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

#2

#3

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

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

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

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.

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

Daschund

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 .

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

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.

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