Anyone wanna see my PP?

[pony]

I've been playing with PS and I am wondering how it looks. Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks

SOOC:



After:

 

[molested_cow]

The title didn't sound right........

Saturation and color adjustment works well, looks natural. I am not liking how quickly the rest of the body becomes soft. It looks artificial.

 

[pony]

The title didn't sound right........

Saturation and color adjustment works well, looks natural. I am not liking how quickly the rest of the body becomes soft. It looks artificial.

Thought I might get more hits if people thougt the pic was of something scandalous

I did not do anything to her body...and really tried to do minimal smoothing on her face (thanks to dry cheeks and a blob of food or whatever on her chin.)
Her chest and arms are her natural skin...not sure what I could do to make it better. Do you think it just doesn't match her face?

Thanks

 

[Stryker]

May I know what your aperture opening was?

 

[pony]

May I know what your aperture opening was?

I'm guessing 2, maybe 2.2.
Do you think that's the problem with the softness?

ETA:
Just checked, f2

 

[Robin Usagani]

Looks good on my iPhone.

 

[Stryker]

The parts closer to the lens are sharp but if you go deeper, maybe 2 inches deeper, it gets soft like the ears. If the model's face was at an angle, the other eye would be a little soft already.

Just my suggestion. For portraits, shoot at f/5.6 to f/8, move her at least 3 feet away from the backgound to blur it, and a portrait orientation seals the job. There is a lot of idle space on the left and right side of the model.

Thanks and regards

Mel

 

[pony]

The parts closer to the lens are sharp but if you go deeper, maybe 2 inches deeper, it gets soft like the ears. If the model's face was at an angle, the other eye would be a little soft already.

Just my suggestion. For portraits, shoot at f/5.6 to f/8, move her at least 3 feet away from the backgound to blur it, and a portrait orientation seals the job. There is a lot of idle space on the left and right side of the model.

Thanks and regards

Mel

This was not a formal portrait, just a snap of my 4 year old. Thought it seemed like a good one to play in PS with. I did a couple of official shoots on newborns and learned the hard way about the background being too close :/
I will try to do another similar shot stopped down a bit. I shoot all natural light though so I run into the problem of not knowing how to get the light without jacking up the ISO a whole bunch. This is the D90 with a 50mm/1.4. I don't know how it performs at higher ISO compared to other cameras, but if I hit 600 I really start to notice the noise...so maybe I am overcompensating by trying to stay around f2?
This was open in PS so I recropped it (playing with B&W, I know the color is funny). Is this crop any better? I should have just shot it differently...
Thanks for the input

 

[ulrichsd]

I prefer the portrait format in b&w over the landscape.

 

[Stryker]

The parts closer to the lens are sharp but if you go deeper, maybe 2 inches deeper, it gets soft like the ears. If the model's face was at an angle, the other eye would be a little soft already.

Just my suggestion. For portraits, shoot at f/5.6 to f/8, move her at least 3 feet away from the backgound to blur it, and a portrait orientation seals the job. There is a lot of idle space on the left and right side of the model.

Thanks and regards

Mel

This was not a formal portrait, just a snap of my 4 year old. Thought it seemed like a good one to play in PS with. I did a couple of official shoots on newborns and learned the hard way about the background being too close :/
I will try to do another similar shot stopped down a bit. I shoot all natural light though so I run into the problem of not knowing how to get the light without jacking up the ISO a whole bunch. This is the D90 with a 50mm/1.4. I don't know how it performs at higher ISO compared to other cameras, but if I hit 600 I really start to notice the noise...so maybe I am overcompensating by trying to stay around f2?
This was open in PS so I recropped it (playing with B&W, I know the color is funny). Is this crop any better? I should have just shot it differently...
Thanks for the input

Whooooooaah!!! Isnt she lovely??? The portrait orientation is a hundred times better. You cropped it a little too much though. Since you used the flower as accent, I wouldn't cut it in half.

Regards

Mel

 

[pony]

Whooooooaah!!! Isnt she lovely??? The portrait orientation is a hundred times better. You cropped it a little too much though. Since you used the flower as accent, I wouldn't cut it in half.

Regards

Mel

Sweet, thanks. Ya, I ran out of room cropping a crop. It was either the flower or her ear if I wanted to keep the proportions...went with the flower LOL
I will start with the fresh unedited image and re-do it to include the flower.
Thanks so much for the input

 

[AgentDrex]

Its one thing to name a thread this title but then you took it to a whole new level when the subject of the thread is a little girl....jeez

 

[Forkie]

Its one thing to name a thread this title but then you took it to a whole new level when the subject of the thread is a little girl....jeez

This.

 

[pony]

Its one thing to name a thread this title but then you took it to a whole new level when the subject of the thread is a little girl....jeez

Eww, ya. I was being a smartass but did not really think it that far through. Kinda gross. Maybe I can edit the title, eh?

Apparently I cannot...

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

:addpics: