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My first self portrait post :p
I used coloured gel overlay things from my lighting set, sync the flashes & turned off the light - that's about it aside from the usual post processing.
Know it's not to everyone's taste but I was in a bit of a random mood & thought I'd try something different - the ball is for contact juggling btw just in case anyone thought I'd randomly included elements for the sake of it :lol:
C&C welcome & appreciated as usual :thumbs:
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/SP_Red_Blue_NB.jpg
Tv/shutter speed: 1/500 Av: 8.0 Focal Length: 100mm ISO: 200
Cheers for looking :thumbs:
I love it! im not too keen on the black border where it goes down your face on the left.....Id prefer it jsut the edge of the photo if you see what I mean.......but its superb even if someone else had taken it... but as a self portrait.... :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Sean Bean eat your heart out!! :love:
Like this a lot! Top shot!
LoL Janice, thanks for that :love: (have reposted without border as I completely agree with you about the black space on the left hand side)
Cheers Oy :thumbs:
As I've still not got a remote release I was legging it back & forward to the camera between shots :lol:
Kudos to you people that do self portraits all of the time it really is very challenging!!
busterboy
01-07-2007, 16:21
Why did I think you were about 60 years old..:thinking:
Having made that blunder you are obviously much younger and made a good job of this Mike..:thumbs: I like it..:)
namllihs
01-07-2007, 16:44
Nicely done Mike, very nicely done.
Why did I think you were about 60 years old..:thinking:
Don't judge everyone by yourself, Tim!! :D
busterboy
01-07-2007, 17:14
Don't judge everyone by yourself, Tim!! :D
:bat:
Wow! :love:
Thats some cool portrait Mike! :naughty:
Might sound a vain but if that was my self portrait ... it'd be on my wall!!! :D
Love it! love it! love it! :thumbs:
madmitch
01-07-2007, 17:32
I like it Mike, great self portrait :clap:
Wow, thanks for the comments Tim, steve, Mitch, Joe & Glo (there was a rhyme in there somewhere :lol:)
I'm only 60 in my mind Tim - although I will now have to start leaning out of my window & shouting "get off my grass you young whippersnappers" at the kids :lol:
Oh that looks much nicer without the black border now, Mike. :thumbs:
zeroeseight
01-07-2007, 19:17
Great stuff. If you got a smartphone or programmable remote control maybe you can download a infrared program to trigger your flashes.
Moomike? Well hello ;) we do have some lookers on this forum don't we!
What a great self portrait, well done :clap:
Can't fault it - original and well done! :)
Nice lighting but oddly it doesn't look like you, if you get me :)
Matt Charlton
01-07-2007, 19:45
Oh it does, I just think he's had a hair cut :p
I love it
:clap:
as said mate well done you have done a good job there. nice lighting nice pose. like the ball giving yourself and your views something to look at " draw atension to imho anyway" well done mate
Why did I think you were about 60 years old..:thinking:
For some reason so did I :lol:
Really like the shot though, nice one :)
Oh that looks much nicer without the black border now, Mike.
Thanks Janice, definitely better without the border, thanks for the suggestion :thumbs:
Great stuff. If you got a smartphone or programmable remote control maybe you can download a infrared program to trigger your flashes.
Cheers mate, I'll look into that - sounds like a great idea (but very advanced stuff that is) I've only just started using proper lighting but will definitely be investing in a remote release though in the meantime.
Moomike? Well hello ;) we do have some lookers on this forum don't we!
What a great self portrait, well done :clap:
:embarrassed: :lol: Thanks Susane :love:
Can't fault it - original and well done!
Cheers CT :thumbs:
Nice lighting but oddly it doesn't look like you, if you get me :)
You saw me in "my god it's early & I'm stuck in the rain in the middle of Liverpool" mode mate *LoL*
Oh it does, I just think he's had a hair cut :p
I love it
Cheers for that Matt, I have indeed had a haircut - I was getting fed up of people saying I looked like one of the three musketeers :lol:
HIMUPNORTH
01-07-2007, 20:12
Never thought you were 60 Mike but I suppose this is very contemporary. And if you dye your hair your secret is safe. :D
Good job! :thumbs:
Matt Charlton
01-07-2007, 20:12
I can soon refresh their memories :p Plenty of portraits of you hanging about from zoo visits :p
Cheers Dave & Dod - bloomin ageists :lol:
Never thought you were 60 Mike but I suppose this is very contemporary. And if you dye your hair your secret is safe. :D
Good job! :thumbs:
Cheers for that mate, will have to break out the "just for men" dye :lol:
I can soon refresh their memories :p Plenty of portraits of you hanging about from zoo visits :p
Noooooooooo, They're all of me in "my god it's early & I'm stuck in the rain in the middle of Chester Zoo" mode :lol:
Venomator
01-07-2007, 20:18
That's really cool Mike ... :thumbs: ... very nicely done and a super effect you have achieved m8 ... :D ...
... http://www.powerindex.dk/images/smiley/8.gif for the back & forth bit too ... ;)
And "contact juggling" is ... :shrug:
:p
It is a really good shot mike, love it.
Matt Charlton
01-07-2007, 20:20
Noooooooooo, They're all of me in "my god it's early & I'm stuck in the rain in the middle of Chester Zoo" mode :lol:
Speaking of which, we need to find a non so rainy day in the next 2 weeks and go methinks.
Whats next Sunday meant to be like?
And "contact juggling" is ... :shrug:
:p
Cheers Ven :thumbs:
Contact juggling is like out of the labyrinth film - where the ball rolls around & over the top of your hands - like David Bowies character (only he doesn't really do it in the film :lol:)
It is a really good shot mike, love it.
Thanks Sue :thumbs:
Speaking of which, we need to find a non so rainy day in the next 2 weeks and go methinks.
Whats next Sunday meant to be like?
Sounds good mate, I'll check out the forecast & give you a shout :thumbs:
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