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Postby craig.rohse on Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:15 am

Here is another one I took yesterday with the Tamron 70-300 4-5.6 AF

Seems like he had a bit of a hard time.
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Postby Geoff M on Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:09 pm

You have retained good detail in the whites which is very difficult to acheive especially as it looks like the light was quite harsh. The eye being in shadow is not doing you any favours though neither is the pose. Kookies can be very uncooperative :roll: :)
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Postby gstark on Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:35 pm

Craig,

The new glass is proving to be very good value.

How do you think you might be able to address the eyes being in shadow as they are. I'm presuming that this is an unpaid, and possibly somewhat uncooperative and unresponsive model. :)
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Postby craig.rohse on Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:47 pm

gstark wrote:Craig,

The new glass is proving to be very good value.

How do you think you might be able to address the eyes being in shadow as they are. I'm presuming that this is an unpaid, and possibly somewhat uncooperative and unresponsive model. :)


Sorry Gary, just a bad photographer and my missus pressing on to keep going :) (I just can't handle the stress :lol: )

The Model was there for about 5 minutes and very cooperative
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Postby gstark on Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:56 pm

craig.rohse wrote:
gstark wrote:Craig,

The new glass is proving to be very good value.

How do you think you might be able to address the eyes being in shadow as they are. I'm presuming that this is an unpaid, and possibly somewhat uncooperative and unresponsive model. :)


Sorry Gary, just a bad photographer and my missus pressing on to keep going :) (I just can't handle the stress :lol: )


I'm thinking that - if you're close enough - you might call on some assistance from your friend Phil. If he's not been arrested for flashing ...

Set your exposure based upon a normal exposure of the subject, and then dial the flash back by about a stop.

The Model was there for about 5 minutes and very cooperative


I hope you got a signed release ....

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Postby Mj on Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:58 am

gstark wrote: Set your exposure based upon a normal exposure of the subject, and then dial the flash back by about a stop.


Given you've taken the shot... and you have what you have... I might suggest lifting the exposure selectively around the face, if you have either Lightroom or Photoshop. To a point this can achieve what Gary is recommending without going to the trouble of signing up the model in question for a reshoot.
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Postby craig.rohse on Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:31 pm

Mj wrote:
gstark wrote: Set your exposure based upon a normal exposure of the subject, and then dial the flash back by about a stop.


Given you've taken the shot... and you have what you have... I might suggest lifting the exposure selectively around the face, if you have either Lightroom or Photoshop. To a point this can achieve what Gary is recommending without going to the trouble of signing up the model in question for a reshoot.



Thanks Mj just had a play and this is what I came up with.

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Re: Kookaburra

Postby CraigVTR on Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:42 am

The rework certainly helps but there is a lot of noise around the eye as a result, fill flash would have been ideal.

Never go shooting with the missus in tow they always expect you to 'hurry up'. :(
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Re: Kookaburra

Postby gstark on Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:50 am

CraigVTR wrote:Never go shooting with the missus in tow they always expect you to 'hurry up'. :(


And rarely agree to hold the fill flash for you.

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