. Both taken with Nikon 50mm 1.4 lens. Second one is a crop from the original.

warder6161

keps wrote: »

I remember being at a union/management meeting years ago when it was pointed out to the main Union rep that what he was suggesting was actually against their own written Rules. His reply was...

'The Rules are only there as a Guidance':)

(and it is a brilliant photo)

No Rules are Rules !!! and this is an extremely serious competition ! lol:P
Great pic well done for having the audacity to stretch the rules !!

keps

pete4130 wrote: »

Thanks. Both taken with Nikon 50mm 1.4 lens. Second one is a crop from the original.

Wow - I don't have anything like a 1.4 - the way it throws the background so much out of focus is just great.