Mirai Nikki - For Yukiteru's Eyes Only

Cosplay from Future Diary (Mirai Nikki, 未来日記), featuring:

mingswly as Yukiteru Amano (天野 雪輝)

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Yukiteru isn't posed quite the same as 007, but he's not an international man of mystery. Yuno's pose is slightly off to work better with the lighting I used. In retrospect, I should have asked her to hold the phone more visibly.

I opted to shoot this not as a composite, using a somewhat high f/stop with a long lens so Yukiteru is slightly out of focus. I could have make Yukiteru shaper using a wider lens and placing Yuki & Yuno closer together. But, I wanted to light them slight differently - rim light to make Yuno look more BAMF and simple side lighting from the helpless Yukiteru. The focal length was so long, I had to shoot from a different room, through a glass door. orz

For editing, I cleaned up Yuno's hair a bit. Also removed a window on the left side of the frame. And finally, changed the background color to blue, making Yuno and Yuki stand out more, also matching the colors of the Bond poster.

Any photography / editing critique is welcome.

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