Portrait

[>JJ<]

Here is a portrait I manipulated by cranking up the contrast then adding pixelations, excluding the area around the eyes, so as to focus on the area.

All comments welcome; critical and positive. Cheers JJ.

[jar_e]

JJ,

Though not huge on the digital manipulation, I like this shot. It's a great neat effect, and I love how you left the eyes. Very effective and nice composition of the frame!

Good shooting,

Jared

[Seb]

Here is a portrait I manipulated by cranking up the contrast then adding pixelations, excluding the area around the eyes, so as to focus on the area.

All comments welcome; critical and positive. Cheers JJ.

JJ,

The way I see it, this have a lot more to do with digital art than photography but the end result is neat. The picture/image have a strong graphic quality to it.

I assume that the eyes were worked differently than the rest of the picture as they remain clear and distinctive.

Seb

[Nina]

I am not into this type of digital photography but your image is well done and actually has a professional appearance to it. I can almost picture this on an advertisement, or on one of those old vinyl record album covers.

[Chunk]

C'mon guys, photos have been dithered forever (almost). Every Pulitzer prize winning photo has been dithered before being used. JJ's just taken it a bit further and made a grabbing presentation of his photo. Keeping the eye solid was very effective. Nice creative shot - wish I had thought of that.

[>JJ<]

Thanks for the honest comments guys,

jar_e, Seb, Nina thanks for the positive comments, Jar_e I’m glad you like how I have manipulated the image, cheers. Nina I like your concept of the vinyl record album covers, laughter. Seb thanks for the comment on the image being 'graphic' in nature I strive to produce images with a 'grab' factor.

C'mon guys, photos have been dithered forever (almost). Every Pulitzer prize winning photo has been dithered before being used. JJ's just taken it a bit further and made a grabbing presentation of his photo. Keeping the eye solid was very effective. Nice creative shot - wish I had thought of that.

Chunk, I agree that digital photography can/has been done to death and in the end is just a cover-up sometimes when an average original image was taken. I think the line should be drawn when the image does have a CONCEPT behind it though, the manipulation furthering the base idea.

But when it is just done to look cool/different can be a bit of a shrug off, my image I agree is bordering on this.

[Chunk]

Chunk, I agree that digital photography can/has been done to death and in the end is just a cover-up sometimes when an average original image was taken. I think the line should be drawn when the image does have a CONCEPT behind it though, the manipulation furthering the base idea.

But when it is just done to look cool/different can be a bit of a shrug off, my image I agree is bordering on this.

JJ, Im afraid that my poor communication skills have again let me down. I didn't mean to imply that your image was somehow a cover up for a poor photo but rather just the opposite, that it is a creative way to present a strong photo. Sorry for the confusion. I hope you continue exploring in this direction - it's very interesting. I'll continue to try and learn English - I'm only in my 56th year of that endeavor - pretty soon I'll catch on.

[>JJ<]

JJ, Im afraid that my poor communication skills have again let me down. I didn't mean to imply that your image was somehow a cover up for a poor photo but rather just the opposite, that it is a creative way to present a strong photo. Sorry for the confusion. I hope you continue exploring in this direction - it's very interesting. I'll continue to try and learn English - I'm only in my 56th year of that endeavor - pretty soon I'll catch on.

Oh....., thanks Chunk!, I really appreciate that. Bloody english is always hassles.

I guess I was negatively critiquing my own work in a way there, the reason I perused this effect wasn't so much to satisfy a concept but to make it look 'cool'.

And this is where you have to be careful, the aim should be more than just dickin around.

[GB1]

I like but but think the top center and left black dots are a distraction from the subject - the face and the eyes!

This photo has potential for many additional experiments - different color backgrounds, adds, etc. You could use the face and eyes to 'look' at most anything you want!

[opus]

This is very much like "Pop Art" I think. I've seen a lot of images in my day that use the "big dot" concept (It's very much like looking at a newspaper comic strip through a lupe), but I've never seen anything done like this. I like it! and I applaud you for trying something so different and sharing it with us all.

~running off to try it on something of my own~

[Lava Lamp]

Here is a portrait I manipulated by cranking up the contrast then adding pixelations, excluding the area around the eyes, so as to focus on the area.

All comments welcome; critical and positive. Cheers JJ.

Interesting. Made me think of Roy Lichtenstein.

http://www.artsmia.org/uia-bin/uia_d...hr=null&nd=355

THe open space almost cries out for a speech bubble or some text.

[>JJ<]

I like it! and I applaud you for trying something so different and sharing it with us all.

~running off to try it on something of my own~

Thanks Kellybean, please post your results!, I can give you some tips if you would like.

Interesting. Made me think of Roy Lichtenstein.

http://www.artsmia.org/uia-bin/uia_d...hr=null&nd=355

THe open space almost cries out for a speech bubble or some text.

Yes, I can see the resemblance, that wasn't my intention, I like Roy's work's.
I will have to think of a slogan.

[Overbeyond]

Very effective work indeed and I see an album cover written all over it.
Tom