Low key portraits - need some opinons!!!!

[Crackhead]

Before:


After:




Post prosessing:
Lightroom - Nik software - Photoshop
Epuipments:
One flash and a camera :P

[MidwestBeachBum]

I guess it dpends on what you are going for. I personally like both "before" shots especially the second one. The natural color of the wood and his skin tone look good. I'm not fond of the "blueness" of the first "after" and the second "after" is just a bit to dark. All in all though, I think they are good.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by MidwestBeachBum

I guess it dpends on what you are going for. I personally like both "before" shots especially the second one. The natural color of the wood and his skin tone look good. I'm not fond of the "blueness" of the first "after" and the second "after" is just a bit to dark. All in all though, I think they are good.

+1 The blue skin etc makes it look the wb was off. Originals work better for me too

[scootermcq]

I like it, and I like the grain.... I would probably crop it so his head ends in the upper right hand corner of the frame (so he flows from lower left to upper right), but it does work for me the way it is.

[Izzy]

Number 2 is too blue for my taste. But this is a matter of personal bias. Like 1 and 3 because of natural skin tones. However I REALLY like number 4. I am partial to low key portraits.

[Crackhead]

Thanks guys, really apreciate it. Feel free to post your own "low key portrait". Share your own experienced with low key portraits.

[sinque]

Great portrait. Like it just like it is.

Karolyn

Kinda went a bit crazy with the black air brush in #4, eh?

LOL, that huge black splotch is pretty bad, just saying.

[Crackhead]

Maxharvard: Huge black spotch? U mean the black area on the face? U think I should reveal it?

[windrider86]

Please be sure to post the steps you took to arrive at your final product. This area is all about learning and by posting your steps it helps others to learn