I know this is the costume of a temple knight, but having read all of George R.R. Martin's famous books, and seen the Game of Thrones TV-series, I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite characters. He looks quite like him don't you think :).As I wrote yesterday the goal of my challenge will be to edit the photos I took at a medieval market in France a week ago. I went there with only one lens. I chose the 18-105 mm one, since it's the most flexible and least intrusive of my lenses. I love doing candid shots and tried my very best to be discrete. I didn't quite manage with this guy though, who spotted me at the last moment. It still turned out great though.
I've done quite a lot of editing to this shot. It's not quite as zoomed in as you'd think - the DOF is faked - and I've cropped away quite a bit. Like I said, I was trying to be discrete and not zoom in on people. I figured I'd fake it in post-ed (selective blurring). Other than that I've done the usual basic stuff
(corrected the levels) and played around with the Nik Collection. I used Skylight, Bleach Bypass and Contrast Color Range. After that I sharpened the main subject and added a slight vignette.
I hope you like it
/MrsHjort
Looks great Natalie, you've done a real good job on the background.
ReplyDeleteNice popping colours and I love the jaunty expression on his face and his pose and attitude. Great work with the processing, especially the fake DOF. Nice touch.
ReplyDeleteGreat start to your challenge!