Guardian

[Majeed Badizadegan]

upd: slightly straightened:


Guardian 2 by Majeed Badizadegan (Rotanimod), on Flickr

 

[jenko]

I really like this one, mysterious and ephemeral. Wonder if you could rotate it just a tad clockwise and brighten up the center just a bit?

 

[Rick50]

Downright spooky!

 

[runnah]

Film Noir.

 

[KenC]

I prefer the original, at least as far as brightness - needs to be dark. Seems too unfriendly to be a guardian.

 

[Mully]

Looks great ....... Nicely done.....looks like film

 

[kathyt]

I would lighten it up a bit. Are you using a Lens Baby or is this just pp?

 

[timor]

Interesting technique.

 

[Derrel]

Interesting re-work on the slightly lightened-up version put up by jenko...lightening it up slightly like that makes the man's figure stand out much more, while still maintaining an ominous feeling. It looks a lot like zooming during a slow exposure. I like the effect, no matter how it's done--I think it gives the image a dream-state quality.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Thanks everyone.

I really like this one, mysterious and ephemeral. Wonder if you could rotate it just a tad clockwise and brighten up the center just a bit?

Thanks Jenko. Both ideas reach the heart of decisions I was faced with here.

I'm 99% sure I shot the scene level. But the top of the bridge sloping downward slightly bothered me. If I fixed that, then the sidewalk looked slightly off center. You found a decent compromise, but both look slightly off. One of those situations where the geometry of the architecture doesn't cooperate. I settled for the top of the bridge as my reference for straightening, but it was/is a tough one.

Also as Derrel said the subtle lighting makes him stand out a bit more. I do like that. I kept him in the shadows mostly to keep the mystery.

Thanks for raking the time to look and comment and everyone.

 

[kathyt]

Thanks everyone.

I really like this one, mysterious and ephemeral. Wonder if you could rotate it just a tad clockwise and brighten up the center just a bit?

Thanks Jenko. Both ideas reach the heart of decisions I was faced with here.

I'm 99% sure I shot the scene level. But the top of the bridge sloping downward slightly bothered me. If I fixed that, then the sidewalk looked slightly off center. You found a decent compromise, but both look slightly off. One of those situations where the geometry of the architecture doesn't cooperate. I settled for the top of the bridge as my reference for straightening, but it was/is a tough one.

Also as Derrel said the subtle lighting makes him stand out a bit more. I do like that. I kept him in the shadows mostly to keep the mystery.

Thanks for raking the time to look and comment and everyone.

Hey Rotanimod, did you do the effects in pp or while you were shooting?