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[canadyken1]

my last post generated much discussion. i learned something from that experience and want to share another rendering.

what say you?

 

[412 Burgh]

hair fades in with background too easily. Plus the selective coloring, doesn't do anything for me in this picture. Most people don't like that effect. Just my $.02

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Well, given what was said in th other thread, try cropping this differently, and posting it up.

Have you done any reading on composition?

How was this image lit?

 

[canadyken1]

the image was lit with a constant photo lamp on one side of the face. and no i have not done much with composition to date but perhaps that would be of help to me.

 

[Scoody]

If you are going to do the selective coloring make sure the colors are bright and vibrant, not so muted for a better image. That effect does work but only sometimes.

 

[marmots]

If you are going to do the selective coloring make sure the colors are bright and vibrant, not so muted for a better image. That effect does work but only sometimes.

and make sure the colored object is actually the subject of the image, which in this case it is not

 

[gsgary]

Looking at your settings and focus you didn't learn a lot, shutter priority 1/1000 iso1600 was she running round the room ?

 

[canadyken1]

Looking at your settings and focus you didn't learn a lot, shutter priority 1/1000 iso1600 was she running round the room ?

you seem to be indicating what you don't like about the picture. However, the purpose of this web site is to share also our constructive views.

given the camera settings how does the picture look to you? part of the learning process for me is to better understand what my cameras limitations are.

finally, you know what they say {those who can do those who can't reach to be negative}

 

[vtf]

Potraits of still people generally are shot at 1/60th to 1/100, children more. This will allow more light so your iso can maybe come more, if you can use flash so the iso can come down further. There needs to be a hair light to add separation from back ground even if it's just a tiny bit. Keep at it, takes time and practice.

 

[gsgary]

Looking at your settings and focus you didn't learn a lot, shutter priority 1/1000 iso1600 was she running round the room ?

you seem to be indicating what you don't like about the picture. However, the purpose of this web site is to share also our constructive views.

given the camera settings how does the picture look to you? part of the learning process for me is to better understand what my cameras limitations are.

finally, you know what they say {those who can do those who can't reach to be negative}

Given the camera settings it does not look good, shooting at 1/1000 you have nagated your iso setting of iso1600, obviously you set iso1600 because you were shooting in a dark room to let more light in but you took all the ambient light away by setting your shutter speed to 1/1000.

 

[canadyken1]

Looking at your settings and focus you didn't learn a lot, shutter priority 1/1000 iso1600 was she running round the room ?

you seem to be indicating what you don't like about the picture. However, the purpose of this web site is to share also our constructive views.

given the camera settings how does the picture look to you? part of the learning process for me is to better understand what my cameras limitations are.

finally, you know what they say {those who can do those who can't reach to be negative}

Given the camera settings it does not look good, shooting at 1/1000 you have nagated your iso setting of iso1600, obviously you set iso1600 because you were shooting in a dark room to let more light in but you took all the ambient light away by setting your shutter speed to 1/1000.[/QUOTe




suppose i told you that i knew the impact of the settings used? what then would say about the creativity that would seem to suggest that you don't need to follow hard and fast rules in order to get results.

 

[gsgary]

you seem to be indicating what you don't like about the picture. However, the purpose of this web site is to share also our constructive views.

given the camera settings how does the picture look to you? part of the learning process for me is to better understand what my cameras limitations are.

finally, you know what they say {those who can do those who can't reach to be negative}

Given the camera settings it does not look good, shooting at 1/1000 you have nagated your iso setting of iso1600, obviously you set iso1600 because you were shooting in a dark room to let more light in but you took all the ambient light away by setting your shutter speed to 1/1000.[/QUOTe




suppose i told you that i knew the impact of the settings used? what then would say about the creativity that would seem to suggest that you don't need to follow hard and fast rules in order to get results.

But you did not get good results, going by the settings you don't have a clue what each setting does

 

[nyamy]

you dont always need to follow hard and fast rules to get results. it would depend on what results you were looking for. shooting at 1/1000 limits your light. if you were going for dark, well, that's one way to do it, but then why bump up iso to 1600, which is usually done to boost light. just seems that your settings were random rather than intentionally breaking hard and fast rules for desired results.

 

[kundalini]

You've turned the head too far causing the muscles to tighten and skin to create a fold on the neck. In the same breath, you haven't turned the head far enough because the left eyeball is cutting in the line of the mask, defining the face. A remedy for the model is to take a half step or so with her right foot back towards the camera. This would prbably also help alleviate the left cornea from being buried in the corner of the eye socket.

I would also suggest that Gary knows what he is talking about and take in the information. Use it or not, but he is correct.

 

[Derrel]

Her hair just fades into the black background. It looks bad that way. A lighter background, or a hair/separation light of almost any kind would have really helped the shot. The way the hair fades into the background is the most disturbing part of the shot for me. I would crop it to a square format. The really hard, over the shoulder look is causing a pretty severe crease in her neck,and that's not all that flattering.