[candgpics]

Post in CS4 and OnOne Phototools Professional. Lighting was with a beauty light above and a Metz 58 below with a Honl grid.

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Last edited by candgpics; 09-28-2012 at 07:11 PM.

[Rupert]

I guess I could find something I don't like here....but it looks good to me? The color and tones are very nice on my screen, she is a lovely Model, and the focus and sharpness is just right for my eyes.
I might like her looking more toward me...and I don't care for those little lip buttons....I clone them out of my girls most of the time, but realize I am just old and "out of touch" with the new "styles'..... if that is the right word?
I also think that is a lens I ought to have soon.....do you use it often for this type of work? It did great for you here!
Best Regards!

[candgpics]

Thank you for your comments. The lip earing is a tough thing to deal with. In some photos it looks more like a blemish than an earing, but in person I think Kelsey looks very nice with it, so I try to preserve it.

I appreciate you taking the time to leave the comments.

[Ash]

Looks good to me too. What's to improve? The pose? Perhaps a little more drama in the posture, like a slight lean forward to make her extend her neck gracefully, for example.

But the biggest thing missing in this shot is some makeup. She is already a very beautiful woman, but a judicious touch of makeup adds such life to the portrait. Then in PP, create points of interest in them, like a small sparkle in the lip stud. Not sure if your intent of the portrait was to be more natural, but those extra touches are like icing on the cake.

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Last edited by Ash; 11-24-2010 at 03:29 PM.

[candgpics]

Thanx so much. I was trying to go natural in this one. It also had a soft element, without actually being soft. I may try to highlight points on some other images. Her makeup here and at the shoot was fairly simple, though.

[candgpics]

Rupert:

I do use the 77 Limited a bunch, but also use the DA* 55. I tend to prefer the 77, but I have come to slowly realuze that the differences in all of these lenses are rather subtle, especially as you approach and exceed f/5.6, and probably a lot more noticable to us, than non-photographers. My wife, who is a very good constructive critic for me, often does not see the various little pixel peeping points I often point out to her. Having said that, I like how the 77 renders images. It focuses well, is very light, and feels very nostalgic.