The difference between sharpness of the background and the models (let alone the mixed lighting) gives this image a composite feel. Perhaps softening up the people a bit might lessen this. Not allot of softening but enough to make it look like a large aperture was used.
I can assure you the image is not a composite. The inspiration of this image came from Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and old style hollywood movies, hence the lighting and the styling. As for large aperture, it was shot at F4.0 - to be geeky. The beauty of photography and art is that we all develop our own styles and interpretations - there is enough stuff out there that satisfy some kind of conformity.
great shot
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This is pretty damn good and different from a lot of stuff out there!
Beautiful shot, and great sense of story too. It makes me want to know what they were up to.
Love the drama
Love this! Great lighting and depth.
Fantastic!! I love the look on her face!
It's amazing !!
The difference between sharpness of the background and the models (let alone the mixed lighting) gives this image a composite feel. Perhaps softening up the people a bit might lessen this. Not allot of softening but enough to make it look like a large aperture was used.
I can assure you the image is not a composite. The inspiration of this image came from Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and old style hollywood movies, hence the lighting and the styling. As for large aperture, it was shot at F4.0 - to be geeky. The beauty of photography and art is that we all develop our own styles and interpretations - there is enough stuff out there that satisfy some kind of conformity.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments, just found out that the image made photo of the day.