Girl on the bench

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Girl on the bench

Postby Hlop on Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:54 am

Another shot from Canberra

f/4.5, 1/250, built-in flash i-TTL.

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Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:05 am

Well done Mikhail - nice job with the fill flash.
A tighter crop may have lessened effect of the cars and sign in the background, which I find slightly distracting.
But a lovely image of a beautiful smile. :)
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Postby Oneputt on Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:48 am

Lovely tones and a lovely smile :D Nice image.
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Postby dooda on Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:41 am

I really like the subject, quite fine in fact.
The lighting on her skin doesn't seem to match in intensity the light in the background. It may be that the flash didn't put out quite enough light, as eventhough she is well lit, she still looks like she's sitting in the shade with a brightly lit background which distracts some.
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Postby agriffiths on Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:50 am

Was this pic taken off Ormond Street in Turner (ACT) by any chance? Looks really familiar!
Cool pic by the way... I love the autumn leaves 8)
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Postby Hlop on Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:05 am

agriffiths,

It's Haig Park, Masson st. Seems to be Turner or nearby

dooda,
Actually, I did this shot in P&S style (just set aperture priority mode and opened built-in flash) - it wasn't careful arranged and flash didn't give enough light

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Postby Glen on Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:21 am

Mikhail, really nice composition :D
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Postby redline on Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:33 pm

image looks great but i agree about cropping out the road and the bottom half of the pole.
i think the flash light needs to be a little more "warmer" to be balanced with the surrounding light(gels), but using the flash under shade was a was a good idea. however you could have shot this in direct sun with fill flash and have small eyes?

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:35 pm

Mikhail - a beautiful pic of a beautiful young lady
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