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sqwall
Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Varna, Bulgaria
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject: Portraits - Vega - 12B |
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sqwall wrote:
Here are some portraits I done. The set is improvised studio in one of my apartment room. The model my precious jewel. Done at F/4. Body: Pentax K100D.
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57849 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Wow! Excellent! _________________ -------------------------------
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LucisPictor
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 17633 Location: Oberhessen, Germany / Maidstone ('95-'96)
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Both are very nice!
But being a b&w fan I prefer the first one. _________________ Personal forum activity on pause every now and again (due to job obligations)!
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29545 Location: West Emilia
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Hello sqwall,
I hope you will accept a little constructive criticism. Based, of course, on my opinion (which means that it's not necessarily true).
I like the first shot because the big dark eyes of your fiancée become the centre of interest of a B&W picture, therefore the whole is harmonious and the artistic choice makes sense. In the case of this first image, the windy hair fall in a good position, hiding in part the mouth, which increases the sense of mystery of the whole image.
Having this said, I have to remark that the shadow of the nose is quite heavy, and becomes also distracting, competing with the eyes and accentuating a part of the body that (in this case, at least) would be better diminished, or smoothed out. To fix this, a simple reflector panel will work. I used to use white polystyrol panels that I got from the packing of the boxes. They work very well for portraits.
The second shot is more problematic in my opinion. First, the pose is not as good as the first one. Here it feels a bit unnatural, and in my opinion diminishes the undoubted beauty of your model, instead of enhancing it.
About the lighting, this very strong directional light can work (but within some limits) in B&W, but it feels very out of place for a colour closeup portrait. The heavy shadows are hiding important details, such as the eyeballs, and are enhancing the face signs, which are very few given the young age of the model, but still, they would be better not given importance.
The windy hair in this second image fall onto an improper place: the eyes. This, in most occasions (including this one in my opinion) work against the image, not in favor.
Another thing, in this image it seems that you have used a golden reflector panel, or, a warm tungsten light, to fill up the shadows. The idea was good, but the placement is not, because it leaves out a significant portion of the shadows. It should have been placed more towards the front of the face, to fill the heavy shadow of the nose and mouth. Plus, the obvious difference in temperature of the two lights (cold,probably beyond neutral, on the right, and much warm on the left) creates a "split" of the face which acts against the valorisation of the beauty of the model. A white reflector panel would have been better in my opinion (or, a main tunsten warm light and a golden reflector, whatever you prefer)
As final remark, I think that your fiancée has too much powder on the face. I am not in favor of makeup because the powder on the face kills the natural shininess of the human flesh and mostly, it blocks the light, which would have gotten inside the flesh creating what is called "sub-surface scattering", a physical light phenomenon that makes the skin look soft and illuminated from the inside. The powder makes a barrier, and the face becomes a totally reflective material, which is not in nature.
I hope that you can take this criticism for what it is, that is, a constructive way to offer some advice for improving these two images. _________________ Orio, Administrator
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lulalake
Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 1191 Location: Near Austin Texas
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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lulalake wrote:
Very nice shots and like Carsten, my heart lives somewhere between Zone 6 and Zone 8 so the first is my fave also.
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Rob Leslie
Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 1103 Location: UK Swindon
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Rob Leslie wrote:
Very dramatic. The BW looks almost evil. Nice one _________________ Pentax K10D & K100D. Many Tamron Adaptall SP lenses, Fujinon f4.5 400mm. A loved Lens Baby 2, Lubitel triplet +++ and many film cameras. Mainly a Digital user inc G5, GR2
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TDN
Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 321 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: |
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TDN wrote:
wow, that looks like a nice lens!
sharp in all the right spots!
I like the b&w best aswell
Tom _________________ ---
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sqwall
Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Varna, Bulgaria
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 4:58 am Post subject: |
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sqwall wrote:
Orio wrote: |
I hope that you can take this criticism for what it is, that is, a constructive way to offer some advice for improving these two images. |
I much appreciate this kind of criticism because it pushes me to evolve. Thanks Orio I will do more shots with corrected set of lights. To see what will come up. |
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Katastrofo
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 10405 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Nonetheless, they are beautiful shots, sqwall! But easy, the subject
is beautiful!
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