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  • Just upgraded to my D200 on thursday... dragged the girlfriend out in the cold for a few photos.
    1.
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/2271076457_deceea4529_o.jpg

    2.
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/2271868202_593ff68c2b.jpg

    link to full size http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/2271868202_88c4cd3174_o.jpg



    Tell me what you guys think. All natural light 50mm. Be hard on me, im trying to learn portrait stuff a lot... Have a shoot coming up in the upcoming months.


  • Thanks Kathi:)
    I felt like a hypocrite so I switched to saying people can edit my photos too. I only had it set as it wasn't ok because I hate when people mess around with it and don't tell you what they did so you can redo it yourself if you want to:)


  • perhaps you could make her eyes pop-out a bit more in PP ;)
    For the rest they look pretty nice!


  • Yes, definitely go out when she's not so mad at you:) She's a very lovely girl.


  • No help on your photo...Just wanted to say I am sorry that your school had such a tragedy happen. I am praying daily for the families of the injuried and dead. Stay strong!


  • thanks for the kind words!

    No worries April, looks good! I left my tablet at school (Northern Illinois University :-( ) not expecting to have the school closed for a week so i just minimum edits. Contrast Sarpen and eyes. Nice tut as well, will play with it some when i get back.

    As for the expression, she was upset and angry with me before I wanted to take the photos and her mood really showed through :-/... got her away from the forced smile though.

    This is encouraging though, i hope to get some more photos to share with you guys! My biggest problem is full body portraits.... will work on those when the weather changes


  • I hope you don't mind, but I did a little play on the first. I'll take it down if you want me to!
    I thought it looked a little cool, so I warmed it up a bit by making new layers and adjusting the colors just slightly.
    I also made a new layer (I make new layers for everything in case I want to erase anything back) and adjusted the brightness contrast which I think did the most boosting of it. But, I erased back the background because it's already bright and I didn't want it to take away from her face more. Did another really low layer of Soft Light with a really low opacity and erased back her hair so it wouldn't be too dark.
    Oh, and I made a new layer and cloned out the undereye circles and then lowered the opacity to around 70% to bring them back a tad and look more natural.
    Oh, sorry added a little bit more. I did another curves layer and erased the background. Then I made a new layer and using curves made the background a little darker and erased her back in so she would stand out more.
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/AprilRamone/2271076457_deceea4529_o2.jpg


  • Yes, I agree that the originals looked a tad cool (you can tell by the blueish tint in the whites of her eyes). Great edit, April!
    Otherwise, Stanger, I think you did a great job with these.


  • The lighting and everything is good. The only thing I'm wondering about is her chin, was she forcing her mouth to stay shut, or was she pursing her lips a little? It just doesn't look natural to me, but maybe it is. Other than that, I'd say you're off to a good start. Enjoy the camera, it's a great one.


  • I think the first is great technically but it's missing any expression...

    The 2nd- I'm not so into the composition on it but again a technically great picture.


  • I think she has potential. Keep working at it.


  • Those are both awesome! And April nice play! I have learned so much from April just from her posts. I like your composition in the second one. Good job!


  • I like the photos but, it seems as if she is really trying to keep her mouth closed.


  • Thanks, i didnt even notice mine where cool until april corrected and more pointed it out (i now know to look at the eyes). Thanks!

    @Crystal - thanks, we are pulling through... The police did an excellent job which i think helps us feel safe... I went yesterday to visit the memorial and put up a set in the photojournalism section







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