Off camera flash - CC

[ZombieQueen]

First time shooting with off camera flash, was given the opportunity at an amazing workshop over the weekend. But I thought I'd share this shot, CC welcome.

Second time shooting with my Nikon D610 sporting a 50mm f/1.8G

 

[tirediron]

Very nice. My only [very minor] nit is her eyes: In general I recommend not having the model turn their head so far that it forces the iris all the way to one side; ideally there should be a bit of sclera visible on each side. Looks like a productive workshop.

 

[The_Traveler]

very nice sharpness and color rendition.
I think the flash is reflected in her eyes, thus hurting the rendition there and her right cheek and bridge of nose are a bit over exposed.
Space to right seems extraneous and the pose a bit too off

 

[xzyragon]

I like the pose, but I feel like it could have been framed better. I would have preferred the extra space on the left instead of the right, and would've preferred a tight portrait crop more. I also wouldn't have minded if her far shoulder was a tad more in focus, but that's negligible.

This is nit-picking though. You did a superb job on the color rendition, and I love how sharp the face is.

 

[LCLimages]

I don't see anything overexposed about it. But that's just me. I think the light is nice. I don't mind her eyes the way they are, but framing is a bit awkward. Without her elbow, the arm is kind of a phantom arm. But that's coming from someone who's avatar also has a phantom arm, so take that for what it's worth

 

[Braineack]

doesn't look over exposed to me either, i just dont like how low the catch-light is in her eye which is distracting.

 

[Derrel]

I wanted to see how it looked as a square, and with just a tiny bit of exposure pull-back on the brightest parts of the face, and with just a tiny bit more vibrance added. Pretty good, really!

 

[kdthomas]

I like the gentle way the shadow falls off on the left cheek ... I've been trying to work on this myself. Also without the crop, the head looks a little too large for the shoulders. I wonder if maybe a longer lens would have helped that?

 

[Derrel]

Yes, a longer lens, used from farther away, would have significantly equalized the head/shoulder size differential. Her head does appear a bit larger than it should, in relation to the size of her shoulders.

An interesting experiment for you: stand up and look at the shot with your eyes about a foot above the computer screen, looking steeply downward, from about the 1 o'clock position, again, to re-state, with your eyes about a foot above the screen--at a steep, downward angle of view.