I really like the idea but the exposure is too dark, for me. This leaves it dull and lifeless, not just dark. The way to handle these shots is to localise where the light goes, and more importantly does not go. Expose correctly for the lit areas, letting the underlit areas remain dark. Nice try.
Ian, you nailed it again. If done correctly, photos like this can be very beautiful and captivating. This one has potential but in order for me to get the full effect of the photo, I have to turn the brightness on my screen to the max.
Don't urn up your screen. You'll now have to calibrate it. Otherwise you won't have any idea what you are looking at, when working or assessing. If the photo is good you won't need to do that, if itis not good it is not worth the pain.
Thank you Ian and Kimberly for the reply. I have an iMac 5k 27" dunno why but its pretty bright. Maybe its the scale of the photo? https://500px.com/photo/130238505/darkness-by-sebastian-unrau here is a larger version. Or maybe my Screen is wrong calibrated even i did it a few days ago...
If you have not calibrated your screen it will be wrong. Fact.
If you look at a histogram of your image you will see almost nothing towards the right of the histogram, meaning there is no tonal info included for the brighter tones. You will also see that all the info is represented at the far left of the histogram, so even the highlights have been captured too low on the scale. This is because it is under exposed. You may be able to improve the appearance of the photo in Photoshop but in reality it is never going to be great becasue the loss of detail is too much.
I'd like to see another done with correct exposure for the brightest parts of the image.
I really like the idea but the exposure is too dark, for me. This leaves it dull and lifeless, not just dark. The way to handle these shots is to localise where the light goes, and more importantly does not go. Expose correctly for the lit areas, letting the underlit areas remain dark. Nice try.
Ian, you nailed it again. If done correctly, photos like this can be very beautiful and captivating. This one has potential but in order for me to get the full effect of the photo, I have to turn the brightness on my screen to the max.
Don't urn up your screen. You'll now have to calibrate it. Otherwise you won't have any idea what you are looking at, when working or assessing. If the photo is good you won't need to do that, if itis not good it is not worth the pain.
I know, I have two computers (one for personal use and one specifically for work and photography). My work computer's settings do not get messed with.
That's OK then.
Thank you Ian and Kimberly for the reply. I have an iMac 5k 27" dunno why but its pretty bright. Maybe its the scale of the photo?
https://500px.com/photo/130238505/darkness-by-sebastian-unrau here is a larger version. Or maybe my Screen is wrong calibrated even i did it a few days ago...
It does look alot better when the picture itself is larger. You can see more details of the face than what a smaller ratio allows.
yeah sadly you can only upload it like this at fstoppers. I wish they would changed it :/
If you have not calibrated your screen it will be wrong. Fact.
If you look at a histogram of your image you will see almost nothing towards the right of the histogram, meaning there is no tonal info included for the brighter tones. You will also see that all the info is represented at the far left of the histogram, so even the highlights have been captured too low on the scale. This is because it is under exposed. You may be able to improve the appearance of the photo in Photoshop but in reality it is never going to be great becasue the loss of detail is too much.
I'd like to see another done with correct exposure for the brightest parts of the image.
Far to soft and gentle to fall into the dark and mysterious. It's just to clean for your concept.