Which shot at the convent?

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Which shot at the convent?

Postby ozimax on Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:19 pm

Greetings all in DSLR-land. Despite a hectic schedule of late, Robyn and I stayed in the little picturesque town of Morpeth last night, enroute to a week in Sydney. (BTW, anyone interested in a Sydney mini-meet sometime in July or August? I will be staying on the Central Coast for a while during winter.)

The B&B we stayed at was a converted convent, complete with amazing architecture and even better filtered light. I took a few portraits in the magnificent dining room this morning. Which of these two do you prefer? (Taken with Canon 60D and 50 F1.2)

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Re: Which shot at the convent?

Postby chrisk on Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:18 pm

definitely colour for me oz.
very nice portrait aswell.
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Re: Which shot at the convent?

Postby biggerry on Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:29 pm

BW all the way.

As a side note, with the tilt in the face maybe consider getting her to straighten up the face, in this instance with teh angle of the arm, the posture, it all feels, well angled, hence having her face straight would have broken this up and made for a more pleasing image imo.

How about a sunrise at avoca?
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Re: Which shot at the convent?

Postby ozimax on Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:33 pm

biggerry wrote:How about a sunrise at avoca?


Isn't that early morning or something like that? :lol:

Actually sounds good Gerry. Let me know time/date and we'll see what we can do. Any decent coffee establishments near Avoca?
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Re: Which shot at the convent?

Postby biggerry on Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:12 pm

its the time of year to do it, really you only have to get out there by 6am for a 7 ish sunrise..

lots of great places (photo ops and cafes) near avoca..just let us know roughly where you are staying
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Re: Which shot at the convent?

Postby ozimax on Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:34 pm

biggerry wrote:its the time of year to do it, really you only have to get out there by 6am for a 7 ish sunrise..

lots of great places (photo ops and cafes) near avoca..just let us know roughly where you are staying


I'll be staying in the Wyee/Doyalson area from mid July.
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Re: Which shot at the convent?

Postby Matt. K on Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:44 pm

Colour seems to work best Ozi. Nice natural pose. Portraits are difficult.
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Which shot at the convent?

Postby Geoff M on Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:39 am

Both are very worthy renditions of an great portrait, I love B&W images but in this case the colour version has the edge.
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Re: Which shot at the convent?

Postby zafra52 on Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:25 pm

Colour, but I wonder if you could do that chair go away.
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