Mirna

mmaria · Dec 22, 2015

the only usable and nice light, in that hotel room, was from the lamp

FITBMX · Dec 22, 2015

She has a lovely natural smile. I do wish there was a little more light on her right (camera left) eye, but still a nice photo.

mmaria · Dec 23, 2015

FITBMX said:
She has a lovely natural smile. I do wish there was a little more light on her right (camera left) eye, but still a nice photo.

thanks for the comment

I'm glad I caught "her"

vato_loco · Dec 23, 2015

She looks like the inspiration for you avatar!

Also lovely smile! That white "thing" on the bottom left corner is a bit annoying but I don't think it breaks the photo by any means. I just wish it wasn't there because the lamp is quite lovely.

mmaria · Dec 23, 2015

vato_loco said:
She looks like the inspiration for you avatar!

Also lovely smile! That white "thing" on the bottom left corner is a bit annoying but I don't think it breaks the photo by any means. I just wish it wasn't there because the lamp is quite lovely.

that white thing is the pillow. I originally wanted to show the bed and to include more of the room so that is clear it's a hotel room... but that wasn't as good as I thought it would be so I had to crop it

.. and yeah, I loved the lamp also but unfortunately I couldn't move it anywhere because the cable is too short

(and... if you knew her, you would know that she's nothing like my avatar

)

pixmedic · Dec 23, 2015

some bounced fill flash would have really helped here.
the files are small, so working with them isn't exactly ideal, but I thought I would give it a go anyway while I have a few moments of free time this morning. (and because you have such a lovely subject)

was a little warm for me, so i made some adjustments to the WB.

also took a shot a cropping, just to see.

FKP007 · Dec 23, 2015

Too much of her wonderful smile is hidden for me. Having her head placed slightly higher and not so deep into her arm or alternatively you raising your shooting angle would have been better. Also would have ditched the green material and ensured to see more hand rather than the odd protruding finger. Lighting, DOF and expression are nice.

JoeW · Dec 23, 2015

Lovely photo, lovely subject. I was going to suggest cropping the left side and Pixmedic beat me to it.

mmaria · Dec 24, 2015

pixmedic said:
some bounced fill flash would have really helped here.
the files are small, so working with them isn't exactly ideal, but I thought I would give it a go anyway while I have a few moments of free time this morning. (and because you have such a lovely subject)

was a little warm for me, so i made some adjustments to the WB.
View attachment 113225

also took a shot a cropping, just to see.
View attachment 113227

thanks for your time but...

I don't use flash.
I really wanted a warm image. You wouldn't believe how much I had to desaturate yellow and red tones already!

mmaria · Dec 24, 2015

JoeW said:
Lovely photo, lovely subject. I was going to suggest cropping the left side and Pixmedic beat me to it.

I didn't want to loose the lamp

mmaria · Dec 24, 2015

FKP007 said:
Too much of her wonderful smile is hidden for me. Having her head placed slightly higher and not so deep into her arm or alternatively you raising your shooting angle would have been better. Also would have ditched the green material and ensured to see more hand rather than the odd protruding finger. Lighting, DOF and expression are nice.

well... I have to be perfectly honest here, right?

so... she doesn't have particularly nice smile/teeth/jaw/chin so I hid them, and I did my best trying to make her smile like this.

all in all, I'm pretty satisfied with what I got, not because of the technicalities (there are some distractions, I had noise issues due to dim light and I could better place her hands/arms etc) but because I was able to capture her in her best and make her smile honestly and nicely

FKP007 · Dec 24, 2015

I that case good call and well done.

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annamaria · Dec 24, 2015

Maria I prefer the WB as is of your original shot, the other edits are too cool for me.

pixmedic · Dec 24, 2015

mmaria said:
pixmedic said:

some bounced fill flash would have really helped here.
the files are small, so working with them isn't exactly ideal, but I thought I would give it a go anyway while I have a few moments of free time this morning. (and because you have such a lovely subject)

was a little warm for me, so i made some adjustments to the WB.
View attachment 113225

also took a shot a cropping, just to see.
View attachment 113227

Click to expand...

thanks for your time but...

I don't use flash.
I really wanted a warm image. You wouldn't believe how much I had to desaturate yellow and red tones already!

Oooooh...sorry then.
That's why I said "for me".
I'm always interested in how other people envision my shots.
The wife prefers a warmer tone than me as well so I'm used to hearing that. [emoji6]