Featured in Self Portrait (Response #80)

Featured 871 Days Ago by lbstone - - 9 comments

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phototext said 873 days ago:

I like the light, I think it adds quite a bit to the image.

smudo said 873 days ago:

hey man, nice shot;) how'd you get all those flares? i'd like for the eyes to be a tad bit sharper... that'd done it for me.

tommyblue said 873 days ago:

Awesome lights, 'specially for a self-portait!

dawn said 872 days ago:

Instead of detracting, I think the flares add an element to this image.

lbstone said 871 days ago:

Hey, neat. Didn't think this one would make it to the homepage.

Fredrik, you're totally right about making the eyes sharper. Right after I uploaded this I smacked myself because I forgot to use any sharpening at all. (A little aggravating to realize after the fact.) I have another version of this that's sharpened and I like it much better.

I used a little flashlight to do all the crazy flares and lights. Then I used a flash strobe on the face. This is actually a few different 8 second exposures put together. Other than combining the photos and doing some contrast there's no Photoshop filters or anything on this.

Not sure if it comes through, but I was trying to go for a 70s disco look. My wife says this looks like Luke Skywalker. :)

lbstone said 871 days ago:

I still need to make it so that the URLs are automatically hyperlinked, but I just had to share this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihow/127051187/

photoflavor said 870 days ago:

i immediately thought 70s disco. well done!

G4L said 864 days ago:

holy cheesy batman :))

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