Superwoman Lives For A Day!

[marikris]

Well, that's the title for the series. It's meant to be a flash of action in the fictional life of "Superwoman"...or something like that lol. Anyway, I'm new to the forums (joined last year but haven't really posted anything) and I thought I'd share something and get some input. It's supposed to be visually graphic, but does the post-processing work througout from #1-5? Any other advice/crit would be appreciated :)

http://marikris.smugmug.com/photos/453037645_aPcWw-M.jpg

http://marikris.smugmug.com/photos/453035852_HKeLK-M.jpg

http://marikris.smugmug.com/photos/453036778_gSyur-M.jpg

http://marikris.smugmug.com/photos/453034351_23DVa-M.jpg

http://marikris.smugmug.com/photos/453035165_ZruXc-M.jpg

Thanks in advance!

[respawn]

I like a lot the one in the stairs :)

the pov is so funny

[marikris]

Thanks, respawn. I hip shot a lot of them to give it that vibe. I printed them into trading card size too ^_^

[Moogle Pepper]

Although I don't particularly like the subject matter, the third one might have a stronger emotional impact if the gal was shown gritting her teeth.

[mpaulie]

isn't she supposed to be kicking their butts?

[marikris]

isn't she supposed to be kicking their butts?
Ideally I would have loved to incorporate that. Instead I just chose to portray the kind of sad history of Superwoman in comic books. I can't link now bc I'm on my phone typing since my monitor just broke, but there's a wikipedia on her character and how the character has been around but either only as someone who doesn't really have super powers or someone who is a crazy stalker of Superman. The closest we have is Supergirl. Anyway, I do think I bit off more than I could chew with the idea and story telling, specially since we were only allowed 5 images for the project. I had hoped the last image was ambiguous enough to seem like she was rising again, though I may have failed on that.
But thank you guys very much for your opinions and input. Good night :)
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[respawn]

this serie is better looking than your HDR :D


okay, that is just what i mean

[marikris]

this serie is better looking than your HDR :D


okay, that is just what i mean
Lol, I'm glad. I took those HDRs when I first got my xti February '08, and these were taken at the end of the year.

[respawn]

in fact i just dont like HDR, it looks completely fake to me :)

I just notice; you have worked on the colors in the "superwoman" serie?

[marikris]

Yes. I processed them through Photoshop.

[ightenhill]

Number one quite reminds me of a Guy Bourdin photo... I lke them but feel they just need more saturation or something to make them pop...

[marikris]

Number one quite reminds me of a Guy Bourdin photo... I lke them but feel they just need more saturation or something to make them pop...

Ooo really! I'm going to google Guy Bourdin now. About the saturation: you think more? I had hesitated because I wasn't sure if I had already saturated too much - but #5 I definitely need to reprocess since I think I may have screened way way more than I should have and lost a lot of saturation (specially in the reds).

But thank you! I will defintiely keep that in mind for #1-4.

PS. Wow wow wow - Guy Bourdin's photographs look like my cup of tea. Thank you so much for adding to my list of favorite resources!

[respawn]

Ooo really! I'm going to google Guy Bourdin now. About the saturation: you think more? I had hesitated because I wasn't sure if I had already saturated too much - but #5 I definitely need to reprocess since I think I may have screened way way more than I should have and lost a lot of saturation (specially in the reds).

But thank you! I will defintiely keep that in mind for #1-4.

PS. Wow wow wow - Guy Bourdin's photographs look like my cup of tea. Thank you so much for adding to my list of favorite resources!

guy bourdin was a french advertisement and fashion photographer...



I think that saturation is ok, for me the work on saturation (specially if you look at fashion contemporary photos) is more a question of lightning on one side and color used on the other side.
what I like in your serie is the kind of twist youve made with the colors, not really the saturation.

[baldmountain]

The blue shirt is very blue but the red of the shoes and jacket are muted. They need to be REALLY red to contrast the shirt.

[respawn]

The blue shirt is very blue but the red of the shoes and jacket are muted. They need to be REALLY red to contrast the shirt.

just because the is a yellow dominant color:scratch

(regarding the theory of colors, this yellow dominant make the less satured because yellow is opposed to blue - the combination of blue and yellow improve the contrast)


and yes my LCD screen is calibrated :rofl

[baldmountain]

just because the is a yellow dominant color:scratch

Nah. The most noticeable thing about SuperWoman is the bright red and blue of her hero costume. Which is not the most noticeable thing about Wonder Woman's costume. Yowza!

[respawn]

Nah. The most noticeable thing about SuperWoman is the bright red and blue of her hero costume. Which is not the most noticeable thing about Wonder Woman's costume. Yowza!

I m not very clear (not english spoken)... I meant : there is a dominant yellow on the picture globally... can we say a yellow haze ?
:rolleyes

[marikris]

I m not very clear (not english spoken)... I meant : there is a dominant yellow on the picture globally... can we say a yellow haze ?
:rolleyes

Yep, the pictures are very warm tonally. Almost sun burnt lol. I totally agree with you about the contrasting golden tone making the blue really punchy though.

[Arvan]

Woah very nice set!

I just love the toning and colors. Very funny theme to..Give me fantasy like that? :D

[marikris]

Very funny theme to..Give me fantasy like that? :D

LOL ^_^