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

[Ashwin]

[QUOTE=Antonio Correia;79723]

Was it, really ?

What do you think...! ! !

[Alis]

Sharks are nice and should be respected. Humans are worst, aren't they ? Well, let's move on...

Yes Ali take care of that yellow cup and you will have another nice shot of yours...

TFPH again Ali This is a portrait with "soul", substance, consistent. We can see he is envolved in anything. Good work
It tells a story. We can even see a book...
Next time don't tell us what he is doing or watching. Make us guess.

Thanks, Antonio! Next time I will keep it a secret and let you guys find out I want the name of the book, page number, subject, etc

And I like all animals, but sometime I too get scared!

[Benjy]

EDIT - Image removed by Mod as it was not a portrait but, as is said below, one of a carved boat.

Boat mounted on wall in Vale of Leven District Angling Club..Loch Lomond Scotland,any coments most welcome.

[Antonio Correia]

...And I like all animals, but sometime I too get scared!

And so am I...

A little bit "off topic" now if you don't mind
We (Humans) were supposed to respect animals. If they attack us it is because of their nature, their survival instinct tells them to do so.
While we - Humans - we kill, we rape, we destroy, we do whatever it is necessary to get... money, power. Conscientiously what is worst !

Examples ? What for ? We all know them...
From "small" beatings/assassinations to extermine of thousands if not millions of people, just for power, greed and money. Very sad.
End of "off topic"

[Alis]

And so am I...

A little bit "off topic" now if you don't mind
We (Humans) were supposed to respect animals. If they attack us it is because of their nature, their survival instinct tells them to do so.
While we - Humans - we kill, we rape, we destroy, we do whatever it is necessary to get... money, power. Conscientiously what is worst !

Examples ? What for ? We all know them...
From "small" beatings/assassinations to extermine of thousands if not millions of people, just for power, greed and money. Very sad.
End of "off topic"

Off topic? Not at all; it was in fact very [photo]graphic

But being a physician, I can tell you what I think. Humans are animals. We sort of "love" for all they do, even the one you mentioned, that is part of their nature. Does not justify the wrong doing at all, does not prevent us from trying to stop them, or try to treat them, just that we do not hate them, event the criminals.

This "Cache" is good, still watching it

[Benjy]

Sorry about that Donald,didn,t realise it was for portraits,my mistake still new to all this must try harder.

[Antonio Correia]

Sorry about that Donald,didn,t realise it was for portraits,my mistake still new to all this must try harder.

No problem as far as I am concerned Bernard and you post here a nice portrait.

[maloufn]

A special birthday moment

Nasseem

[tihsgod]

I do quite a bit of street work, this is a candid shot in a park in shanghai. Not so easy shooting there as people don't like it but I managed to capture this gentleman deep in thought over his next move... as I recall he was under some pressure... 5D, 135mm f2.5 at /125 sec,

[Ashwin]

I am practicing my indoor shots after Colin's lesson 6 in Portrait school...but my efforts to date with 1 speedlight, a work lamp from the shed and a white shower curtain are too terrible to share.....so after getting frustrating results with that we went back outside, where it was much more comfortable.

I will keep practicing indoors though...

RESULT With Mid-tone level increased

[Alis]

I do quite a bit of street work, this is a candid shot in a park in shanghai. Not so easy shooting there as people don't like it but I managed to capture this gentleman deep in thought over his next move... as I recall he was under some pressure... 5D, 135mm f2.5 at /125 sec,

Hi tihsgod,

This is a very nice shot. The posture of the subject, concentrating on the board and the lighting is overall excellent. He is very deep into the game. I can't believe this was posed, it is so natural. Very nice!

A few things though: the focus is right on the the subject but the shallow depth of field and the position of the camera has put the focus on the wrong place over the board unfortunately.

Also, beside the guy in the background, there is a white band going down which is too distracting. I am not sure if you can take it out without damaging the image.

I would also get rid of the thing (I guess a finger) on the table on the right side. I guess, while trying to avoid that object, whatever it is, you cut the subject too much. We like to see a little bit more of his right side.

Also, although the lighting is nice overall, the skin on top of his head is over exposed, in a raw capture that would be easy to fix.

Nice job!

[Alis]

RESULT With Mid-tone level increased

Very nice job, Ashwin! She is a bit too tanned I think but hopefully that is how she looks like

[Antonio Correia]

I usually write a few lines about the photos everyone inserts in this thread I started, but sometimes I am either too busy or not in a place with easy access to the web.
At this moment I am too busy.
However, I am aware that you all have been very kind to keep posting images and I will do my best to answer as soon as possible.
Thank you for your comprehension

[tihsgod]

Hi tihsgod,

This is a very nice shot. The posture of the subject, concentrating on the board and the lighting is overall excellent. He is very deep into the game. I can't believe this was posed, it is so natural. Very nice!

A few things though: the focus is right on the the subject but the shallow depth of field and the position of the camera has put the focus on the wrong place over the board unfortunately.

Also, beside the guy in the background, there is a white band going down which is too distracting. I am not sure if you can take it out without damaging the image.

I would also get rid of the thing (I guess a finger) on the table on the right side. I guess, while trying to avoid that object, whatever it is, you cut the subject too much. We like to see a little bit more of his right side.

Also, although the lighting is nice overall, the skin on top of his head is over exposed, in a raw capture that would be easy to fix.

Nice job!

Hi Ali, thanks for your comments, very useful...

1. It was not posed this was some candid work...
2. framing was very difficult it was very busy around there so I am pretty happy with getting a pretty clean image all considered.
3. There was a large beaker on the table which I already shopped out so I think that after cleaning that I did not worry about the arm that is on the table but I do understand your point.
4. yes the top of his head is overexposed and i could have (should have) done a better job on that.
5. the white band I can also follow to an extent and maybe I could have blended that in a little to flatten it.

tx neil

[wilgk]

Very nice job, Ashwin! She is a bit too tanned I think but hopefully that is how she looks like

Thankyou Ashwin for working on the image and Ali for your comments.
The levels are much more balanced to me now - and she does apply a 'skin bronzing' type product, so yes as the Mum I agree with you...'too tanned', (the joys of teenagers) but as an appreciation of pp being used to better show what was there....it is perfect
Thankyou both again for your time.

[Katy Noelle]

I was pretty much a newbie when I took this photo. I was so disappointed, when I got home, that all my photos were blurry. Thinking about it, I realized that the floor shakes tremendously when anyone walks on it and that must be what happened. Also, I rather wish that I had used a smaller dof. Elsewise, C&C, anyone?

Thank you!

[Alis]

I was pretty much a newbie when I took this photo. I was so disappointed, when I got home, that all my photos were blurry. Thinking about it, I realized that the floor shakes tremendously when anyone walks on it and that must be what happened. Also, I rather wish that I had used a smaller dof. Elsewise, C&C, anyone?

Thank you!

Hi Katy,

I think this is actually pretty sharp, of course at the size you posted here. I am sure it could use a bit of sharpening in PS, but it is not bad at all.

I can't see the EXIF data so can't tell if it was the setting or the shaking floor that made most of your pictures blurry but if you were a newbie this is pretty good.

The image is a nice picture overall, and I am sure brings back good memories. Of course, the left side is over exposed, and the right side has shadows in the face around the eye. One of the way you can prevent this is by using a reflector since the light from the left (guessing a window) is pretty bright. Also bouncing the flash off something on the right side would be another option although as far as I can tell the walls are far away on that side. The other option is a detached flash, wireless or a cable long enough to position it a bit to the right of the camera. But it is too late for any of these. If this is a raw capture you may be able to use the gradient tool to balance the exposure on both sides.

Also, the crop is too tight, cutting through the right hand and the book she is holding. The alternative cropping would have put her off center which would have been nicer in my opinion.

The color is also a bit off, looks to warm to me although you may have wanted it that way

I think Ashwin is flattening his version as we speak and will soon post it here

[Katy Noelle]

Hi, Ali!

thank you for your very helpful input! I feel so silly that I've read all about bouncing light but never thought that that was the answer to my problem, here. I have tried to adjust it in iphoto but that was a long time ago. I just recently pp some of those sunday school nativity photos and realized that the different colored stained windows make for shifting wb.

I am looking and thinking that, possibly, this was taken so long ago that I was only in the first setting in the creative mode on my camera (Canon 450D). I don't even remember what that stands for or how to use it. I might even have been in portrait mode but I don't think so because the flash would go off for EVERYTHING when I was using it; so, I tried to avoid it a bit. Anyway, what I am saying is that the camera was making the exposure decisions. ISO800 1/10 33mm f4.5 (I guess I was as wide as it would go.) Pattern metering, too.

Do you think that the people in the background are too distracting? Would it have been better to use a lower dof? What dof would you have used?

The photo is cropped but, unfortunately the edge with the book is the edge of the image that I captured.

Thanks, though, for the encouragement. I was surprised, actually, to have earned any.

[wilgk]

...here she is again - more practicing



I am thinking one of you very clever gentleman might know how to 'fix' that 'too bright' area of hair in post processing....?

[Sahil]

...here she is again - more practicing



I am thinking one of you very clever gentleman might know how to 'fix' that 'too bright' area of hair in post processing....?

A Li'l play around with the pic. Played with overall exposure & then used burn tool on the bright-hair area.