cgardner wrote:
The point I\'m trying to get across to you is that in any situation, especially one as technically challenging and the one you face, pose and lighting need to work together holistically to it pull off effectively. As a gauge to the lighting and relative exposure in your original, look at the highlights and shadows on her arm on left, shoulder on the right, face and chest. She is standing in her own shadow! Yet you think the pose is OK for revealing the detail on the front of the dress?
First of all - let me say thanks for your detailed explanation. I appreciate the time you put in.
The only thing is - the detail is not entirely in her own shadow. Her arms shadow falls into her armpit and the transition to shadow starts around the front of her dress. So there is plenty of area on the right side of her bust where there should be lots of sparkle. It wasn\'t the best photo for examples, but it\'s the first one I processed so I just stuck that one up. The second image I posted and included a crop of has light coming from all sides and still wasn\'t looking very sparkly. That\'s why I was saying I really don\'t think the pose has much to do with the fact that the jewels weren\'t doing much. Granted, I didn\'t do any additional post work to reveal detail. But that\'s because I wanted a softer feel to the photos. I guess I was hoping that it would be possible to have some sort of sparkle without having a hard gritty feel to the image.
Oct 08, 2008 at 09:58 AM
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