Smoking

[Allenc873]

Self shot,


Skull by Allenc873, on Flickr

 

[Mully]

I like the concept and well done.... You might want to remove the green cast in your face

 

[Allenc873]

thanks.. i removed alot of it, i thought it looked a bit better with it there than when i got rid of it

 

[tirediron]

Agree with Mully.

 

[Allenc873]

Here's it without the gradient on the face.. I much prefer the other one..


me by Allenc873, on Flickr

 

[Josh66]

I much prefer the other one..

Me too. If the skull is 'emitting light', it makes sense that there would be a green cast on your face.

 

[HL45]

2nd edit looks better IMHO, kewl shot either way!

 

[Allenc873]

I much prefer the other one..

Me too. If the skull is 'emitting light', it makes sense that there would be a green cast on your face.

Exactly

 

[Allenc873]

2nd edit looks better IMHO, kewl shot either way!

thanks.. everyone likes different things

 

[Studio7Four]

Me too. If the skull is 'emitting light', it makes sense that there would be a green cast on your face.

Interesting take on this - until I read your comment it hadn't occurred to me that the skull was supposed to be emitting light. I can get on board with that if the skull was treated like a light source. As it appears now there is only one light source to camera right; there is no light coming from the direction of the skull (as shown by the dark shadow on the right side of the face), and there is the green cast in areas that wouldn't be reached by the skull's light. No reason not to reshoot this using a green-gelled light (and the OP can play with lighting ratios to get the desired effect) in the skull's location (or at least in line with it). Clearly there was some 'shopping done, no reason not to make it a composite to get the desired effect.

 

[Allenc873]

Me too. If the skull is 'emitting light', it makes sense that there would be a green cast on your face.

Interesting take on this - until I read your comment it hadn't occurred to me that the skull was supposed to be emitting light. I can get on board with that if the skull was treated like a light source. As it appears now there is only one light source to camera right; there is no light coming from the direction of the skull (as shown by the dark shadow on the right side of the face), and there is the green cast in areas that wouldn't be reached by the skull's light. No reason not to reshoot this using a green-gelled light (and the OP can play with lighting ratios to get the desired effect) in the skull's location (or at least in line with it). Clearly there was some 'shopping done, no reason not to make it a composite to get the desired effect.

Yes true.. it would actually look alot better if there was green light glowing on my face as if it were coming from the skull, didnt think of it.. but if i was in an inclosed room with walls all around me then the light would bounce off the walls and hit the back of my head and would have green light everywhere on me..

 

[Studio7Four]

Yes true.. it would actually look alot better if there was green light glowing on my face as if it were coming from the skull, didnt think of it.. but if i was in an inclosed room with walls all around me then the light would bounce off the walls and hit the back of my head and would have green light everywhere on me..

Granted, but you would still have variations in the amount of green - a light source that close to your face yet strong enough to bounce off the walls would put much more light on your face than the back of your head. And with the black background there are no visual clues you're in an enclosed room (and your omnidirectional skull light would illuminate the "far wall" as well).

Believe it or not, I'm not trying to be an ass, just troubleshooting with you if you really want to take this to the next level...

 

[Allenc873]

Yes true.. it would actually look alot better if there was green light glowing on my face as if it were coming from the skull, didnt think of it.. but if i was in an inclosed room with walls all around me then the light would bounce off the walls and hit the back of my head and would have green light everywhere on me..

Granted, but you would still have variations in the amount of green - a light source that close to your face yet strong enough to bounce off the walls would put much more light on your face than the back of your head. And with the black background there are no visual clues you're in an enclosed room (and your omnidirectional skull light would illuminate the "far wall" as well).

Believe it or not, I'm not trying to be an ass, just troubleshooting with you if you really want to take this to the next level...

No i know your not trying to be an ass.. ya it should be brighter on the face.. true about the backround too, suppose basically need more green glowing on the face but as for the backround i wouldnt want any light there i wanted the back to be black but i think if i corrected the part on the face it wouldnt matter so much..