joker !

[zwaltek]

Portrait of a construction worker. Funny men (-:

http://www.nopsir.org/public/img/matthieu_09/03/lm8_090312_075.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

Critique Approved

Good Photograph Emile :)

[Aryan]

@Zwaltek: Loved the expression on his face. :) Could you also share the kind of post-processing that has been done on the photograph, please? :)

[KrishnenduKes]

@Zwaltek: :) Could you also share the kind of post-processing that has been done on the photograph, please? :)

I second that!

[zwaltek]

I second that!

Hello Krishnendu and Aryan. Thanks for your interest.

Here's the "original file" as it came out of the leica.
http://www.nopsir.org/public/img/matthieu_09/03/lm8_090312_075_or.jpg

To me it was necessary to give it some punch. Usually what i do is that thru the use of masks i separate the foreground, here the character plus the brick wall in the bottom, from the background.
By separating the foreground (FG) from the background (BG) thru the use of masks we can give some treatment to the FG that does not affect the BG and vice-versa.
So on the BG i applied another quickmask in a form of a ramp as i wanted to darken the bottom of it.
Then i worked a little bit on the FG contrast/levels. I did also brighten the reflexion in his glasses as i tought that the shape of it was unexpected and interesting.

Also I use a pshop plugin called Alien Skin Exposure. To me it's a really interesting plug that simulate the look of different film such as Fuji Provia, Velvia, Ilford HP, FP, Kodak, Agfa, cross-treatment, sepias, old films and so on. Basically you bring you image in the plug and you can try different films process. Once you press OK it create another layer on top of the original and by playing with the opacity of this layer you can decide the amount of this film look you want to keep. I do not remember wich kind of film process i used for this image but it's not really important. What's important is the result you like.

And that is pretty much it. I could have worked a bit on the luminosity of his hand but i forgot. ;)

cheers.

[Aryan]

@Zwaltek: Thank you for that informative post. Although, the process is pretty clear, but it's also a little confusing at the same time; perhaps because I haven't personally used masking, etc. ever.

Post processing, I see plays a pretty big role in the final product. Thanks again, for sharing your work-flow for the picture.

[srikeerthi]

Nice one there! I was actually expecting some makeup too ;)

[powerslave]

Great pose and nice lighting. Thanks for sharing your PP technique.

[KrishnenduKes]

Hello Krishnendu and Aryan. Thanks for your interest.

Here's the "original file" as it came out of the leica.
for sure.
And that is pretty much it. I could have worked a bit on the luminosity of his hand but i forgot. ;)

cheers.

Phew! It will take me quite a while to comprehend all this let alone put to work. But I will get there someday.

[powerslave]

If there's one thing I could suggest, it would be improving the look of the cap.

[KrishnenduKes]

If there's one thing I could suggest, it would be improving the look of the cap.

Are you sure of that? Coz I am not!

[powerslave]

Yup, personal preference. :)

[zwaltek]

well why not i think.
Meanwhile an image is never finished to me.
Also i think it's a chance that the cap and the BG wall have some similarities in their textures, so i did not want to touch it more than it is.