Madison Rowley, World Beard and Mustache Championship Winner

[DanOstergren24]

For anyone interested, here is a "before/ after".

 

[runnah]

I like the photo, feels slightly "off" but I can't put my finger on it.

It's the WB and exposure combined.

Nah, WB and exposure are fully into the "artist interpretation" catagory for me. So those things are not I "worry" about.

Careful, thems be fightin words around here.
"Artistic interpretation" doesn't exist on TPF.

I've noticed that. Seems like if a photos doesn't tick all the technical boxes it's looked down upon.

 

[tirediron]

I definitely prefer the tones in the upper/before image.

 

[DanOstergren24]

Very Nice Dan!

If you want a nitpick, the elbow is just slightly cut off. Looking closer you may have only cut off some of his arm hair. I don't think it really detracts from the image in this case

I like the OOF frame he's leaning into.

The light, posing and expression in this are spectacular! Thanks for sharing

Thank you.

Great image

Thanks man.

Whattabeard! Love it.

Right? I got to touch it, it was awesome.

This appears underexposed to me. The skin that should be the most brillant looks dull and gray.

Thanks for the feedback.

Jesus, did he start growing that while in the womb?!

I like the photo, feels slightly "off" but I can't put my finger on it. If I had to guess I think it's that the hand is slightly brighter than the face so it kind of draws my attention away.

Either way better than I could do so bravo.

I had the same feeling, but I wasn't bothered enough by it to do anything about it; that's just the nature of the lighting.

He has more hair on his arm than I do on my entire body. Technically, WB and exposure seems a smidgen off, but it still works for me.

Thank you. I think his arm hair is sexy.

 

[DanOstergren24]

I definitely prefer the tones in the upper/before image.

I actually can't stand them, hence why I changed them to something I like.

 

[photoguy99]

This isn't a judgement on your ideas for post. I think you have a clear and consistent vision, and I don't see any problem with it.

I do find it interesting (and that is NOT a euphemism for incomprehensibly dumb or anything like that, it means interesting in this context) that you shoot natural light, and then post process to remove much of the quality of natural light, cooling the colors and increasing the contrast. If you had any commentary on that, I'd be charmed to hear it, but I'm not asking for an explanation or a justification. See the first line of this post.

 

[DanOstergren24]

I like the photo, feels slightly "off" but I can't put my finger on it.

It's the WB and exposure combined.

Nah, WB and exposure are fully into the "artist interpretation" catagory for me. So those things are not I "worry" about.

Careful, thems be fightin words around here.
"Artistic interpretation" doesn't exist on TPF.

I've noticed that. Seems like if a photos doesn't tick all the technical boxes it's looked down upon.

I've noticed it here too. I'm not all that surprised though.

 

[DanOstergren24]

This isn't a judgement on your ideas for post. I think you have a clear and consistent vision, and I don't see any problem with it.

I do find it interesting (and that is NOT a euphemism for incomprehensibly dumb or anything like that, it means interesting in this context) that you shoot natural light, and then post process to remove much of the quality of natural light, cooling the colors and increasing the contrast. If you had any commentary on that, I'd be charmed to hear it, but I'm not asking for an explanation or a justification. See the first line of this post.

I edit my images simply to match my personal esthetic. Nothing more to it really.

 

[tirediron]

I definitely prefer the tones in the upper/before image.

I actually can't stand them, hence why I changed them to something I like.

Fair enough, and is your right as the photographer. Again, this is only curiosity, not condemnation, but what is it about them that you don't like? On my calibrated monitor the original tones seem much more natural and he has what I would think of as a healthy appearance. In your processed version, he seems slightly gray, almost as if someone had delivered very bad news to him.

 

[DanOstergren24]

I definitely prefer the tones in the upper/before image.

I actually can't stand them, hence why I changed them to something I like.

Fair enough, and is your right as the photographer. Again, this is only curiosity, not condemnation, but what is it about them that you don't like? On my calibrated monitor the original tones seem much more natural and he has what I would think of as a healthy appearance. In your processed version, he seems slightly gray, almost as if someone had delivered very bad news to him.

It's simply to match an esthetic that looks good to me. Nothing more.

 

[funwitha7d]

wow, superb

 

[DanOstergren24]

wow, superb

Thank you.

 

[Braineack]

the before is stellar. too bad you're one of those zombie artists.

 

[Designer]

It's simply to match an esthetic that looks good to me. Nothing more.

Is your monitor calibrated?

 

[Designer]

"Artistic interpretation" doesn't exist on TPF.

I disagree. The fact that we don't see a lot of it here doesn't mean it is not presented occasionally.