Super Hero

SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
edited March 20, 2009 in People
Friend or Foe? Decided to do both...LOL

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#2

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Swartzy:
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2009
    :jawdrop Wow Dave! That's some serious photoshopping! Did you get hit by a meteoroid???

    I'm impressed!


    :s85
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    Agnieszka wrote:
    :jawdrop Wow Dave! That's some serious photoshopping! Did you get hit by a meteoroid???

    I'm impressed!


    :s85

    And I am jealous. I have always wanted to use the alien smiley.

    I like #1. Fun!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    Wow indeed... Some PS-ing..:-) mwink.gif
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,989 moderator
    edited March 19, 2009
    Great stuff, Dave. clap.gifclapclap.gif
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  • lyttlevietlyttleviet Registered Users Posts: 62 Big grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    WOW clap.gif
  • roentarreroentarre Registered Users Posts: 497 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    Such a cool set of images

    Great processing!clap.gif
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    Mr "I'm a old-school traditionalist" has turned into a texturizing fool!! :giggle

    Seriously - very fun shots, and the pp is amazing!! thumb.gif
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  • TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    Those are awesome Dave! But!!!!! why such a cheapskate...couldn't you at least kick in $10 for a decent pair of goggles!?! rolleyes1.gif
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    Travis wrote:
    Those are awesome Dave! But!!!!! why such a cheapskate...couldn't you at least kick in $10 for a decent pair of goggles!?! rolleyes1.gif

    Hehe..I had no choice in the matter...had this been a planned costume shoot, absolutely...in fact I may have had a bat necklace to go with it all :D Thanks Travis!thumb.gif
    Swartzy:
    NAPP Member | Canon Shooter
    Weddings/Portraits and anything else that catches my eye.
    www.daveswartz.com
    Model Mayhem site http://www.modelmayhem.com/686552
  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2009
    Thanks everyone. For the heck of it I did one more...sure wish there were more time...a guy could get lost in creativity and get nothing done :D:D:D

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    Swartzy:
    NAPP Member | Canon Shooter
    Weddings/Portraits and anything else that catches my eye.
    www.daveswartz.com
    Model Mayhem site http://www.modelmayhem.com/686552
  • TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2009
    OK, now you are just showing off! Wait...what's that.... I got ya - the copyright is still 2008! I knew something was off with the image!!!! rolleyes1.gif
    Travis Owney Photography
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  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2009
    Darn Dave, I lik'em all...but the last one...now that's really good. How'd ya do dat...lol. I have to wonder what a bridal shoot would look like using the same background...hmmm.

    Thanks for Sharing.
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    Educate yourself like you'll live forever and live like you'll die tomorrow.

    Ed
  • zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2009
    These are fun shots.
    The first one is really nice..if the model were just selling it a bit more....still really well done. I like it.

    The second one is nice as well, I don't like the texture/swirl covering her legs.

    Looks like a fun photoshop project.

    Really cool stuff!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/21695902@N06/
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  • zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2009
    I love that bat cave setting in the third one. What a great setting!!
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2009
    Thanks Travis, Ed & Zoomer! The last image was 3 separate shots incorporated into one just for the background....lots of color/hue/sat adjustments for blending. The numerous layers/masks and selective paining took about 5 hours. The model took another hour and a half alone, then of course had to blend everything together...add shadows in the proper places then top it off with some filtering magic.

    The first took only about 2 hours total but was really fun as it kept getting better from the intial idea. The 2nd, I decided to leave more swirls around her legs as the "essence" of her new found super powers enveloped her body and foreground.

    I intend on doing much more of this type of work because it is a great deal of fun and stretches my creative side. Of course the business as usual shots will never go away but pursuing fantasy art keeps one fresh.

    Thank you all again for such nice comments. At first I wasn't sure if the crowd here would get it or not....but at least some of you really enjoy it. thumb.gif
    Swartzy:
    NAPP Member | Canon Shooter
    Weddings/Portraits and anything else that catches my eye.
    www.daveswartz.com
    Model Mayhem site http://www.modelmayhem.com/686552
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