Lady in Red

[Black Pearl]

Bit of fun on the beach with a flash and my super-wide.

[rpcrowe]

I like this very much but would crop the gorgeous gal a bit closer...

[Dave A]

Beautiful shot Robin. She jumps off the page......in a good way.

Dave

[purplehaze]

Well executed, striking image, Robin.

[Black Pearl]

I like this very much but would crop the gorgeous gal a bit closer...

I really struggled with the crop so good call.

I'm not a portrait person so approached it as I would my landscape work - 16:9 - low angle - RoT etc etc which is probably not the way to do it.

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Stagecoach]

Love it, the composition and the crop. Possibly there could be just slightly more above her head at the top than the bottom?

[bje07]

nice

[Tronhard]

Great shot and the image of your lovely model jumps off the page - I'm not sure I would dare to refer to her as a "super wide" though!

[billtils]

Nice one Robin - like at lot just as it is.

[marlunn]

Great shot and the image of your lovely model jumps off the page - I'm not sure I would dare to refer to her as a "super wide" though!

was going to say - worth adding the word 'lens' just to be clear? - but decided the tin hat may not be strong enough

[bnnrcn]

Different image Robin I think I would reduce the exposure on the lady a bit as the flash light seems too strong against the dark sunset.

[Donald]

I really struggled with the crop so good call.

I'm no portrait person either, but I wouldn't crop that much. Maybe a bot at the left top get rid of that building on the skyline.

I think it's a powerful composition.

[Rainforest]

Nice one indeed! ...me always with the questions: how did you light her? Just straight on with a flash?

[Black Pearl]

Nice one indeed! ...me always with the questions: how did you light her? Just straight on with a flash?

Easier than explaining

[Manfred M]

A very nicely done image, Robin. It is avery similar setup and equipment that I used to do the shot in this thread, including the octabox:

On the bench

Except for the beach and the lady wearing a red dress. Same idea though to partially overpower the ambient light. And the end result can be a striking image that cannot be captured any other way.

I found that hauling around the studio lights and big battery tended to prevent me from going out to do these shots, which is why I picked up the Godox Witstro 360 about 18 months ago. I finally got a Bowens speedring for my Balcar speedring softbox so I hope to use it out in the field a bit more.

[Rainforest]

Awesome, thanks. ;-)