Portrait B&W

[Javier]

I am uploading pics from my album in CC, but I lose quality... my pics in CC does not have focus.

[Antonio Correia]

Great portrait Javier !

[Manfred M]

Another nicely done, strong and well thought out image, Javier! For me, her hair and lipstick works much better than in the previous image. The dress and pose are less formal and that helps.

Like the last two you posted, the points I am making deal with some fairly minor issues.

1. Awkward post - your model is leaning back at a bit of a strange angle. I wonder if rotating the image might be worth doing?

2. The eyes pulled over hard to the camera right side are not working for me. As I mentioned in the last image, I find that one usually needs a bit of the white of the eye on both sides of the iris to give a stronger look.

3. You have very beautiful, soft light hitting your model. That tells me that your light source is very close to her face, which you've handled quite well in most places. The hot band at her neck and perhaps her wrist could use a bit of burning down.

4. I find the crop on the camera left side a bit too tight. Her elbow is a touch too close to the left edge of the image.

[xpatUSA]

I am uploading pics from my album in CC, but I lose quality... my pics in CiC does not have focus.

CiC is re-sizing your pics to a small image size. That is why the quality is poor. The meta-data says 552x700px.

"Content-type: image/jpeg
Size: 69566 bytes (67.94 KB)
Last modified: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 04:55:21 GMT
Dimensions: 552x700 pixels"

Something is also stripping the EXIF from your images. That means that any images with colors may not be correct in anyone else's browser.

If you want original quality, you must place your image at a reasonable size (which CiC says is 1600px on the long side) somewhere on-line that does not mess with your image files (e.g. DropBox) and then post it here by placing it's link in your post, for example:

{IMG}http://www.kronometric.org/phot/post/CiC/SDIM0798-Adobe.jpg{/IMG}

You must type square brackets, not curly ones.

Get that right and here you are:



You should also edit your images for posting at the smaller size of about 1600px - posting "full-size" masterpieces by this method may not look good on other people's monitors - it also uses up their internet bandwidth and irritates them ...

... it would be nice to know that you have read this advice, please.

[William W]

It is unclear to me whether the first sample image is for critique or, only as an example of the technical aspects of uploading.

In any case, one point of critique - that general pose, though it seems very popular, is exceptionally difficult to get 'right': caution should be employed when there is any large foreground slab, in this case her L. Upper Arm, shoulder and bare back - that area is competing with her face and it is twice the size, L. Arm is highlighted with the Key Light and all of that slab is in the foreground.

Certainly her Hair provides a negative space and a good juxtaposition to her Face; in this case, consider cropping tighter, perhaps Square Format keeping the same width and cropping from the bottom - that brings the crop to just under her L. Breast - it's not the strongest of images, but it is much stronger than the original.

WW

[selig1656]

Well done.