Emy portraits

[sarrasani]

 

[tirediron]

Very attractive model, but I'm not sure you've done her justice here... In the first one you've missed focus and the WB is very blue, and the eyes could really use a little more light. The second is much better in terms of exposure and WB, but it seems an awkward composition; a portrait orientation would have been more appropriate IMO. #3 would have been a winner, but for the awkward crop of her arms (and cropping a bit off the RH side wouldn't hurt either). The last one... not a fan of the processing.

 

[Granddad]

She's great. You've got a lot right and you've got potential but you're not there yet. ^ See John's (tirediron) comments above and pay attention to them, John helped me to improve greatly, he was my mentor before there was a TPF Mentor Scheme. Ask him about that (see the link under his comment).

 

[Tomasko]

Adding to what tirediron said, the background bothers me. It's way too bright/distracting and I feel it even competes for attention with your subject.

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

Adding to what tirediron said, the background bothers me. It's way too bright/distracting and I feel it even competes for attention with your subject.

That bokeh is a bit harsh. OP - what lens are you using?

Tirediron's comments are right on the money. These are all super close to being nice portrait shots. Definitely worth a re-do if your model is available. My advice is to back up a bit or zoom out. You can crop later but you can't recover when you cut off important parts of the shot.

 

[sarrasani]

abuot the first.....leave it or love it, in the sense: this is a particular lens (Meyer Gorlitz Trioplan 100).
Then, if you want THAT bokeh (and I adore it) you must accept a so-and-so focus, also at the maximumum focus point. All we use this lens accept this, and really it's not a great problem....if I want more sharpness I use other lenses.
The other ones were taken with a f/1.2 lens, TA.
S.

 

[Black_Square]

The bokeh in the first 2 images is great, but the model looks most comfortable in the third. If you had that wonderful bokeh in the 3rd image then it would be a winner for me!

 

[sarrasani]

too much kind, thank you!!
sandro

 

[pixmedic]

I like #2 and #3. #3 was a nice use of a horizontal portrait.
#1 though....eh, i just cant make myself like it.
you obviously made that bokeh the top priority in the shot, and I get it...some people like that sort of thing.
however, you have sacrificed pretty much everything else that makes a portrait good in order to get it. focus, subject detail, decent DOF...
it doesnt even look like she has hair in that shot...its just her face coming out of some blackness on the side of the frame.
the wavy bokeh lines at the top and the squiggly bokeh light mess at the bottom are very distracting.
if that is simply "how the lens renders subjects", then personally speaking, i would not be using that lens for portraits.

I feel #3 is the strongest of the set. i like the pose, her expression, the color...my only nitpic here is not enough DOF for me. i dont like that one arm is in focus and the other arm is not.

 

[Designer]

if that is simply "how the lens renders subjects", then personally speaking, i would not be using that lens for portraits.

Me either.