Drenched in my Luxurious 30's Dream


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Hey thanks! Learnt something today!

Can those effects be achieved by handpainting B&W photos?

;p Never tried, those are just some theorie's from my research, but not my practical experience. What i assume is that they applied this kind of technique on some special paper, but you can try it, you will never lose anything except some paper;)
 

And no, I was not writing for whoever you thought it was. He is beyond salvation.

I was writing for others who might chance to see this thread.

In that case, my advice maybe useful for others as well. ;p
 

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reminds me of the mooncake metal box by tung lok.
:bsmilie: :bsmilie:
 

Rather good attempt I must say, if a little cheesy.

But fun!
 

i stand corrected... this is a superbly well taken photo with a perfect replication of the look n feel of the 30s.. keep up the good work!!! :thumbsup: CS needs more stuffs like this posted up... raise the standard... :bsmilie:
 

The eyes looks a little too un-natural...
 

The eyes looks a little too un-natural...

perception of chinese in the past... small puny slit like eyes...

dun believe? Watch old american cartoons, anything that represent chinese or japanese all slit like eyes... and talk with a funny accent... ;p
 

The eyes looks a little too un-natural...

perception of chinese in the past... small puny slit like eyes...

dun believe? Watch old american cartoons, anything that represent chinese or japanese all slit like eyes... and talk with a funny accent... ;p

Ya, the eyes are unnatrual, but just as what Del says, they both serve the purpose of simulating the old poster style:embrass:
 

The model is wearing contact lens? I'm refering to that... The colour of the pupil... Not oriental look at all...
 

The model is wearing contact lens? I'm refering to that... The colour of the pupil... Not oriental look at all...

She has a good eye-sight, and she was not wearing any contact-lens at all. But her pupil is really a bit different in color which is in medium-tone brown.
 

Nice piece of work. Is her hair bunned up? Coz I can see like only the fringe area, would be nice if there's more of hair detail instead of it blending into the background. Nonetheless, that doesn't detract from the good work and its a nice change from the staple portraits seen all too often in CS.
 

Very informative discussion going on in this thread. :thumbsup:

I remember this phrase heard from a chinese sports commentator on soccer:
行家看门道,外行看热闹
However, it's always those in the second category that are most noisy in giving critiques.
Even though they only have experiences in playing kampong football..

No point trying to make them understand cos what happening beneath the surface of things are way out of their league.

I know who you are trying to persuade as you always did, but you should always remember what Confiucus has said "朽木不可雕也,粪土之墙不可圬也", so next time we better spend our precious time on some ppl who are worthy of being persuaded.
 

Nice piece of work. Is her hair bunned up? Coz I can see like only the fringe area, would be nice if there's more of hair detail instead of it blending into the background. Nonetheless, that doesn't detract from the good work and its a nice change from the staple portraits seen all too often in CS.

yes, her hair was bunned up by simply using some clips for which i don't think it's delicate enuf. :embrass: Will improve the hairstyle during next shot.
 

Very informative discussion going on in this thread. :thumbsup:

I remember this phrase heard from a chinese sports commentator on soccer:
行家看门道,外行看热闹
However, it's always those in the second category that are most noisy in giving critiques.
Even though they only have experiences in playing kampong football..

No point trying to make them understand cos what happening beneath the surface of things are way out of their league.

Thank you for your understanding, actually i did received some good advice regarding to the details from those who don't really understand my concept, and their advice are sincere and helpful. Those i don't give credit to are the ones like to follow formulas without thinking about the photographs (yet without thinking the responsibilty of giving others wrong feedbacks)
 

Still cannot get over the green-ish color casting on her face.

Color cast is color cast, whether in 1930 or in 2007 (dun think they have color photography then, it was developed commercially in the late 40s, no?). no excuse.

The skin has the plastic hardness look upon it, mask out her face and apply gaussian blur. She looks like a mannequinn.

Other than that, I like the DoF and the elaborate setup. Must have alot of time on your hands if this is done for leisure.
 

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