A murder mystery

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Permalink Reply by Aldrin Joseph on May 31, 2011 at 9:26am

Very nice! lol

Permalink Reply by Robert Davis on May 31, 2011 at 9:57am

I like what you've done here. Very elegant. However, have you thought some on lowering the contrast and maybe some toning such as sepia? Just a thought on my part.

Last but not least, being the devils advocate here how does this show a murder mystery? Not trying to rile you but I think if this was to show that there was a murder . ? . ? . ? I don't know if this does that.

Okay now that I said a mouthful, let me iterate a more pleasant comment. The photographic skills portrayed in this image are excellent, the conversion to B&W is very good with details in both the blacks and the whites. Expressions are pleasant and well depicted. As a stand alone image this works on many levels.

Permalink Reply by Stevanus Isman on June 1, 2011 at 1:21am

I Like the concept...
The B/W....

But I think little bit lack of mystery...

Permalink Reply by John Nabben on June 1, 2011 at 2:11am

Maybe crop the bottom so that we don't see the pens, if they weren't there (and the plastic cups) I think it would look better

Permalink Reply by Philip Gann on June 1, 2011 at 2:26am

Hi Rhys,  to me this looks more of a B&W conversion rather than film noir, quite a good one with even tones. However to get the film noir look you need to have harsh directional light that creates strong shadow and a dark background. Very difficult to achieve in an evenly or well lit location. With some more post processing work you can get a lot closer to film noir but without the strong shadows it is hard to achieve in my experience. It would help if you made the conversion more contrasty and added some grain effect then used a dark vignette which would pull back the top right corner.  I agree with the other comments about the plastic cups and pens as they are distracting. The vignette would help here as well.

Cheers Philip