The Council

[mvanrheenen]

Having a bit of spare time this evening, I tried something different this time. Some PP work was put into this, but I think I've managed to get the sinister effect I wanted.

"The council will convene to decide your faith..."


1/200s f/1.7 iso200

Shot with a Nex3 with Minolta Rokkor MD 50/1.7.

What do you think?

Mark

[Birma]

Interesting image Mark - I like the lighting and the dof.

[Juanito200]

Awesome image Mark. Those out of focus heads do make it rather sinister! John

[mvanrheenen]

Thanks guys

Mark

[sury]

You have succeeded in achieving the sinister look Mark. I am curious to know what you did.

Sury

[mvanrheenen]

Hi sury,

Thank you very much.

I haven't done too much PP. The most important part of the image is the narrow DOF and the sharp center figure. Once I took the shot, I did the following:

- convert the image to black and white
- +14 saturation to the color blue
- + 20 clarity
- dodge and burn the center figure
- Sharpness +50
- added +100 vignetting

All done in LR4.1.

Mark

[aster]

Going into cinematography, Mark?

There's quite the staging of the mood and feel in this shot; definitely sinister.


Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[mvanrheenen]

Oh no, too much stress

Thanks,

Mark