Square cropped portraits (SCPs) - Archive

[Antonio Correia]

Careful, careful I do have many, many landscapes !!!!:
And from around the World ...

[Alis]

Careful, careful I do have many, many landscapes !!!!:
And from around the World ...

Then you can post all your landscapes in his forum

[Alis]

This one is from a few weeks back but done with the light from the window:

[Antonio Correia]

What is left to say if the image is so nice and well ?
Good job Alis.
I wish ohers would also post theirs ...

[kevinbythebeach]

Antonio you sure do post alot of pictures that are very diverese in the people and settings...do you travel to other countries alot or is there just alot of different culture in portugaul?

[Antonio Correia]

This one is from a few weeks back but done with the light from the window:...

Keeping the files is good because we can work on them later when we know more about the programs...
I see you have been looking for "older" pictures and working on them now you sure get better results...
This black and white is quite nice.

[Antonio Correia]

Antonio you sure do post alot of pictures that are very diverese in the people and settings...do you travel to other countries alot or is there just alot of different culture in portugaul?

Kevin, Portugal is not a very old country: it was born as a nation on the XII th century.
You probably know - I am sure you do - that there are Portuguese people all over the World as British, Dutch and from other European countries.
But Portugal was a small country and achieved to have colonies in Africa and Asia for some time.
Brasil was from Portugal once ... A great country these days !
That's History, past. These days things are quite different...

My pictures are some from Portugal and some from places I have been to.
I am planning to publish a book on line soon. I will post here when I do so.

Thank you.

[Antonio Correia]

[Alis]

This is done with natural light today. How does the skin look? I think this is the best skin I have ever captured I think it is very close to his skin in real life.

I may have messed it up in post processing, it was actually pretty sharp, as usual I may have oversharpened it when I resized the picture. I then applied some blurring to the hair and around the eyes where it looked unnatural but not sure if it was enough of done right.

Colin, by blurring you mean Guassian blur, right?

[Alis]

And same goes for this one:

[Antonio Correia]

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[Antonio Correia]

This is done with natural light today. How does the skin look? I think this is the best skin I have ever captured I think it is very close to his skin in real life...

Hello Alis.

I think the skin looks very well and the photo is indeed very good.

About the second one, I also like it. It was artificial light was it not ?

[Antonio Correia]

[Alis]

Hello Alis.

I think the skin looks very well and the photo is indeed very good.

About the second one, I also like it. It was artificial light was it not ?

Thanks, Antonio.

It was natural light. At the park, using the 70-200mm 2.8 zoom lens.

[Antonio Correia]

Thanks, Antonio. It was natural light. At the park, using the 70-200mm 2.8 zoom lens.

Great lens. So heavy ...
Have a nice week end.

[Antonio Correia]

[Alis]

What is this? F 4 or 2.8? Who is this, you Antonio?

Nice shot

[Antonio Correia]

What is this? F 4 or 2.8? Who is this, you Antonio? Nice shot

I am not sure but in 2006 the f/4.0 didn't exist.
My wife took this picture the day after I received the lens from Germany where the price was the lowest.

Look how the photo looks: bad treatment, car in the background, etc.
I learned something from there till now ...

Yes, it's me all right !

[Alis]

...My wife took this picture the day after I received the lens from Germany where the price was the lowest.

Look how the photo looks: bad treatment, car in the background, etc.

If I blame my wife for a picture, she will never touches my camera again

[Alis]