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

[Alis]

The Handy Man:



Taken with the 5D MKII and the 50mm f/1.8 II. It is incredibly sharp!

[Colin Southern]

The Handy Man:



Taken with the 5D MKII and the 50mm f/1.8 II. It is incredibly sharp!

Err, is that coffee table supposed to have a hole drilled in the top?

[Antonio Correia]

Alis, I am impressed with the shallow DOF. At which aperture did you shoot ?

Is the table already repaired ?

[Dave Humphries]

~ and the 50mm f/1.8 II. It is incredibly sharp!

Only in the hands of someone that knows where to focus - and use it wide open at f1.8 (I peeked at the EXIF)

Very nice shot Ali, well done,

[Alis]

Only in the hands of someone that knows where to focus - and use it wide open at f1.8 (I peeked at the EXIF)

Very nice shot Ali, well done,

Thanks, Dave. I just logged in to answer Antonio's question.

As you said, f1.8, @50mm 1/200 second ISO400. Also I used the Gary Fong diffuser on a 580EX II.

[Antonio Correia]

Thanks, Dave. I just logged in to answer Antonio's question. As you said, f1.8, @50mm 1/200 second ISO400. Also I used the Gary Fong diffuser on a 580EX II.

That Gary Fong thing looks working very well.

Very nice Alis.
Good work.

[Antonio Correia]

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Antonio,

I really like this; pose and composition are excellent and she looks very comfortable.

The only thing that troubles me slightly is why the light on the right hand side is a different (cooler) colour temperature from the hair light on the left.

Best regards,

[Antonio Correia]

Hi Antonio, I really like this; pose and composition are excellent and she looks very comfortable. The only thing that troubles me slightly is why the light on the right hand side is a different (cooler) colour temperature from the hair light on the left. Best regards,

Thank you for for commenting Dave.
That spot at the top right also bothers me but I couldn't / can't help it.
It is in the original photo and it really is the Sun coming from our right.
Maybe if I was an expert in CS, I could clone that area somehow.
Anyway I am making improvements on this matter.

The orange area of her hair on our left is natural.
It was late evening and the Sun was low.
I have done some healing on her skin as well as some blur and a slight, very slight tone of orange/red all over her face.

I have also done a little - very little, a trifle - Liquify to make her face not so large and improve the overall shape of the face.

I also like this image. The crop 3/5 usually used on landscapes goes very well here.
This is not a SCP at all.
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I was looking at the other pictures as I remembered that I forgot to tell you: this shot was done with the old 20D with the 1.4 converter and the 70-200 f/2.8 L IS USM - 1/80 f/4.0 @ 200mm

I did it. It was easy. How is it ?

[Antonio Correia]

[Henrik]

This was shot during "Earth Hour", March 28, 2009. That is: No electrical light - just candlelight.

[Antonio Correia]

Yes. It's better now. It was needing the color temperature correction.
Nice image and nice lady

[Antonio Correia]

One more for the day ...

[Henrik]

with little PP it can be improved..

Ehh... Did you notice that I wrote: "That is: No electrical light"? - In other words: Candlelight! - I welcome your concern, but in my opinion the PP didn't improve the picture, rather it ruined it.

[Ashwin]

Ehh... Did you notice that I wrote: "That is: No electrical light"? - In other words: Candlelight! - I welcome your concern, but in my opinion the PP didn't improve the picture, rather it ruined it.

Yes if this the case, you are absolutely right, I thought there was no electric light and you took the photograph., CANDLE LIGHT EFFECT is vanished due to PP work, sorry...

[Antonio Correia]

Yes if this the case, you are absolutely right, I thought there was no electric light and you took the photograph., CANDLE LIGHT EFFECT is vanished due to PP work, sorry...

Indeed ...

[peterb533]

[Antonio Correia]

Maya is now a very grown up young girl.

Nice picture Peter.

The photo is sharp and well cropped in spite of the background... is that a cat at the right far side ?

[peterb533]

Maya is now a very grown up young girl.

Nice picture Peter.

The photo is sharp and well cropped in spite of the background... is that a cat at the right far side ?

Thanks Antonio,

Its actually the back rest of our settee with a cushion hiding the rest. Unfortunately there is little room for manouvre when you have a small space and several children and adults to avoid. I deliberately slightly overexposed the background and used fill flash to make Maya stand out.

Peter

[Antonio Correia]

Thanks Antonio, Its actually the back rest of our settee with a cushion hiding the rest. Unfortunately there is little room for manouvre when you have a small space and several children and adults to avoid. I deliberately slightly overexposed the background and used fill flash to make Maya stand out. Peter

Well done Peter. The flash is not apparently present. It looks more a window...