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pyramis

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Maybe you could be more specific about 'the effect' you're referring to.

What makes this such a great shot is that it's a nice camera shooting with a nice lens. Nice glass goes so far in turning a good composition into WOW.

I'm not an expert, but looks like it was shot with a 50mm fixed lens and a pretty wide aperture at f2.8

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vrou/4293031313/meta/

With your camera, try experimenting with close-ups and wide apertures.
 
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finnschi

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pyramis said:
Maybe you could be more specific about 'the effect' you're referring to.

What makes this such a great shot is that it's a nice camera shooting with a nice lens. Nice glass goes so far in turning a good composition into WOW.

I'm not an expert, but looks like it was shot with a 50mm fixed lens and a pretty wide aperture at f2.8

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vrou/4293031313/meta/

With your camera, try experimenting with close-ups and wide apertures.
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I got a 20D + 50mm 1.4 USM so.... :cool:

but it seems like it was shopped, the skin looks almost desaturated while all other parts really POP out, you know what I mean? :rolleyes:
 
pdxflint

pdxflint

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Aug 25, 2006
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Looks like the whole thing is desaturated, and the contrast bumped... WB also seems a bit cool on my screen, light appears softened... just my observations. I think you could do similar stuff by just experimenting. You need good light and composition... then just experiment in pp with selective color. I'd definitely shoot RAW to maximize options.
 
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snberk103

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Oct 22, 2007
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Well, I'm an expert ....

And I can tell you that it was shot at 50mm, with f/2.8, ISO 100 - and about 160th of a second exposure.

Judging by the look, a Canon 300D.

But that's just an educated guess. :)
 
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hank-b

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snberk103 said:
Well, I'm an expert ....

And I can tell you that it was shot at 50mm, with f/2.8, ISO 100 - and about 160th of a second exposure.

Judging by the look, a Canon 300D.

But that's just an educated guess. :)
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...and the photo was modified in PhotoShop just under 5 hours after it was taken...
 
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Ish

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Nov 30, 2004
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snberk103 said:
Well, I'm an expert ....

And I can tell you that it was shot at 50mm, with f/2.8, ISO 100 - and about 160th of a second exposure.

Judging by the look, a Canon 300D.

But that's just an educated guess. :)
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With no flash and using JPEG compression. The exposure and white balance were on Auto (by the look of it :)) and it was modified using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.

Touché! :cool:
 
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fiercetiger224

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Hmmm, looks like all of that can be accomplished in RAW without even touching it in Photoshop itself. Maybe lower the saturation down, boost contrast, play around with the levels, add some recovery, and play around with split toning and color profiles, and your good to go.
 
Sdashiki

Sdashiki

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fiercetiger224 said:
Hmmm, looks like all of that can be accomplished in RAW without even touching it in Photoshop itself. Maybe lower the saturation down, boost contrast, play around with the levels, add some recovery, and play around with split toning and color profiles, and your good to go.
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How is messing around in RAW to get a stylized image any different than using PS for the same effect?
 
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