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After another inspirational blogpost today called Eloquence of the Eye from famous photographer Steve McCurry I had to think about an eye-photo I took during Semana Santa 2012 in Zaragoza, Spain.
Another repost (here´s the original) where I think my postprocessing skills improved since then and gets me closer to the result I was aiming for…
(1/125, F5.6, ISO200, 214mm)
Hi, Ron, This is my first visit, having followed you back from your liking of my recent post. I see there are many commenters ahead of me, and I may get lost in the avalanche, but I just want to say that I love your eye for detail, perspective, and composition. I am very happy that your took the time to let me know that you liked what you saw. Con muchas felicidades! Gary
Hello Gary,
I hope to make sure nobody gets lost in the avalanche; just happy viewers seem to like some of my photos.
Thanks for looking through and giving your thoughts! Really flattered with your compliments.
Muchas gracias y saludos, Ron.
I do not know what took me so long to find your work but its spell binding !
Whoaa, thats phenomenal to hear, very big thanks, Katrina, that makes me really happy!
Allt he best to you, Ron.
Excited, little creepy and beautiful all together !
Dank je, Sérach, altijd bizonder om in de ogen van een ander te kijken 😉
Je vraagt je toch af wat er onder die sluier en achter dat oog schuil gaat?!
Groetjes, Ron.
Ja precies was toch wel intrigerend hoor, prettige avond nog ! Xoxo
Dank je, jij ook! xoxo
By coincidence, I just commented on the last picture in the post at
http://windagainstcurrent.com/2013/03/08/the-eyes-the-window-to-the-soul
and mentioned the off-center placement of the eye. That picture is mostly white, while yours is mostly black. That photograph features a bird’s eye, yours a person’s eye. Both images are quite effective abstractions.
Hi Steve, thanks for telling, nice photo as well, different but same idea for sure!
Greetings from Spain, Ron.
It’s a great image beautifully processed. As a photographer, I ask – what is your technique for processing?
Hi David, well ofcourse first of all find something in the subject you feel makes it intrigueing or interesting to watch and while shooting raw i control light, aperture, diaphragma and composition. With this particular series of the Semana Santa processions before the week filled with lot of procession i had this idea of eyes and colored fabrics in close-up could make for a cool set; very difficult with low light (most of em being afternoon or later) and moving targets 😉
Then I do light temperature which mostly is spot on, maybe a bit in exposure, than open in Photoshop 6 were I do some straightening and or cropping.
Then could go anywhere, looking for techniques on the web that will take me through the process to get what I want. Lots of times I go to Nik software, Silver Efex for B&W, where I do all the tweaking myself, have some recipes for certain subjects.
For color I use Nik´s Color Efex to sharpen, contrast, detail and more, also recipes for my most photographed subjects and with this eye also used a little Nik´viveza, because it works in a circular way its perfect for doing stuff on and around eyes.
Hope thats not too detailed for you, but thats it.
Thanks for stopping by and please give critique wher you think needed, much appreciated, greetings, Ron.
That’s perfect – and it all makes sense.
I’ve heard good things about Nik products – never tried them – maybe now is the time.
Your image is a winner, but the processing makes it extra special.
Thanks David, its all used to get the view I had in mind and think I saw, but my memorymaybe makes things more beautiful, but dont we all do that?
Definitely like the idea behind Nik, very cool way of approaching postprocessing in my opinion.
Good luck and greetz, Ron.
Cool caption! I wondered a bit about this blue eye. In Germany they are mostly black..-
Thanks, Luiza! Don´t totally understand what you mean, thought like Holland, Germany you have all kindsof eyes, in Spain there brown and dark yes mostly’?!
Greetings, Ron.
..what i mean was, the german “community” is boring. only the turkish people wear clothes like that:-)
Aha, ok, i get it, wel the Spanish wear them too in the Holy week 😉
😉
That is one wild eye! Well, it’s Semana Santa, after all.
I don’t know anything about processing and Photoshop, etc., so that’s of less interest to me than the painterly qualities you end up (however you do so).
Thanks a lot! It´s all about what it does to the viewer and postprocessing is just a thing I need to do working with RAW-files. Well whatever, just glad to know you like what you see 🙂
Greetings, Ron.
amazing work !
Dank je, Nick! Groet, Ron
Interesting photograph (eye catching by “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”)…What’s your photographer name?
Hola Mary, thanks so much! Never thought about a ´name´, so Ron it is til now 😉 Greetz
Spannend!
Dank je, Wilma, vond wel leuke kijk op de klassieke Semana Santa, had een hele serie toendertijd, maar vond deze de beste om tereposten 🙂
Groet, Ron.
Ron this is a great image. As fine as Steve McCurry’s ….. Thanks for linking to his blog, I hadn’t been there before…..
Thanks so much, ofcoursse I hoped people to put it in same sentence as Steve McCurry´s, but so cool you like both
All the best, Ron.
Thanks for introducing me to Steve McCurry’s work. Striking stuff. But I remember your image from the first time you posted it, just after I started seeing your blog. I found it an arresting image then, and now it’s even moved up a notch..
Thanks a lot, Margaret, nice to hear you didnt know Steve McCurry´s blog, lots of exploring and admiring to be done 😉
Thanks for all your support and feedback, much appreciated, greetings, Ron.
Fabulous creation 🙂
Dank je wel, Della Anna, super dat je moeite neemt om te reageren, vriendelijke groet, Ron.
Fantastic! Great work! I love Steve McCurry’s work too, he’s so inspiring!
Thank you, Susan. Yep, like Steve´s work a lot and also his way of blogging is very nice!
Have a great week, Ron.
Great shot! This version is better as there are less distracting ‘highlights’ from the fabric around the eye.
Thank you so much (for ALL the support), Noeline! Think at that time I was exaggerating a bit on brightening darker parts, hopefully this is closer to reality. Hope all is well, Ron.
That is one intense pic..:-)
Thank you, Ed, very kind of you to comment!
I miss that series 🙂 It was over a year ago wasn’t it? from Zaragoza?!?!
Yep, Bashar, more than a year I think, so cool to have the parades rolling through the streets in Zaragoza; do miss that place sometimes!
Greetz, Ron.
scary cool.
Thanks, Gavin!
Great photos! The only thing I miss a little from the original is the depth of the eye from the cloth. Still, the second photo is more striking.
Cheers from California!
Thank you, Nina, don´t know exactly what you mean by the depth of the eye from the cloth?
Maybe cuz its shadow is less brightened than the original?
All the best from Spain, Ron.
that is fantastic!
Thanks very much, cool to hear! Greetings, Ron.
Wow! Very cool. Well done.
Thank you very much, Teresa. Just don´tlook into it too long 😉
Greetings, Ron.
I am always in awe of your photos.
Hla Maya, thats very cool of you to say, thanks a lot and have a great weekend, Ron.