LPS17 - Two Very Different Ideas

Llywellyn

I actually shot three very different ideas today, but after processing I preferred these two most. Except I'm again torn, because they are--per my usual MO--very different concepts. Do you folks have any preference? Or am I off the mark here? :dunno

1 - Fractured


2 - Uprooted (Still not sure about this title...)




Edit: Adding versions of "Fractured" with the eyes open and deeper cracks. Any one of these more particularly striking than the others? :dunno

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indulgentsoul

Llywellyn wrote:

I actually shot three very different ideas today, but after processing I preferred these two most. Except I'm again torn, because they are--per my usual MO--very different concepts. Do you folks have any preference? Or am I off the mark here?


Nice pics ..though this what I would have preffered...

1. I would have had the eyes open
2. I would like to see some colour over there...ur story is incomplete until you show a colour on that tube....u get my point

though I am not too much of a photographer but I am talking from a "picture speaks a 1000 words perspective"

Nick

Tentacion

Nice images, I agree I would love to see the eyes in number 1, and more definition in the decay of the face, and number 2 has already been done (previous round) and they are almost similar

Tango

Fractured,
i understand it (i think) looks good

uprooted? im not sure i get it, is it saying anticipation? good or bad?

kp-pix

I really like the first one and do agree about the opened eye, and if you got an awesome version of it, could well possibly be a contender - with over a week to go and not many entries as yet - hard to tell.

From me though, not much help as usual - but the opened eye and frozen face is a pretty generalised shot, done a lot in stock photography, whilst I agree, it could help you to qualify - I looked at it and thought her whole eye should look just as frozen - the eyelid isn't as thick with the treatment.

Yet again, I have never qualified and never will - so less than 0.02 cents without sales tax

apart from that - awesome images, outside of competition and I really like number two, for its image value too lust

Llywellyn

indulgentsoul wrote:

Nice pics ..though this what I would have preffered...

1. I would have had the eyes open
2. I would like to see some colour over there...ur story is incomplete until you show a colour on that tube....u get my point

Thanks, Nick! I appreciate the feedback.

Tentacion wrote:

Nice images, I agree I would love to see the eyes in number 1, and more definition in the decay of the face, and number 2 has already been done (previous round) and they are almost similar.

Looks like the eyes have it for the first one. And I wasn't aware about the second concept being done before (was before I began participating, looks like), so thank you for letting me know.

Aaronzhere northere wrote:

Fractured,
i understand it (i think) looks good

uprooted? im not sure i get it, is it saying anticipation? good or bad?

Thank you. The second one focuses on the "growth" part of the theme--the good or bad is up to the viewer (though I know my take on it).

kp-pix wrote:

I really like the first one and do agree about the opened eye, and if you got an awesome version of it, could well possibly be a contender - with over a week to go and not many entries as yet - hard to tell.

From me though, not much help as usual - but the opened eye and frozen face is a pretty generalised shot, done a lot in stock photography, whilst I agree, it could help you to qualify - I looked at it and thought her whole eye should look just as frozen - the eyelid isn't as thick with the treatment.

Thank you. I'll toy around with this one to see if I can't get something a bit more striking. I was a bit hesitant to spread flour paste all over my eye, though. That could sting.

kp-pix

yeah ow! sorry

shatch

Llywellyn wrote:

Thank you. I'll toy around with this one to see if I can't get something a bit more striking. I was a bit hesitant to spread flour paste all over my eye, though. That could sting.

Man!!! Great job thinking creatively and going for it. I like number 1. I think it has great potential. Good luck!

PaulThomasMcKee

I prefer #1 - and it's especially cool because the crackle wasn't added in photoshop (although that can be cool too). Great idea.

Llywellyn

shatch wrote:

Man!!! Great job thinking creatively and going for it. I like number 1. I think it has great potential. Good luck!

Thank you! Hopefully I'll fulfill that potential.

PaulThomasMcKee wrote:

I prefer #1 - and it's especially cool because the crackle wasn't added in photoshop (although that can be cool too). Great idea.

Thank you. Though I have to admit, flour paste dries out the skin like crazy, especially in this cold weather. And it is a pain to wash off...and get out of long hair.

But I did it all again today! First post updated with new versions of "Fractured."

richtersl

The texture in the fractured series gives me the willies. But that's just me and has nothing to do with the photo itself.

Uprooted is OK, but it doesn't have the impact of Fractured. Of that series #3, the one with the eye open widest, appeals to me to the most. I can't explain why that is, though.

Have you tried a version where you just colored in the iris in one of these photos?

Llywellyn

richtersl wrote:

Have you tried a version where you just colored in the iris in one of these photos?

! Actually, yes, I did! I tried that last night, with a slight blue tint, but it actually detracted from the photo in my opinion. Instead I applied a slight blue tint to the entire photograph (in the entry thread), due to a previous comment about the face looking frozen.

I'm still tweaking away, so I may come back to that selective coloring. And thank you for sharing your opinion. Trying to emote with one eye can be quite a lot of fun.