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B&W Portrait

Postby yeocsa on Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:22 pm

First Digital B&W

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Postby bwhinnen on Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:00 pm

I love the pose, I love the photo. I love 90% of the exposure, just a shame about the blown highlight on her cheek. Oh and maybe a bit more light on the left side of her face. No fill flash I take it?

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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:11 pm

Excellent photo and very nice subject - I don’t mind the blown or dark side I think they add to the mystery of a very nice pic
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Postby xerubus on Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:27 pm

great shot... well done...
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Postby genji on Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:48 pm

beautiful girl, and fantastic portrait.

question, whats the story behind this portrait session? :D
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Postby Oneputt on Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:05 pm

Very nice :D

Is that done by just desaturation?
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Postby bwhinnen on Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:08 pm

bwhinnen wrote:I love the pose, I love the photo. I love 90% of the exposure, just a shame about the blown highlight on her cheek. Oh and maybe a bit more light on the left side of her face. No fill flash I take it?

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Actually on my CRT at home it looks much better, damn LCD screens :)

Still love the photo!

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Postby bago100 on Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:09 pm

Great portrait Yeosca
Lots of pensiveness and emotion
Again - well done!
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Postby yeocsa on Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:52 am

Thanks. I changed the mode from RGB to Grey. Yeah, the blownout highlights can be distracting depending on your monitor and can be fixed in Photoshop - which I had not get to doing yet.
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:22 am

Very nice photo, very very nice indeed. I like it a lot.

The pose is so natural and comfortable for her and it shows in her expression. I can almost hear her thoughts, they are so loud. And don't worry about the blown highlight, it adds to the artistic nature of the pic. IMO

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Postby gooseberry on Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:59 pm

Very nice shot Arthur,

Great moment and the model's expression looks very natural - not posed at all.
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Postby dooda on Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:12 pm

Terrific portrait. I truly likey. I'm glad you didn't use fill flash as it can be iffy, and natural light does so much for dynamics and mood if you can pull it off. I think I recognize her from the hitchhicker pic Non? (She's beautiful)
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