I'm currently working on a project of making images of people from my village in the local environment of the Fenlands in Cambridgshire. This is a very talented young dancer who came to Wicken Fen to try out some dance moves amongst the reedbeds this evening. I've processed the first three with a slightly filmic edge and the last is pretty much out of the camera
Beautiful Jane! Now that you educated me on what Fenlands are, I can comment more accurately!
I really love the last one! I love the light and especially the blurred windmill. But all are wonderful!
the last picture is really intriguing me. I think it's because she's almost the only thing in focus in the entire picture (appears that most of the in focus grass is covered by the out of focus grass) it feels almost unreal. Also maybe because we can't see much of the shadows produced by the grass. It feels like she's almost photoshopped in. The outline of her body is just so crisp!
I think this is a great start. Using a higher-end lens which allows you to get more narrow depth of field, watching your POV, and fixing the white balance would take these to another level
gheller wrote:
I think this is a great start. Using a higher-end lens which allows you to get more narrow depth of field, watching your POV, and fixing the white balance would take these to another level
I don’t think you get higher than the 135 f2 .. she’s at f2, the second is the 85L and is clearly a shallow depth of field as you can see she is the only subject in focus.
The main issue might be the business of the scene and I will be repeating in winter when we have a bare landscape and more simplification against a winter sun
I have kept the sunset golden colour for a reason ..otherwise no point being there.. the final image doesn’t match the other three and would need to be done in a series in that style to bring home that theme ..
Interesting. Yes those are fabulous lenses, but I would expect way more background separation. I used the 135L as my primary wedding lens for over a decade, you would have expected more background separation wide open.
I'm guessing you stopped down the 85L as the depth of field on that one should be razor-thin.
I still think that a slightly different POV would have enhanced these images. The white balance should be easy to correctly post-processing to get rid of the greenish tint on one.
gheller wrote:
Interesting. Yes those are fabulous lenses, but I would expect way more background separation. I used the 135L as my primary wedding lens for over a decade, you would have expected more background separation wide open.
I'm guessing you stopped down the 85L as the depth of field on that one should be razor-thin.
I still think that a slightly different POV would have enhanced these images. The white balance should be easy to correctly post-processing to get rid of the greenish tint on one.
HTH
I put the green tint in
It’s a colour cast from a film treatment ..
essentially you are saying use different lens and take completely different images .
Everyone to their own
Nope... just making suggestions on how I think the image has to be taken to a higher level.
But they were your vision of course, and if you are happy with them that's all that matters.
Regards
JaneG wrote:
I put the green tint in
It’s a colour cast from a film treatment ..
essentially you are saying use different lens and take completely different images .
Everyone to their own
