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Postby jamesw on Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:36 pm

shot this a few weeks ago when i was doing a self portrait of myself. was testing exposure and lighting, so had my girlfriend lucy in front of the lens...

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Postby Raskill on Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:07 pm

hi mate,

I would be tempted to crop the image closer, using her arms as a guide, cropping equal distance down either side. The image suffers from very shallow DOF, the focal point is her face, with her chest and stomach OOF. (not that I was perving :oops: ).

I would also play with the curves, and make the background brighter, which will help bring out detail in her face also.

I like the expression, very natural.
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Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:23 pm

I would also play with the curves,

I'm sure he already does :lol:

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Postby Bindii on Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:40 pm

Your girlfriend is gorgeous... you so should be asking her to model for you! :)
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Postby jamesw on Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:58 pm

how about this for some quick pp work

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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:08 pm

Prefer the original over the PP'd version - now she appears too burnt. Agree with the tighter crop as well.
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Postby Bindii on Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:09 pm

jamesw wrote:how about this for some quick pp work



Nope... its not working for me...

do you mind if I have a play with it when I get home... ? :)
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Postby norbs on Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:10 pm

Nice pose and she is a good looker. It seems a bit soft to me though.
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Postby jamesw on Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:18 pm

Bindii wrote:
jamesw wrote:how about this for some quick pp work



Nope... its not working for me...

do you mind if I have a play with it when I get home... ? :)


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Postby phillipb on Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:40 pm

I don't know if your white balance is a bit off or it that is really the colour, but I think this looks a bit more natural to me.

edit: on second thought, I think it may be a bit too magenta now.

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Postby jamesw on Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:57 pm

phillipb wrote:I don't know if your white balance is a bit off or it that is really the colour, but I think this looks a bit more natural to me.

edit: on second thought, I think it may be a bit too magenta now.

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hmmm, thats too cold, she has quite tanned skin. plus the shirt is a minty green/white, its kinda turned aqua blue there...
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Postby zafra52 on Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:07 pm

Sorry, I am with PiroStitch. I prefer the first image with a tighter crop, Besides, the other images show (what in my screen appears to be skin blemishes not apparent in the first image).
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