ah seng needs a critique

ed9119 · 14th November 2005

ah seng at the site

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incubus · 14th November 2005

ah seng needs a haircut. hehe
jokes aside, looks ok to me tho, but is the vignetting done post pro? if it was, i'd prefer if the subject was more in the "limelight" cos rite now my eyes ten to follow the lines of the doors down to him but hes barely seen
juz my thots

ed9119 · 15th November 2005

thanks for comments!!!

Drudkh · 15th November 2005

and why only ah seng's head and nothing else?
what was his body language expressions other than the blur look on his face?
and what were you trying to capture? the photo tells me nothing.

zaxh81 · 15th November 2005

i thought CS ahseng

would love to see more of the body.

richliow · 15th November 2005

actually, how do you approach this person? i mean, it was a candid shoot without his permission , or a posed shot with his permission......or you shot it from a far?

Ah_Seng · 15th November 2005

Originally Posted by zaxh81

i thought CS ahseng
would love to see more of the body.

ok....next time i show you......

Ok, on the serious side.....the face is kinda underexposed here. Generally, the picture don't really tell me what you are trying to portray.

ed9119 · 16th November 2005

Originally Posted by richliow

actually, how do you approach this person? i mean, it was a candid shoot without his permission , or a posed shot with his permission......or you shot it from a far?

shot him at 28mm focal length ......didnt ask for his permission but he knew I was shooting and didnt object....... i think i was about 3-4 feet away from him?

Ah Seng, his name is really Ah Seng! kekeke

i just wanted to catch that nice warm light hitting on the wall and included ah seng to add a human element to the image..... could have shot him half or full body but that would've meant sacrificing the good light that lit only the upper portion of the wall

yes its a pity ah seng was underexposed

fisheye · 17th November 2005

it's a nice underexposure. The mood portrayed, is dank, heavy, rustic and untamed, I can almost smell the atmosphere from where I'm typing this. It works for me.

But perhaps there's too little of Ah Seng in the picture.

ed9119 · 17th November 2005

thanks for the feedback fisheye, appreciate it

i got half body and fullbody compositions of ah seng but they're all very cliche'd and given the angle from which the light is coming and cutting off halfway down the wall, the differences in EV is too wide to strike any kind of balance

Ben1223 · 19th November 2005

Originally Posted by ed9119

thanks for the feedback fisheye, appreciate it

i got half body and fullbody compositions of ah seng but they're all very cliche'd and given the angle from which the light is coming and cutting off halfway down the wall, the differences in EV is too wide to strike any kind of balance

The photo is quite refreshing. I think the gamble worked.

rhp · 19th November 2005

i think if you took it from a bit further back and got some more of the subject and surrounding it would look a little better, great shot nonetheless

paxluv · 27th November 2005

I didn't even notice the duderosky was down there... other than that, I like the color...

14th November 2005	#1
ed9119 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapaore Posts: 1,632	ah seng needs a critique ah seng at the site [IMG][/IMG]

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incubus Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: galaxy far far away Posts: 1,505	Re: ah seng needs a critique ah seng needs a haircut. hehe jokes aside, looks ok to me tho, but is the vignetting done post pro? if it was, i'd prefer if the subject was more in the "limelight" cos rite now my eyes ten to follow the lines of the doors down to him but hes barely seen juz my thots __________________ Deviantart shahrulazmi.com

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ed9119 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapaore Posts: 1,632	Re: ah seng needs a critique thanks for comments!!!

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Drudkh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,019	Re: ah seng needs a critique and why only ah seng's head and nothing else? what was his body language expressions other than the blur look on his face? and what were you trying to capture? the photo tells me nothing.

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zaxh81 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 4,383	Re: ah seng needs a critique i thought CS ahseng would love to see more of the body. __________________ Nikon D150 \| 25mm F0.7 \| SB400

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richliow Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 612	Re: ah seng needs a critique actually, how do you approach this person? i mean, it was a candid shoot without his permission , or a posed shot with his permission......or you shot it from a far?

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fisheye Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 464	Re: ah seng needs a critique it's a nice underexposure. The mood portrayed, is dank, heavy, rustic and untamed, I can almost smell the atmosphere from where I'm typing this. It works for me. But perhaps there's too little of Ah Seng in the picture. __________________ life in massrapid lightstalkers

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rhp New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 40	Re: ah seng needs a critique i think if you took it from a bit further back and got some more of the subject and surrounding it would look a little better, great shot nonetheless

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paxluv Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 261	Re: ah seng needs a critique I didn't even notice the duderosky was down there... other than that, I like the color...