Ready for a night out.

ronlane · Oct 7, 2015

I'll keep sharing the ones that I like from this weekend. Here is one with two of the models posing together. They worked well together, I thought.

Settings: 7D mk ii, 50mm f/1.8 STM, 50mm, f/8.0, 1/160, ISO 800, no flash, no reflector.
Post processing: Imported to LR, auto basic, skin smoothing on the faces, PS - action from sharlpixel.com.

tirediron · Oct 7, 2015

Very nice Ron! Is the haloing on the brick wall a processing artefact, or just a result of the ambient light?

ronlane · Oct 7, 2015

tirediron said:
Very nice Ron! Is the haloing on the brick wall a processing artefact, or just a result of the ambient light?

Thanks John,

Probably from the vignetting that I added. The wall was too bright in the corners for my taste.

tirediron · Oct 7, 2015

ronlane said:
Probably from the vignetting that I added. The wall was too bright in the corners for my taste.

Makes sense.

vintagesnaps · Oct 7, 2015

If you feel like there was too much space at the top that you darkened the corners, I'd think about framing and how you're using space - maybe would've worked better framed vertically? They almost seem a little cramped in the bottom of the photos. I think they look good and the quality overall is well done.

ronlane · Oct 7, 2015

vintagesnaps said:
If you feel like there was too much space at the top that you darkened the corners, I'd think about framing and how you're using space - maybe would've worked better framed vertically? They almost seem a little cramped in the bottom of the photos. I think they look good and the quality overall is well done.

Thank you Sharon. I wouldn't say that there was too much space, the darkening was because to me the wall was just really bright and I didn't want it distracting from these lovely ladies.

In hind sight, I probably should have burned it while I was in PS instead of using the LR post-crop vignette.

vintagesnaps · Oct 7, 2015

Maybe that's it, made the haloing noticeable. Maybe you needed to adjust your vantage point a little, the girl to the left is who looks a little squeezed into the frame at that angle. The pattern/texture of the concrete might be making the background a little more eye catching too especially if it's a light color.

Jim Walczak · Oct 8, 2015

I do think the lighting, colors and the setting are pretty decent, however personally I find the model's poses to be...umm...a tad disturbing. This is obviously my own personal opinion here and I will go so far as to admit that I'm a tad anal about symmetry, however I think I might have reversed the position of the two young ladies and would have had the girl currently on the right side of the image in front. I also think the girl currently to the left has her shoulders at too much of an angle...sort of looks like she's shrugging or perhaps leaning into the image a little, but it looks a bit uncomfortable. As they are posed now, with the lines of the wall in the background, I feel like my eye is just rolling off the right side of the image.

Just my own opinions...please use them only for what you feel they are worth.