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These were shot the other day at beach. Comments welcome. Thanks, Linda

Jan 31, 2004 at 05:54 PM

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Jan 31, 2004 at 06:00 PM

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Jan 31, 2004 at 06:02 PM

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p.1 #4 · Brinna at the beach

Linda,

I absolutely adore the first image

The B&W and grain is perfect, and her look ....

WOW

The other two images are also very nice; but the first one just took my breath away

Jan 31, 2004 at 06:11 PM

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p.1 #5 · Brinna at the beach

I have to agree with Critina. The first one is excellent. Love the grain and the B&W touch. #2 and 3 are also very nice.

John

Jan 31, 2004 at 08:29 PM

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p.1 #6 · Brinna at the beach

Hi Linda,

Like John and Cristina, I'm blown away with shot #1. There's almost a romantic feeling to the shot, and it's very well done. Almost think it could be a book cover for some romance novel.

But the other two shots appear somewhat blown out on my monitor. There's no detail in the white at all. And for me that spoils those shots. Sorry. How were they lit? How were they metered?

The model of course, is superb. Lucky you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend...

Tim

Jan 31, 2004 at 09:15 PM

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p.1 #7 · Brinna at the beach

I thought I was going to be unique by preferring the first shot - but I'm just part of the crowd.

It has a timeless, candid quality to it - like she's a celebrity caught in a "real" moment.

Jan 31, 2004 at 09:27 PM

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p.1 #8 · Brinna at the beach

The first shot is indeed awesome! Very editorial like, well done!

Daschund

Jan 31, 2004 at 09:29 PM

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p.1 #9 · Brinna at the beach

well i,m with the crowd here

but i realy like that last one to lighting could have bin a tad better but i love here pose here

Jan 31, 2004 at 10:00 PM

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p.1 #10 · Brinna at the beach

cristina wrote:
Linda,

I absolutely adore the first image

The B&W and grain is perfect, and her look ....

WOW

The other two images are also very nice; but the first one just took my breath away

Thank you Cristina, The first is my favorite also. I love the beach its such nice place to shoot. I have to make the time and get there more often. I am loving my camera.

Linda

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:24 PM

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JohnE wrote:
I have to agree with Critina. The first one is excellent. Love the grain and the B&W touch. #2 and 3 are also very nice.

John
Thanks John, It looks like Polo may be rained out tomorrow booo hoooo. Rain Rain go away.

I am praying for sunshine.

Linda

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:27 PM

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p.1 #12 · Brinna at the beach

TD27 wrote:
Hi Linda,

Like John and Cristina, I'm blown away with shot #1. There's almost a romantic feeling to the shot, and it's very well done. Almost think it could be a book cover for some romance novel.

But the other two shots appear somewhat blown out on my monitor. There's no detail in the white at all. And for me that spoils those shots. Sorry. How were they lit? How were they metered?

The model of course, is superb. Lucky you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend...

Tim

Hi Tim, Thank you. Yes one is my favorite also. Here is the revised version of 3. Is that better

I get carried away with the processing. That is why it is good to post right. Linda

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:29 PM

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ValerieUSA wrote:
I thought I was going to be unique by preferring the first shot - but I'm just part of the crowd.

It has a timeless, candid quality to it - like she's a celebrity caught in a "real" moment.

Thank you Valerie, That is what I like about it its just more natural. Linda

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:35 PM

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Daschund Woof wrote:
The first shot is indeed awesome! Very editorial like, well done!

Daschund

Thanks Daschund, I love the beach backdrop. I will let you borrow it if you want. This day was cold in the 60's.

Linda

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:39 PM

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p.1 #15 · Brinna at the beach

Your repost of #3 is MUCH better! I like it! You mean it was just the processing that was the problem? The only thing I'd change now

would be to make the color balance slightly warmer... somehow it looks cold to me and such a beautiful model and location says warm to me.

(Sorry, but I guess you want honest opinions!)

I love the pose, the composition... if only it was a bit warmer.

Well done!

Tim

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:41 PM

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John Smeets wrote:
well i,m with the crowd here

but i realy like that last one to lighting could have bin a tad better but i love here pose here

Thanks John, What do you think of the repost. Maybe a bit darker yet

Linda

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:41 PM

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TD27 wrote:
Your repost of #3 is MUCH better! I like it! You mean it was just the processing that was the problem? The only thing I'd change now

Well done!

Tim

OK. OK. Thank you for being honest. I need all of the eyes I can get. I agree. Glad you pointed that out to me. Thanks Tim. How is this. Be honest now

Jan 31, 2004 at 11:50 PM

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p.1 #18 · Brinna at the beach

well that was what keeping me out my sleep mmhh darn difficult i think i stick to the first repost

Feb 01, 2004 at 01:13 AM

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Linda: On the first one the face, but mainly the eye looking into the camera is soft. On the others I like the posing but you have too much flash effect on them. Your subject is dressed in white, a highly reflective surface and you do not want to overdo it. You needto pay attention when you are shooting portraits and those eyes need to be in focus.
Fill-in flash, in cases like these, calls for flash exposure compensation of at least one plus 0.7 stop. This is easily achieved shooting in manual. You do not want to overpower the ambient light for a more natural effect.
It is obvious you did not use a tripod because the horizon is not even.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.

Feb 01, 2004 at 01:34 AM

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John Smeets wrote:
well that was what keeping me out my sleep mmhh darn difficult i think i stick to the first repost

Sometimes creative minds have a hard time sleeping

. Have a great shoot today.

Linda

Feb 01, 2004 at 12:36 PM

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p.1 #21 · Brinna at the beach

camerapapi wrote:
Linda: On the first one the face, but mainly the eye looking into the camera is soft. On the others I like the posing but you have too much flash effect on them. Your subject is dressed in white, a highly reflective surface and you do not want to overdo it. You needto pay attention when you are shooting portraits and those eyes need to be in focus.
Fill-in flash, in cases like these, calls for flash exposure compensation of at least one plus 0.7 stop. This is easily achieved shooting in manual. You do not want to overpower the ambient light for a more natural effect.
It is obvious you did not use a tripod because the horizon is not even.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.

Thank you William for your critique. Yes I agree I need to learn the flash. Thank you for the tips.

Linda

Feb 01, 2004 at 12:38 PM

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p.1 #22 · Brinna at the beach

I think I like the second repost better... but I'm going to have to actually download them so I can view them side by side. As it is now, the second one is on page two of the thread and the first is on page one so it's difficult to flip back and forth.

I do think there's still something missing though. And unfortunately I'm not experienced enough to be able to put my finger on it. Perhaps contrast? Perhaps a little more work with curves? I donno.

You are shooting RAW, aren't you?

I think the only thing missing on that shot is more experienced PS work. I think the model, the pose, etc. are great. This could be a really stellar image if processed right. If I didn't think you and I were probably at a similar PS experience level, I'd offer to take a stab at it, but it's unlikely I could do better than you. I'm willing to try though, if you want to send me the raw file (you've got my email).

So, what's the story on this shoot? Was it just you and Brianna? Or was she the model for one of your classes? What did you do for lighting? You don't have a Vagabond do you?

Oops, I just noticed your thread title... you spell it "Brinna" and I misspelled it above. Sorry about that.

Feb 01, 2004 at 01:14 PM

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la112 wrote:
Daschund Woof wrote:
The first shot is indeed awesome! Very editorial like, well done!

Daschund

Thanks Daschund, I love the beach backdrop. I will let you borrow it if you want. This day was cold in the 60's.

Linda

If it was in the 60's and was cold, I wanted to know what are we having here on the low 20's! Now THAT is cold!

Daschund

Feb 01, 2004 at 01:48 PM

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p.1 #24 · Brinna at the beach

1 & 3 are very nice

Feb 01, 2004 at 02:22 PM

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TD27 wrote:
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I think the only thing missing on that shot is more experienced PS work. I think the model, the pose, etc. are great. This could be a really stellar image if processed right. If I didn't think you and I were probably at a similar PS experience level, I'd offer to take a stab at it, but it's unlikely I could do better than you. I'm willing to try though, if you want to send me the raw file (you've got my email).

So, what's the story on this shoot? Was it just you and Brianna? Or was she the model for one of your classes? What did you do for lighting? You don't have a Vagabond do you?

Oops, I just noticed your thread title... you spell it "Brinna" and I misspelled it above. Sorry about that.

Tim,

I will send you the raw file and you can try no problem. Yes my PS work needs inprovement for sure. You spelled Brianna right. I spelled it wrong.

. Thanks for the help. This was a class and she was one of the models. Just a flash on this.

Linda

Feb 01, 2004 at 07:00 PM


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