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Abhijit Biswas

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Getting back to normal life these days and thought of sharing this image that I recently edited. Hope you guys like it.


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Abhijit Biswas
www.exposurebits.com
 
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Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Abhijit,

I'm intrigued!

Tell us some background to this picture. How did you go about planning constructing the image and what led you to the blue presentation. Where does this photograph belong in your work, is this a one of a kind or will it be a series? Are there others like it?

Is this one picture, or made from several?

Asher
 
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Abhijit Biswas

New member
Hi Asher,

It's a composit of 3 pictures and some digital alterations here and there. Niagara falls is the obvious one here and it was shot at night back in 2003 or so. The model was shot in the studio sometime back in 2010 and the land on which the model is sitting is a very mundane shot from Lake Mead, Las Vegas, 2007.

When I put together all 3 it looks good in color. But then thought about making it little monochromatic/moon lit kind of mood and there you have the result.

This is not one of a kind. I have created quite a few composit images over the past few years. I might share few of them here if you guys like so.


Thanks,
Abhijit
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Abhijit Biswas said:
Hi Asher,

It's a composit of 3 pictures and some digital alterations here and there. Niagara falls is the obvious one here and it was shot at night back in 2003 or so. The model was shot in the studio sometime back in 2010 and the land on which the model is sitting is a very mundane shot from Lake Mead, Las Vegas, 2007.
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Well, Abhijit,

It's effective! have a great interest in composites. So how did you approach the shading on the model to get her to fit in with the direction of the lighting? I'd love to see the original. Did you do much shadow painting?

Abhijit Biswas said:
When I put together all 3 it looks good in color.
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Yes t works, but the original color would be especially interesting to see as that's where the massive challenge exists of matching the color temperature and saturation of each component of the composite image.

Abhijit Biswas said:
This is not one of a kind. I have created quite a few composit images over the past few years. I might share few of them here if you guys like so.
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A series of pictures united by theme/motif/governing idea/style makes for especially interesting attention by us in OPF. As you work, add to the collection and then remove the weaker ones.

Thanks for sharing,

Asher
 
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Abhijit Biswas

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Asher Kelman said:
Well, Abhijit,

It's effective! have a great interest in composites. So how did you approach the shading on the model to get her to fit in with the direction of the lighting? I'd love to see the original. Did you do much shadow painting?
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Here is the color version. The lighting on the model is pretty much the same as shot originally. When I shot this I did think about the moonlit situation and lit her accordingly. Although that does not explain the back light. But one can get rid of the back light so easily but it's difficult to add if it's not there. I did not do any shadow painting. I am a very bad painter :)

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Asher Kelman said:
Yes t works, but the original color would be especially interesting to see as that's where the massive challenge exists of matching the color temperature and saturation of each component of the composite image.
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You are right about the challenge, Asher! Selecting the images for a composit is tough and add the color temperature issue on top of that and it becomes quite some task. Many often one would have to change the color temperature of all images to match the mood of the end result. Sometimes it requires hours in the post processing to achieve that.

Asher Kelman said:
A series of pictures united by theme/motif/governing idea/style makes for especially interesting attention by us in OPF. As you work, add to the collection and then remove the weaker ones.
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I will try to post few in the coming days. The images may not have exact theme but you might find some similarity in some ways.


Thanks,
Abhijit
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I really prefer the color version! Maybe get some of that color from the left on her legs and face!

Asher
 
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