Poseidon

justin24

So I am starting a series of Greek Mythology god shoots. I shot the first one yesterday of Poseidon. This was shot at Pescadero State Beach (California). Used a Gradual ND fileter and an Alien Bee B800 Strobe.

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zoomer

Looks like a fun idea.
I like 4 the best, his head area looks too dark in that one, if that area were lightened up to be the center of attention maybe it would work better.
What time of day did you shoot this?

Foques

4 and 6 does it for me.

Not a fan of the others, but only because I was raised with the old gods.. and watergod has always been introduced to me as a Norse man.

Gotham

6 is my favorite. If this is a series, I'd expect all the shots from each shoot to have a similar feel (or at least similar processing). Your colors and processing are all over the place, which strikes me as odd. Also, if you're shooting with the AB, why use the graduated ND filter too? Seems like you lose control that way. Instead, use your shutter speed to control how dark the background sky is, and use your aperture and strobe power to control how much light is on the foreground. I wold only use a graduated ND filter if I were shooting landscape where I needed to darken the sky but couldn't (or don't want to) add light to the foreground.

justin24

Wanted to do a little bit of experimenting. I will be shooting several other god in the near future, using some for my class final. Shot this around 330ish