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My Dear Lady

Postby SteveGriffin on Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:27 pm

Unlike Dan and Wendelt I have to be content with snapping mature ladies.
This one was snapped as she was walking out the door to her 30 year school reunion.

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Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:44 am

This looks really good, Steve, if only a little dark on my monitor. That said, the level of contrast is good and the hair light really makes the portrait stand out.
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Postby barry on Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:37 pm

Maybe its my monitor but the shot looks flat. Needs a boost in contrast.
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Postby dawesy on Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:06 pm

I would tend to agree that a small boost in contrast and brightness would improve this image.

Aside form that I think it is a winner and your subject should be well pleased, something I have found is very hard to achieve with our nearest and dearest!!
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Postby SteveGriffin on Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:01 am

I brightened the dear lady up a bit and agree that the image has a bit more punch now.

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I think that my new monitor's calibration had changed a little as well. Spydered it yesterday and the reason for the dark comments was pretty obvious

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