Low key style portrait with the a6000 + kit

[heyiamnate]

Hey,

 

Here is my try at low key, enjoy & tell me what you think

 

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Needs to be either less confusing or more mysterious.   

   

As it is, no mystery but a lack of clarity. More mystery 

[and abstraction ?]  would eliminate any expectation  

of clarity. 

  

This is NOT low key. It's just dark. Low key is based 

on dark-on-dark tonality. If she were very black, then 

you'd have a shot at low key. It's also low in contrast. 

Low key is usually higher contrast, to dig out some of 

the tonal scale hiding in the dark areas. 

[christer]

The bright white letters are quite disturbing and add nothing to the image.

[Guest Jaf-Photo]

I like it. The composition is very balanced and I particularly like the negative space for the raised arm.

 

I think there are many options for processing this shot. I think the face could use a bit more contrast to give it a three dimensional feel.The nirvana print could be brought down with a gradual shading from the bottom.

 

i also think it would look great in a high contast black and white version.

 

In terms of the raw capture, it's really good. In terms of processing there is still room to bring it up a notch.

[heyiamnate]

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Needs to be either less confusing or more mysterious.   

   

As it is, no mystery but a lack of clarity. More mystery 

[and abstraction ?]  would eliminate any expectation  

of clarity. 

  

This is NOT low key. It's just dark. Low key is based 

on dark-on-dark tonality. If she were very black, then 

you'd have a shot at low key. It's also low in contrast. 

Low key is usually higher contrast, to dig out some of 

the tonal scale hiding in the dark areas. 

 

Sorry for the confusion Never tried low key so didn't relly know what it is. 

The bright white letters are quite disturbing and add nothing to the image.

 

Personal taste, I like them

I like it. The composition is very balanced and I particularly like the negative space for the raised arm.

 

I think there are many options for processing this shot. I think the face could use a bit more contrast to give it a three dimensional feel.The nirvana print could be brought down with a gradual shading from the bottom.

 

i also think it would look great in a high contast black and white version.

 

In terms of the raw capture, it's really good. In terms of processing there is still room to bring it up a notch.

Thanks ! actually this is a mid day slightly under exposed shot I tried to save in Lightroom. 

The original is darker on the model and way brighter on the background so anything else I tried to do didn't quite work for me

 

 

Thanks everyone &

Best regard from Israel,

Nate.

[Guest Jaf-Photo]

Cool. I don't know if you have access to Photoshop? In PS, it's quite simple to build up layers and masks to bring up under-exposed parts and mask out the background. I always use it when I need to change a photo from the capture. Anyway, you've got great compositiinal skills and the processing idea was right. Learning processing is much simpler than that.

[heyiamnate]

Cool. I don't know if you have access to Photoshop? In PS, it's quite simple to build up layers and masks to bring up under-exposed parts and mask out the background. I always use it when I need to change a photo from the capture. Anyway, you've got great compositiinal skills and the processing idea was right. Learning processing is much simpler than that.

Actually i use photoshop quite a lot but this one seemed to work out well in lightroom

Thanks !

[Guest Jaf-Photo]

Ok, did you try a screen blend layer for the face and a multiply blend layer for the background? That's how I would start.

[heyiamnate]

Ok, did you try a screen blend layer for the face and a multiply blend layer for the background? That's how I would start.

I will try now that you told me usualy I would do it with black & white brush with different blending modes.