That Dave Hill Look

AnotherNewGuy · Dec 29, 2009

Brutal honesty is appreciated. Just wondering if there is anyone out there that appreciates this look. Not sure how they would look printed.

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Billhyco · Dec 29, 2009

fwiw, it works for me in #3.

willli · Dec 29, 2009

Ive been seeing this technique before and I really like it how it look specialty on the 2 the bump up the eye color of the child

AnotherNewGuy · Dec 29, 2009

Billhyco said:
fwiw, it works for me in #3.

I'd say that one is the most subtle.

AnotherNewGuy · Dec 29, 2009

willli said:
Ive been seeing this technique before and I really like it how it look specialty on the 2 the bump up the eye color of the child

Yea, the eyes were really the only thing I liked about 2. I like the technique on some photos I have seen as well. The lucisart program does a good job as well. I just don't have the coin to spend on a niche that might not sell.

Misfitlimp · Dec 30, 2009

honestly it looks like dirty faces and hands. To be frank

Goontz · Dec 30, 2009

Personally, I don't care for that look at all.

eleganteye · Dec 30, 2009

I wouldn't say this if you hadn't asked for brutal honesty. In fact, I'll begin with a compliment, as I do like what your attempting to do. However, I was surprised to see these were taken with a D300. The amount of noise is alarming -- I thought you were using a camera with a tiny sensor until I saw the D300 in your signature and was going to recommend you invest in an entry level DSLR.

I'm assuming that your post processing is giving the impression that these were shot with a point-and-shoot. Or, possibly they were way underexposed and you lightened them?

I hope this is helpful.

AnotherNewGuy · Dec 30, 2009

The extra sharpening added quite a bit of noise.

Dominantly · Dec 30, 2009

I don't really get the David Hill look from these...

rallysman · Dec 30, 2009

Does nothing for me.

Looks like a defective camera captured them. As stated before, the noise kills them.

IMO, #1 looks the best because it's closest to being somewhat realistic.

WTF? · Dec 31, 2009

i like the look when dave hill does it....

Chris of Arabia · Dec 31, 2009

The images are rather large to be posting them on a forum - as a general rule, try to size them at no more than 800px on the longest side. The forum software does shrink them down somewhat, but it still has to wait until the full size image has downloaded before it does that. A smaller image would download faster for everyone.

Shockey · Dec 31, 2009

HDR and or excessive tonal contrast is not my favorite on peoples faces.
It has it's place when used conservatively, try backing off on the effect a lot.
I am sure some people like the effect.