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

[Ashwin]

[Antonio Correia]

Nice picture Ashwin...
Maybe the flash too harsh ?

[Ashwin]

Nice picture Ashwin...
Maybe the flash too harsh ?

This is not studio photography,

Picture taken at a social over crowded function, only one flash from a short distance
still it can be improved..

[Alis]

I dare say - in spite of having never shot with a Zeiss - that the quality of the image looks like one issued out of a Zeiss machine.
It is amazing and of course there must be a difference between a 50mm of the poors and the other 50mm, the expensive one.
Price must be justified and so it looks. I am astonished. I really am.
This is the kind of pictures I like to see and like to shoot. Spontaneous shots capturing the ambiance of the place with the available light.

Thanks, Antonio! You should buy one

[Alis]

No, this is not with the 85mm f1.2:

[Dave Humphries]

No, this is not with the 85mm f1.2:

Agreed, EXIF says; Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM at 200mm, f/3.2, 1/200, iso 500

It's a nice shot with a lovely expression on your son's face, but it looks a little to grey (and possibly cool CT-wise) to me.

Looking on a histogram, I don't think there's anything in the jpg above 240, in fact you can drag the white point down to 210 before it begins to look too bright.

Setting WB on the whites of his eyes warms it just a little.



Any better?

[Antonio Correia]

Agreed, EXIF says...

Where is the EXIF that I don't see ?

The 70-200 is as good as the 50 1.2 isn't it ?

[Alis]

Any better?

Absolutely, Dave. Thanks, I agree the color was a little bit off.

[Alis]

Where is the EXIF that I don't see ?

The 70-200 is as good as the 50 1.2 isn't it ?

Hi Antonio,

The EXIF is embedded in the file.

And the lens is 85mm embedded not 50mm. Very different lenses, I remember you made the mistake in your previous post. You have to respect this lens

[Antonio Correia]

...The EXIF is embedded in the file...

But I can't see it. It doesn't work for me.

...And the lens is 85mm embedded not 50mm. Very different lenses, I remember you made the mistake in your previous post. You have to respect this lens

I do respect the lens. Say sorry to it for me please.

[Alis]

The 70-200 is as good as the 50 1.2 isn't it ?

I think in this one, the background is very far from the subject so you really don't need that much of a wide aperture.

[Ashwin]

[Antonio Correia]

I made two versions of the Indian bride.
I think that she should be looking at us or we should be able to see her beautiful brown - I suppose - dark eyes anyway.
The picture looks too flat for me. Sorry Ashwin.
It has not a central point, a point where we are attracted to, magnetized so to say.
That's was I tried. In one picture the crop is not very tight. It is the one I made to begin with. Then I made the other one better cropped yet for my taste.

Objection: We can't see the dress as a main piece of the portrait.
I say: yes, but neither in the original we can see it. In spite of seeing more than in my version. Agree.

Maybe you have - of course you - more images of this bride. She looks here like smiling somehow forced.
You said: smile. And she did.
No, she should be smiling because she was feeling it not at your command.
Ashwin, I have been particularly harsh today. I am sorry. But if I don't say what I think would you ever be in this thread ?

My wife likes brides and all this stuff/scenes very much. Once we were in ... Cambodia visiting a temple and she was galvanized by the scene. I was not then photography maniac as today and I don't have any pics from the moment.

I would like very very very (3 times) much to shoot pictures in a wedding in India, yes I would.
I used CS4 and LR and I like best the second image.

[carregwen]

Ashwin

I can see what Antonio means

It has not a central point, a point where we are attracted to, magnetized so to say.

To me the face looks very slightly out of focus. The veil is protruding in front of the face so the focus points may have hit the veil? It could just be the upload though. It's a very attractive shot though, with plenty of interest and colour. Wedding shots are always difficult, no matter which country it is in.

[Antonio Correia]

... To me the face looks very slightly out of focus...

It didn't look to me out of focus ... but maybe it is

[carregwen]

It didn't look to me out of focus ... but maybe it is

No, I think you are right. It must be the upload, or perhaps needed sharpening. I drew an oval around the face and feathered it. Then added exposure layer of +0.2 which has lifted the face and given more attention to the face. I also sharpened it.


Anyway... good shot with lots of interest.

[Antonio Correia]

Rob, that is also a good work on Ashwin's image.

[Ashwin]

Rob, that is also a good work on Ashwin's image.

Thank you Rob and Antonio for your valued suggestion critic and effort to improve the Image....
encouraged by you all, I will rework on the Image and will post it tomorrow

For your information this picture was captured with two Decorative lights only, probably insufficient light shadow of these two lights are visible on the face of the bride..

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Rob and Antonio for your valued suggestion critic and effort to improve the Image.... encouraged by you all, I will rework on the Image and will post it tomorrow

[carregwen]

Thank you Rob and Antonio for your valued suggestion critic and effort to improve the Image....
encouraged by you all, I will rework on the Image and will post it tomorrow

You're welcome. You live in an interesting country for photography (always seems to be a lot of colour). You should post more shots.