NON Square Cropped Portraits - (nSCP's) - Archive

[Antonio Correia]

By request, the pick of the bunch 1/250s @ f11, ISO800, 18mm, LV + MF there could be more ...

Very obedient
Thank you Dave ! Well done !

[Alis]

By request, the pick of the bunch

1/250s @ f11, ISO800, 18mm, LV + MF

there could be more ...

In this picture, if it was not because of the handbag, it was almost impossible to know for sure that the subject is female. I guess for silluettes, we always need that clue! If it was staged, very intelligently done, Dave.

I am very curious to know, what the reason was to keep the other tree in the picture.

[Alis]

I am sorry I cut his foot. I saw it now! Too late.

It is OK, I cut the ear of my subject! I guess that is the theme of the month now.

Colin if you need a theme for the competition here it is: Being brief "without" compromising the integrity of the image or causing any medical emergencies

[Dave Humphries]

In this picture, if it was not because of the handbag, it was almost impossible to know for sure that the subject is female. I guess for silluettes, we always need that clue! If it was staged, very intelligently done, Dave.

I am very curious to know, what the reason was to keep the other tree in the picture.

Not sure I know many men that would stand like that!
May be I am biassed because I saw her move

No, not staged, just 'taken advantage of', I have more, her boyfriend appeared shortly after
As it says, "there could be more"

Good final question, I was thinking it formed a frame, but I can see now, it probably is unnecessary and it isn't a particularly nice shape either.

There were far too many trees (too close together) plus street lamp poles on that coastal path for my liking difficult to shoot between them and get a sensible view.

For many, I was sat quietly on a bench with the camera on my lap, framing up with Live View on my fold out LCD and with the shutter in quiet mode, so as not to attract too much attention. I must have spent about 3 hours, over two evenings, along that path trying different places, exposures, etc. Very pleasant watching the sun go down and the world go by.

Cheers,

[Antonio Correia]

EXIF

[Alis]

[Antonio Correia]

Alis, the 70-200 as your favorite lens ...

[Alis]

Alis, the 70-200 as your favorite lens ...

It is. It is my Teddy Bear, I take it with me everywhere...

I am thinking of buying an extender for it though. What do you think? Good idea?

And I still believe I must buy the Canon 50mm F1.2L but not ready to pay for it yet

[Antonio Correia]

It is. It is my Teddy Bear, I take it with me everywhere... I am thinking of buying an extender for it though. What do you think? Good idea? And I still believe I must buy the Canon 50mm F1.2L but not ready to pay for it yet

I have the 1.4 extender.
Some SCP have been shot with it.
As far as I read it is better than the 2.0.
The 1.4 "consumes" less light than the other one...

Cheers

[Alis]

I have the 1.4 extender.
Some SCP have been shot with it.
As far as I read it is better than the 2.0.
The 1.4 "consumes" less light than the other one...

Cheers

I'll check it out. Even 200mm is huge zoom range for me (I am not a bird guy ) but you always want more...

[Alis]

I think the DOF is too shallow for this kind of picture. Done with the favorite Canon 70-200mm f2.8 L:

[Antonio Correia]

I think the DOF is too shallow for this kind of picture. Done with the favorite Canon 70-200mm f2.8 L:...

But this is precisely what I like in long lenses: the shallow DoF and the way they smash what is behind !

[Alis]

But this is precisely what I like in long lenses: the shallow DoF and the way they smash what is behind !

I think you actually said it. I was of course bothered by the blurred "foreground", the pavement on the left lower section.

[Antonio Correia]

I think you actually said it. I was of course bothered by the blurred "foreground", the pavement on the left lower section.

You are wrong Alis.
I's nice the way it is !

have a nice week end.
I go by the sea. I mean into the sea

[Antonio Correia]

[Alis]

Nice shot! Was it on a tripod with flash? I tried to use flash under sunlight last Saturday but ruined all my shots (you saw the one with the Ice cream machine in it) because I used direct flash light.

Later I read that I should have used it at some angle. I could see them all messed up in the LCD monitor but thought I can fix it later in PP Until it actually happens to you, you never learn!

This one taken under completely different condition; a dark romantic Ice cream place in Boston called JP Licks:



ISO 3200

Photography is all about light and I find myself alway with a lot of it or too little of it ; I wish I had a studio!

[Wirefox]

These are the first portraits I have been reasonably pleased with. C&C is very welcome.





This one frustrates me....what am I doing wrong with the lighting?

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Steve,

I'll make a start, but I feel under-experienced to be passing judgement, not having tried this myself.

All 3, for my taste, have a little too much space above the head (e.g. green or sky)

No.1: This has a good pose and expression, and the lighting is good too. The only thing I'd question is whether the eyes and hair are over-sharpened, especially compared to the lips and teeth. (or conversely, they need some more)

I was not sure which of the last two pics your comment referred to

This one frustrates me....what am I doing wrong with the lighting?

I think (hope) it is the second one.
No.2: definitely doesn't look right to me, is it the colour balance of (cooler) flash vs the sun?
Or is it just a lack of detail in the black clothes, I'm thinking a reflector bottom left corner just to lift the shadows a bit would have helped. Easy to say, less easy to do, at least without an assistant on hand as well. Also, the black thing behind the boat that has caused a slot of sea to be visible instead of a triangle under the arm is unfortunate, I find it distracts (clone in a bit more sea?).

No.3: Is the focus off? The planks on the white boat frame left, look sharper than your daughter.
Same problem with black clothes in such contrasty light as No.2.

Anyway, I hope they help,

[Alis]

Using my UWA lens

[Colin Southern]

These are the first portraits I have been reasonably pleased with. C&C is very welcome.

This one frustrates me....what am I doing wrong with the lighting?

To my eye all three need fill light (in Photoshop) to bring out some of the detail in the blacks.

I've given one of the shots a Photoshop 30 Second Makeover (TM!) - mostly adding bucketloads of fill light - adjust WB - sharpen, but unfortunately many of the blacks are clipped (could give you a better example if I had original RAWs).