Vampire Moon

[brad]

Work in progress.... any feedback?

[78novacaine]

The tree fading off looks good, however the moon itself is throwing me, mainly because with fog that dense you would only see the light reflecting from the moon, and not the actual landscape of it. I see what you are going for and with a little more work should be a pretty cool shot!

[brad]

Yea.. I've thought about brightening it even more and leaving just a hint of craters, but haven't found a combination of brightness settings I like for it yet.

[Photogdude]

too me the whole image is too bright, moon=night, generally speaking.

I would make the moon brighter, and move it behind the tree, make everything else darker, except for the model. Still have the model's face the brightest thing there.

[brad]

Yea.. and that may be what's bugging me about it... I want the moon bright, but I think the rest of the scene is too bright... I'm going to play with it more and see what I can come up with.

[jeeper]

Originally Posted by Photogdude

too me the whole image is too bright, moon=night, generally speaking.

I agree that it seems too bright - but to me, vampires = night more than moon = night.


I love the concept, but I think it still needs work.

[brad]

Oh, I don't disagree, Josh.. that's why I posted it here... for suggestions. :)

Thanks everyone who's commented so far.

[rab3rd]

I think the moon is too big too... Smaller moon, darker overall scene and moon beams casting a back light on the talent with the same fill light would be a cracking image.

[Redneck]

No feedback on the image but I'm looking forward to your Halloween shots this year.

[brad]

I've made some changes to the one above, but can't post new stuff to smugmug at the moment.... but here are two more from the same shoot...





Still open for suggestions.

[auddii]

Like those two much better; like everyone said the darker works better with the vampire. I also really like the orange moon.

The only thing I don't really like about #2 is that the lighting doesn't seem to quite match right (sorry, I don't really know enough about lighting to explain well). The lighting falls off to her right, but the right side of the building is the brightest. Makes it look like she's superimposed (I'm assuming she was, but the intent is that it wouldn't look that way).

Also, the corner of the house is coming directly out of the center of her head which is kind of distracting. Of these the first (of the second group) is my favorite, and I really like it.

[brad]

Here's the latest(ish) version of the first one... I've replaced the model's image with another from the same shoot in the most recent .. I'll post that one later.

[jeeper]

This one is an improvement - you're definitely heading in the right direction. I'm not too sure about the fog effects around the model, but that's my personal preference - so feel free to ignore it, lol.

I don't think I would call it done yet, but I like it so far. I'm afraid I can't offer much help as far as PP goes - just wanted to let you know that I like what you're doing and I can't wait to see the finished product. I think it's good as it is now, but I can see that it could still be better.


Just an idea, but I wonder how it would look with a very slight blue cast to the background fog...?

[brad]

I've been trying to add a blue cast that I like (looks believable), but haven't found something I like yet.

This is what I have so far with a different pose.. I think this pose works better with the background.

[jeeper]

Oooh - I like that pose too! That one may be my favorite so far.