Memory

Like Cem, i have some pictures which haunt me... I keep them apart, because i want to take time to work them... Sometimes i forget them, but sometimes i finally success to express the original feeling or idea i have got when i made the shot.

This one is a good example. It is a torn poster on a wall, maybe for death metal band or something like that... i remember that when i went to this poster, walking on the pavement, my eyes had been catched by these horrible skulls as i was very close to the wall. I tried to reproduce this sensation using a very close focus with a great aperture (f1.8), standing on the side of the wall, to get a very slight deep of field and this weird tunnel effect. Visual impact was very strong and i kept it like that.

After some weeks and some trials, i decided to work this picture in B&W, as what counts are ideas identified by the skulls and general feeling of sadness and malaise. I understood that for the beginning this picture evokes in my mind memories of past human cruelties like genocids and wars. So i called it "Memory" :

"Memory" - Cedric Massoulier​

Nikon D700 & AF-D 1.8/50
RAW file processed in Capture One Pro and Photoshop CS3

Cedric,

Another one to like and think about. Could you also post one at 3/4 of the size to get more white space around it so we can see it on a background as if it was on a wall?

Thanks,

Asher

Hi Asher,

I reduced the size to a more common 800 pixels picture.

Cedric.

Hi Cedric,

My first impression is, I like it. The only remark I have right now is that maybe you can tone down the brightness of the white vertical band on the left just a little bit. My eye keeps on hanging there, as if it acts like a threshold. Let me have some time to come back with a second opinion.

Cheers,

Hi,

This is another version, using Nicolas's workflow :

yep, better tonal response!

Michael Fontana said:

yep, better tonal response!

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And so much more details in hilights! and shadows!