Photographer's Comment: Playing with that chill that races up the spine when contemplating upcoming minor surgery.

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By NowYesNow (2007-12-20 00:41:15 ): Thank you each, for your comments. The surgery was much kindler/gentler to me that I would have expected, and recovery is well underway. It Was fun to express the trepidations this way, though, with your feedback.

By Isachsen (2007-12-07 09:17:16 ): John, what I meant was actually that Munch used color to express feelings. You probably remember his St. Cloud picture with the blue haze in the room, or jalousy paintings with a "green: face - something completely unheard of back in those days. A fine technique to use in my view. John, when are you going to get together a government over there in Belgium? Take it easy my friend!

By johnwillems (2007-12-06 00:00:54 ): OK Jan, I agree, but I find these photograph not directly "agréable". I don't say, it is a bad photograph. I think it is a little bit "spielerei" in Photoshop, and here I don't see a great mood, no great composition, not a fantastic palet of colours and I don't see here,... Edvard Munch, is my most own opinion. Friendly from John.

By Isachsen (2007-12-05 23:20:03 ): No, I don't see any anger here, but more like uncertainty mixed with a little bit of fear. More than one hundred years ago my fellow Norwegian, painter Edvard Munch experimented with this kind of light and color to paint fellow citizens' expressions, like fear, love, sadness and jalousy. this was unthinkable back then, which also brought out many rubber stamps spelling "rubbish". Fist many decades later should people start seing the greatness in what Munch did - daring to by expressing real human feelings.

By johnwillems (2007-12-05 15:14:57 ): Great explanation Jan & Carl. Thanks! Photoshop, is that an editing software and where can I try it?

By photobee72 (2007-12-05 05:03:39 ): Burrrr... he defiantly looks very cold! Great take on the assignment! Very creative!

By NowYesNow (2007-12-05 04:29:46 ): johnwillems, if your question is whether or not I used photoshop, the answer is Yes, I did, and yes, there's a subtle example of it in the eye -specifically the lower broad catchlight, where I joined together some smaller ones into a continous crescent. The original catchlight is from the medium sized softbox below my face. The only other light sources were a weakened on-camera pop-up flash and an off-camera Nikon SB600 aimed up from the floor to light the backdrop... also giving me some soft top-light from the ceiling reflection. You say the subject looks angry? that's interesting.. do any others of you see that quality in this one? Thanks for the supportive feedback, too, Jan and Carl.

By johnwillems (2007-12-05 01:44:44 ): No or Yes?

By johnwillems (2007-12-05 01:33:59 ): That's a cold character-shoot of these man. Angry,... some Photos(p)hop-play-tools.

By smokeydawg (2007-12-05 01:06:37 ): Nice interprtation of the "chill" I really like the result of the post work, it really creates that feeling you described. Crop works well also. Nicely done.

By Isachsen (2007-12-04 09:32:07 ): Wayne, even before (without) reading your captions I sat looking at this photo for a while, intrigued by it. A very fine way of putting "feelings" into a photograph. Thanks for inspiring me so much ( I have to give this a try in some of my own images).

By NowYesNow (2007-12-04 04:07:19 ): Should I say it's between me and my Lightroom/CS3? Since that would be... ahem.. Cold of me... I confess; I used two Hue/Saturation layers set to Color, one to add blue to the highlights and the other to add some reddish warmth to the shadows, using their respective Blending Options. I had to shoot loosely framed, at first, and liked this particular expression from early in the session, so some significant cropping was made to get it this tight. Thanks for your comment, Alan.

By hochbeam (2007-12-04 03:34:55 ): Yeah, it's chilling, all right. Great job capturing a mood. Was that real blue light or a digital effect?

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