girlfriend C&C

[nrois02]

let me know what you guys think. lighting was not great but i tried with my sb 600 to correct it but still the shadows are very harsh. any other help would be great. thanks

 

[manaheim]

I actually think the lighting came out kinda neat, but her posture is weird and makes her look like she's contorting her body in unnatural ways.

 

[nrois02]

thanks. thats good and yeah she is kinda stiff when it comes to posing but im working on her. haha. thanks for the comment!

 

[vegasvisionstudios]

Nice candid looking shot and the location is very dramatic. The use of depth of field here is very nice. The white balance seems to be a little off though as she has a green color cast. Also a little extra work in post to smooth out her skin tones and put some life into her eyes would make a huge difference.

Editing color from a websize image is never the best option but this edit will give you an idea of how I think it could look better. Of course better is always a subjective situation but I have cleaned up the color cast, added some color to her skin, catchlights in her eyes, smoothed skintones to remove blotchyness and done a little dodging and burning here and there

 

[nrois02]

ah nice. her eyes look a little devilish but other than that it looks well. i think ill touch it up and repost here tomorrow. thanks for the update!

 

[vegasvisionstudios]

ah nice. her eyes look a little devilish but other than that it looks well. i think ill touch it up and repost here tomorrow. thanks for the update!

Well as I said trying to do this sort of retouching on a websize image is a challenge at best. The eyes are pretty small in this version of the shot so trying to get in and place catchlights was a little tricky but it did work to show you I suppose

 

[nrois02]

it did! thanks for the touch up advice!

 

[gopal]

except the green cast, making it unnatural, i liked the shot....not so stiff but pleasing...in my opinion.