That shot was just for fun. Grain added in PS. Glad you like it.

Shadows (darker key images etc.) are pretty hot right now in fashion...

Snook I thought the second series was right on the money, and I like the warm overtone they have.

Here is another shot i took recently..
Hasselblad H3DII-31 and 120mm macro HC

Very Andy Goldsworthy... I like it.

Mike.

one totally done for myself.

This is a picture of my little daughter, one year this weekend!

Rollei 6008AF, Rollei 120mm/4.0 macro at 4.0, and Imacon Ixpress 96

Here is a shot taken with a Flexbody on Velvia and scanned. Sorry did not have my Aptus at the time. It's called "Max the cat's rabbit supper"!

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Nice.

In fashion spreads, you don't even get to see the clothes at times. It's about a look/style/feeling. And if you simply want to see clothes/model clearly, look in a mail order catalogue, as this style/fashion is not for you. It's usually meant to be exclusive.

Freaky [but good] picture.

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Mike thanks.. i had never seen his work before.. but just looked him up.. Like it..

aptus 75s, mamiya 645 AFDII, Zeiss 110 Planar


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Sutro Baths, San Francisco

jim

You're welcome! He does some pretty amazing work...

Mike.

From my visit to Taj Mahal in India the other week. I should add that this travel was first time I used the Leaf Aptus 65, together with Mamiya AFD and 55-110 zoom. It is great pleasure to use the A65. Only smart sharpening was applied, all else defaults in CS3.

Regards
Anders

Thanks for posting. The first one seems a little too flat to me, but that might just be me. I like the reflection in the second one but the mud is rather un-interesting. How come you didn't plan a few acres of rice or something first? The third one I think is my favourite. There are a lot of untold stories in that face...

Mike.

Here is a recent one i made. The camera is a Hasselblad 503CWD, pin hole, around 10 second exposure time, ISO 50, no crop.

Greetings Andy

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Some images from 2008 Kooey Swimwear Campaign with Hasselblad H3D II & HC 3.5-4.5/50-110mm Lens

Sorry, nothing personal - I'm sure it's the clients dictate, but this is retouching taken far to far IMHO.
She looks like she ought to be in Madame Tussauds for god's sake!
Anyway as I say, IMHO.

Edited to Add: I just noticed your quite new - bit of a harsh welcome from me there! So a friendly welcome also Good to have you here.

Sorry, I agree too - she looks almost alien like.

OK, so the look of her skin is not exactly natural, it's half way to heavily stylised cartoon, but if we drop our preconceptions about our own style of shooting, I hope you'd agree it's certainly eye catching.

The other thought I had... was it retouched, or original make up?

100% agree

Hmm, it not really about preconceptions to be honest. It's eye catching for the wrong reasons - i.e. it just looks wrong/weird. Almost like a cgi character from a video game intro. If that was the creative intention then fine, but I somehow doubt it.
It's totally OTT.

Well That is probably the look the client wanted..
I think the 3rd shot she kind of looks like a monkey though.. the angle of her head and her ears??
Something is going there.
The first she looks the best even though it is pretty much over retouched..:+}
Nice shots considering
Snook

Actually, I've just seen elite's pics from the same shoot on his other thread.
I much prefer them to the ones here. Still too over cooked for my taste - but they work better. Never the less, very nicely executed work.

The best part of my business involves taking studio portraits of dogs. Here are some doxies that were in my studio last week.

Did we started to critique work here or is it something aimed only at our new members?
I am just checking since there is a lot of pictures to go back to and critique if we want this topic to die quick.
I personally think that the images are overdone but not nearly as bad as some of the ones I have seen here from regular contributor who never caught any heat on that.
Andre

I agree about the quickest way to kill this great topic is to start picking apart the images. In my head, this topic keeps out the constant droning of the "measurebators" (great word for whoever came up with it) and allows for the freedom of just putting up photos of what everybody is doing.

I personally never post any work work, nor of anything that really means that much to me to give away. The internet being what it is and people's assumption that once you see it on the internet, it's up for grabs.

I agree if I am reading some of you correctly. There is nothing here inviting critiques. If you have something good to say, say it, otherwise as long as it is something someone is proud of and wants to post it, I would say do so.

I have enjoyed this thread for just seeing what other people are doing and there has been some really nice work. But I sure don't want to start wading through all the armchair critic remarks.

Not to distract you guys but here is one from the other night
Marc
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Oh please. Don't be so precious.

Of you actually read my posts properly you'll see why yor comment is a little silly, not to mention rather snide.
I'm afraid I don't do mutual backslapping clubs - sorry.

We're mostly working pro's here - I'm sure most of us are big & ugly enough to take some constructive critism & opinion every now and again.

Maybe it's me but I loved the shots, yes they are processed but that's possible today so why not
Some photographers are artists that take a photograph as the base and some take the shot and that's it.

Some from me from today and yesterday.

My first camera






Greetings,
Frank

Well, there is time and place for everything. If you did not get it yet than I should not expect you to understand me. My comment was not meant to be snide. I guess I am not as big & ugly as you and thus for I thought that the welcoming comity went over board even if we apply Photo.net standard.
It was not our practice here up to this point so I do not know what gave. This topic is called "recent work" and not "take a bite at me and tell me that my model look like monkey".
You are right however that most people here are working pros with various level of experience.
That is why we should appreciate that members here post their work free of charge for others to enjoy.
It is very special place and very uncommon practice.
As a working pro I do not care to hear your constructive criticism without your real name and resume attached to it. I get it daily from AD's and editors.
http://AndreNapier.com

Children,

Be nice, this is the "Recent Work" topic, not the "knock me over" thread.

Edmund

take it

BlasR

P45+ with h1

This was shot back in 2005 but only today got to actually prepare it; RZ Pro II, 120 film, scanned

This was shot back in 2005 but only today got to actually prepare it; RZ Pro II, 120 film, scanned

not count. it's now 2008 Sorry.

the fight is over? I think call someone monkey it's no nice

Trying out continuous light for the first time, rather than strobe.

This is my new studio security system shot with Mamiya AFD/Aptus 75

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Shot in Moab area using Mamiya AFD II P30+ and 28mm lens


False Kiva
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Hot Tub
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don

Gidday,

Shot last week for Honda

Stats:

Mamiya 645AFDII
Mamiya 75-150mm old manual focus lens
Aptus 75

One hell of a lot of photo retouching by my retoucher Peter.

Cheers

Simon

Hi!

This is a snapshot from last week. I was having a short one week holiday in Lappland.
X-country skiing with my wife and our grand daughter.

Since the little one couldn´t climb in the fells we made shifts to take care of her.
I picked the mornings for skiing with a backpack. Hot coffee and sandwiches + extra clothes and Mamiya. Really nice weather too. I miss those mornings already.


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Mamiya 645 AFD II + f4 / 210 + ZD hand held.

regards, Sami

Great doggie!

One more snapshot...



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Mamiya 645 AFD II + 210mm + ZD

handheld 1/320sec f8


sami

H2+80mm+P30+
f8-1/800
2x Pro-7a 2400 + 2x Softbox 1x6' RF
Lightroom

Thought I'd add these two images from the Islands In The Sky district of Canyonlands National Park, Moab UT. The weather was great, not a lot of people just wish the sky would have been better.

Shafer Canyon Overlook
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White Rim Overlook
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Both shot last week of February with Mamiya AFD II/P30+ and 28mm lens

don

Hi Hans.
Nice to see a fellow Dutch man
Great work.

I had to post this one because it is of Schafer Trail lit by the full moon.

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I like the light trails on the road