2020 Project 52 by Antonio Correia - 3rd Quarter

They all work very well. Natural poses and excellent lighting.

Portraits II - from 2009/2016/2019/2020

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Actually you are an excellent Portrait photographer... your actual strength lies here !!!

Thank you Nandakumar !
I try my best even though in this last collection, I do not like certain details...

Antonio, interesting faces. A little movement/OOF on the smokers hand?
Nicely done.

Yes Len, indeed. A can't remember but I should have done 3 or 4 shots as I usually do.

I was shooting with a Panasonic GX7 back then. Well, that doesn't matter or is not really important, as you know.
She was moving away from her face after aspirating the smoke and that is the reason her hand is a little OOF

Thank you for commenting !
Cheers ! :)

EDIT
No, not 3 or 4 ! But several...:D

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One among some I have been working on...

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Len, my mistake. I was shooting not with a Panasonic GX7 but with an Olympus 5 II
Bellow are also with this camera and the Oly 7-14
But after shooting with Sony, I do not want to change. It's something more exquisite... :D
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Which for you guys, is the best photograph ?

I have not yet made my choice but I tend to one of them. Sure, they do not have the exact same treatment but...

Portraits with wide angle lens ? Why not ? Here 28mm lens !

Opinions wanted. Thank you !

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Originally Posted by Antonio Correia

Len, my mistake. I was shooting not with a Panasonic GX7 but with an Olympus 5 II
Bellow are also with this camera and the Oly 7-14
But after shooting with Sony, I do not want to change. It's something more exquisite... :D
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Which for you guys, is the best photograph ?

I have not yet made my choice but I tend to one of them. Sure, they do not have the exact same treatment but...

Portraits with wide angle lens ? Why not ? Here 28mm lens !

Opinions wanted. Thank you !

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The first one is a better balanced composition with the boy as the main subject. The second one would be a stronger contender if you were to crop it tighter.

Thank you André for your comment ! :)
Cheers ! :)

The first image would be my choice. The wide angle for human interest images is useful to depict the relationship between the subject and environment.

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The first image would be my choice. The wide angle for human interest images is useful to depict the relationship between the subject and environment.

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Yes Len, I do agree with you.
I have quite some portraits using wide angle lenses which I will gather later on in a collection of 6
Cheers ! :)

For example.
A double portrait with a 24mm !
OK. I know it is not perfect or at least, not so perfect as I would like it to be, but...

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Sunday morning under harsh light !

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The light may be a bit on the harsh side but you have still captured some good real life street scenes.

Thank you Geoff for your comment.
The light is not pleasant at this time of the day. Too harsh ! Even the guy in bicycle has a reflection on his face from the equipment bellow !
Not a good hour to shoot !
Cheers ! :)

The second photograph of the Reading project
Do you think it is somehow... overcooked ?

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i don't find anything wrong...very nice shot.

Looks OK to me as well.

Possibly the highlights on his shoulders are a fraction on the bright side in places but everything else looks good. The background is potentially distracting but it is a subdued shade of mid grey so I don't really find it to be a problem.

Thank you Geoff.
the background is a bit OOF and this gorgeous lens details everything in focus, kind of popping !

Today I ended another of my Folios. I am not sure if the translation to english is correct but as long as you get the idea it is acceptable. Moreover, these Folios are for nothing but for my own fun, so...

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