Couples portrait for C&C

crimbfighter · Jun 8, 2015

It was a bit tough to coax natural expressions out of them. Not to mention there was a farm field behind them and a few of the photos got ruined by a bull attempting to mount a cow in the BG...

70mm, f/3.2, ISO 100, 1/320

tirediron · Jun 8, 2015

Not bad; the main issue I see is the excess space; I would crop this into portrait orientation. I can't tell about the eyes, for some reason when I try and bring up the larger version it want's me to log into Yahoo!

crimbfighter · Jun 8, 2015

tirediron said:
Not bad; the main issue I see is the excess space; I would crop this into portrait orientation. I can't tell about the eyes, for some reason when I try and bring up the larger version it want's me to log into Yahoo!

Sorry, I default all my photos to private. You should be able to view the full sized image now. And thank you for your response.

Unfortunately, this was taken in a horizontal orientation, so I don't have enough excess room above or below to turn it into a portrait orientation without being a 1x1 ratio...

I do have this attached version that was portrait orentation, though. The only thing that bugs me is I feel like the highlights are too bright, and I can't bring them down anymore...

tirediron · Jun 8, 2015

Okay, fair enough; maybe crop a bunch of the space image left away?

Derrel · Jun 8, 2015

I would clone that round orb out, the one to the right of the man, at ground level.

crimbfighter · Jun 8, 2015

Derrel said:
I would clone that round orb out, the one to the right of the man, at ground level.

Thanks! Now that you pointed it out, I see it and it needs to go!

crimbfighter · Jun 8, 2015

tirediron said:
Okay, fair enough; maybe crop a bunch of the space image left away?

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it tomorrow afternoon and see what it looks like.

kundalini · Jun 8, 2015

crimbfighter said:
..... Not to mention there was a farm field behind them and a few of the photos got ruined by a bull attempting to mount a cow in the BG...

Dude, that would have made the shot!

Agree with John, portrait orientation would have won the bet. As a matter of habit with people shots, as soon as I take a shot, regardless of orientation, I immediately turn the camera 90° and take another shot within milliseconds. You never know what might be captured.

crimbfighter · Jun 8, 2015

kundalini said:
crimbfighter said:

..... Not to mention there was a farm field behind them and a few of the photos got ruined by a bull attempting to mount a cow in the BG...

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Dude, that would have made the shot!

Agree with John, portrait orientation would have won the bet. As a matter of habit with people shots, as soon as I take a shot, regardless of orientation, I immediately turn the camera 90° and take another shot within milliseconds. You never know what might be captured.