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Postby macka on Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:21 pm

A couple of silhouettes.

Rooboy:

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And with new lens in action :wink:
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Postby blacknstormy on Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:27 pm

Macka - I'm a sucker for silhouettes, so I love them :) Only thing I would do is a slight crop in the first, to get rid of the edge of that rock on the right hand side (or crop it out), and maybe even put Rooboy on the right hand side of the crop (ie, not centre him so much).

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Postby stubbsy on Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:29 pm

Macka

#1 is great, but I'd crop or clone the little protruding piece of rock on the bottom RHS (the bit that isn't connected to the rest of the rock). All that you needed for the perfect moody image was the full moon in shot.
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Postby macka on Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:29 pm

blacknstormy wrote: Only thing I would do is a slight crop in the first, to get rid of the edge of that rock on the right hand side (or crop it out), and maybe even put Rooboy on the right hand side of the crop (ie, not centre him so much).

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Good point. Thanks Rel.

Edit: And Stubbsy.
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Postby Nnnnsic on Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:37 pm

That first one is great. :up:
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Postby marcotrov on Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:45 pm

Great sihlouettes I think that #1 is a corker as the strongest (i agree with comments re-rocky knob lower right) of the captures. With a roman toga in place on the subject the scene could take on a biblical flavour with the perspective nicely fitting the mould for the sequel - Ben Hur 95 :)
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Postby rooboy on Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:53 pm

marcotrov wrote:With a roman toga in place on the subject the scene could take on a biblical flavour with the perspective nicely fitting the mould for the sequel - Ben Hur 95 :)
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Postby avkomp on Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:11 pm

love the first one.
It is only the darker OOF stuff in lower left that stops it being classic

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Postby Finch on Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:43 pm

Yep, me too. Love the first shot.

Great shot

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Postby Slider on Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:51 pm

Very nice Macka :D You had some great sky to work with there.
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Postby macka on Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:24 pm

Thanks everyone. I've cropped accordingly and posted on my website. :D
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Postby Geoff on Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:29 pm

Well done Macka - the first one is a clear winner here for me too. :)
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Postby rokkstar on Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:57 pm

#1 is a winner for me too macka.
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Postby Matt. K on Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:32 pm

Nice treatment with those pics! Your images have a unique quality about them.
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Postby wmaburnett on Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:19 pm

First one is my favorite, almost looks like a statue or somethign greek like a god haha, just needs a robe! Well done
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:47 pm

rooboy's hair makes him look like michaelangelo's david in the first pic....the pose is similar too. thank goodness for our sake that he's wearing clothes and that it's a silhouette :P
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Postby Alex on Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:56 pm

I really like the first 1. Excellent.

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