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

[Crovean]

Ok, i'm applying the suggestions you guys gave me on my portraits. Here's another one with better lighting

[MiniChris]

Portraits aren't my thang, but Ilike this one...you done well. Bet you are freezing your buns off in Nashville, tonight. It's a cold one all across the southeast tonight...Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Crovean]

Finally got our white Christmas after 13 years! and yes i'm not like the weather right now.... I'm ready for spring!

[Alis]

Ok, i'm applying the suggestions you guys gave me on my portraits. Here's another one with better lighting

Hi Chris,

I think the pose, the expression, the background are all right. However, the picture has all the problems you can have with a harsh light source: Burned out cheeks and forehead (in this case hair covering the forehead) and harsh shadows under the chin, etc. You will not get a break with that until you get a nice diffuser or a way to diffuse your light (bouncing it off something, or using the natural light (the type of setting Colin describes in his tutorial). Other than this, technically, as I said, it is done very nicely in terms of sharpness and crop, etc.

On my monitor, the colors are a bit off, specially the skin tone, and for that you need the WB card, although what I see might be due to my monitor (or yours) or just her natural skin tone.

Cheers!

[Crovean]

Thanks for comments Ali! Your comments helps me improve my portraiture!

Here's another one with the default exposure(which is 0) from the raw file. I bumped up the exposure on the previous image.

Another thing i need to point out though is, when i compared the photo on Photoshop and after I uploaded it to Flickr(or any other web host), it gives me 2 different tones. PS is a little vibrant and alive than the online image. I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong to come up with this.

[Antonio Correia]

...Another thing i need to point out though is, when i compared the photo on Photoshop and after I uploaded it to Flickr(or any other web host), it gives me 2 different tones. PS is a little vibrant and alive than the online image. I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong to come up with this.

Thank you for posting here Chriss and thank you Ali for the cooperation

I hope someone will be able to write about your problem Chriss. It doesn't happen to me but I suspect it is somehow connected with the color space.

[Alis]

It doesn't happen to me but I suspect it is somehow connected with the color space.

I couldn't tell from the EXIF but if there is a difference between the two it could be that your camera is set on Adobe RBG which is not good for web display and shows as sort of washed out colors.

[Alis]

Excellent, excellent Ali. Great image. Not only it is sharp, focused etc. but it really tells a story.
He is very interested about what the lady says not being at all impressed by the snake itself which seems to be alive.
Very good work.
I want more
...
I would only - only - clone the cell phone.
Excellent indeed...

Thanks, Sir!

I did not notice the cell phone display. I will take it out.

Thanks!

[Crovean]

I couldn't tell from the EXIF but if there is a difference between the two it could be that your camera is set on Adobe RBG which is not good for web display and shows as sort of washed out colors.

That might be it! I am sure I saw my camera set to Adobe RBG one time but I need to double check it. I guess i need to set it to sRBG right?

Found this while Googling this topic. sRGB Adobe RGB 1998

[Alis]

That might be it! I am sure I saw my camera set to Adobe RBG one time but I need to double check it. I guess i need to set it to sRBG right?

Found this while Googling this topic. sRGB Adobe RGB 1998

Yes, sRGB! On your camera and, if you shoot RAW, in the ACR set up if you have a Canon. Not sure about other cameras.

If the setting is changed to Adobe RGB in your camera, and if it is a Canon, the numbering changes from IMG_#### to _MG_####, I assume to let you know if that was done inadvertently.

[Antonio Correia]

of a woman with a gentle smile.

[Sahil]

Hi Antonio,
I feel weird doing this... I like the picture you have posted of this lovely woman, BUT that brooch is way too distracting. Thats the only thing I focus at, when I look at the image...

[Antonio Correia]

Hi Antonio, I feel weird doing this... I like the picture you have posted of this lovely woman, BUT that brooch is way too distracting. Thats the only thing I focus at, when I look at the image...

Don't feel weird Sahil saying this or whatever.
I really agree with you but what can I do a bout it ? ...

[Sahil]

Don't feel weird Sahil saying this or whatever.
I really agree with you but what can I do a bout it ? ...

Use Burning tool, may be?!?! I don't think cloning out is the solution to everything

[Sahil]

Excitement, that of a Kid....



PS:- I suck at giving captions

[Alis]

Excitement, that of a Kid....



PS:- I suck at giving captions

Content-wise this is very good, Sahil! I like his expression and sort of the whole composition although you may be better off getting rid of a little bit of the image to his right.

In terms of exposure, I guess it will look much better if you come down on exposure specially on parts of the face and the background. But it is very sharp and colors look spot on.

[Alis]

of a woman with a gentle smile.

Excellent, Sir!

Could you please tell us what did you do after you pressed the shutter button? Everything looks so smooth and clean! She has a nice smile indeed

[Antonio Correia]

I agree with Ali.

Here is my interpretation of this photo under too harsh light.

What have I done ?
Converted to black and white in LR with adjustment of the luminance at will. Then, exported to CS where I applied a blur with mask. Back to LR a made a vignetting carefully.
I am a lier The vignetting is a preset of mines

@ Ali
I have adjusted the photo in colour, then I looked at it and said to myself: "Huummm, this is not working in colour. I'll try in black and white." And so I did. I exported to CS made some blur adjustments with a mask over her face.

I was forgetting to say that I applied a filter on it.

The light was soft at Borubudur that day, rather cloudy and she was in the shadows with a clear sky right in front.
Thank you Ali

[Alis]

Thanks, Antonio!

I just did this one, right before bed, the oral health ritual. The thumbs up is for me in appreciation of my omnipresence

[Antonio Correia]

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Health on 2011 Ali and thank you so much for the enthusiasm and constante participation in this thread