Female Portrait

[Nabil-A]

Here are a few portraits ive taken recently.

[Nabil-A]

and more

[Rubbahumpy]

Pretty lady, IMO the backgrounds a little too distracting for portrait shots

[berto]

i agree.. pretty woman. first and the last are nice..

the second would've been better if you put her behind that fire extinguisher and blurred the background a bit more.
3rd its washed out but in a good way... might've been better if you toned it down a bit.
in my opinion, its always better to slightly underexpose because its easier to fix. also, emphasize on just her and blurr the background.

[poke]

last one is my fav... but they all seem to be either soft or slightly out of focus. Its enough to make it feel not quite right.

[Reminisce]

It may be my monitor at work, but the 3rd one of her in front of the water, the sun is overexposing on her skin and creating a very hard light, and it looks like she's squinting through the shades kinda.
Number 2 is great use of daylight as it shows how full and round her cheeks are and how natural her smile is. The last one shows how soft her skin is (and she has perfect skin). I likey

[djonto]

Out of the four I like the last one best

[flyfisher]

I agree with all above #4 is also my fovorite.

[Vega$50]

I think she would be a great subject to shoot in a controlled studio...she has a very nice look..photographs well...

[eosster]

Nice but little soft.

[Nabil-A]

Thanks for the feedback everyone..

Im not sure if the softness is due to my reducing the picture size down and not applying an adequate level of sharp unmask to bring out the details again.

Or perhaps its because im using G6 and nothing as spectacular as a 300d / 20d etc.

I know i have a lot to learn , hope to post some better shots next time.

[txdude35]

#4 is a great picture of the girl(beautiful, BTW), but the angle seems awkward to me.

[Ballen Photo]

I like the fourth shot best. Something about Her eyes in that one. :D
-Bruce

[Noah]

Love the pictures... #4 esp. For some reason #3 seems like you photoshoped the background. Other then that great work!

-Noah

[DocFrankenstein]

the second would've been better if you put her behind that fire extinguisher and blurred the background a bit more.
He can't. It's G6

Try to select your backgrounds, so that:

ABSOLLUTELY NO LINES ARE EXTENDING FROM YOUR SUBJECT. Those lines take away the attention from it.

Instead, try to place her in a "circle" of some sort. Or at least a "frame"

[Nabil-A]

He can't. It's G6

Try to select your backgrounds, so that:

ABSOLLUTELY NO LINES ARE EXTENDING FROM YOUR SUBJECT. Those lines take away the attention from it.

Instead, try to place her in a "circle" of some sort. Or at least a "frame"
Actually i can, but i have to do it in photoshop.. gaussian blur background.. actually i did it to start with, but found the best look was with a semi blurred background.


No photoshopping to any backgrounds...apart from slight levels adjustment, noise removal and unsharp masking.

[Nabil-A]

if you take a look at the chair to the left of the subject in the 2nd photo, ive not done my blurring background effect right and some of the chair is still sharp..

[Nabil-A]

Try to select your backgrounds, so that:

ABSOLLUTELY NO LINES ARE EXTENDING FROM YOUR SUBJECT. Those lines take away the attention from it.

Instead, try to place her in a "circle" of some sort. Or at least a "frame"

Thanks for the prescription doc.
Ill keep this in mind. I know ive got a lot to learn... but gosh i love photography.

[Carzee]

My .02

If I a took a lovely lady to the Royal Easter Show, I wouldna let go in the Dropbear pavillion, let alone sit with one!:lol:


In the lower one there's a (soft) pillow that should have been moved outa shot.

[Nabil-A]

My .02

If I a took a lovely lady to the Royal Easter Show, I wouldna let go in the Dropbear pavillion, let alone sit with one!:lol:


In the lower one there's a (soft) pillow that should have been moved outa shot.

Actually, it wasnt the royal easter show, if you are referring to the circus type pic.. it was the cirque de soleil performance held in melbourne.. last week.

:)
and the koala pic was at the koala park sanctuary on phillip island last weekend.
nice try though

[GIrven]

She has the look to really stand out but the lighting is all wrong and needs to be better. Also the backgrounds need to be less distracting. She has great looks (especially the teeth) and figure. With some direction you both could get some real crackin shots. Keep up the good work as you have the right model which is the best starting point.

[RAW]

He can't. It's G6

Try to select your backgrounds, so that:

ABSOLLUTELY NO LINES ARE EXTENDING FROM YOUR SUBJECT. Those lines take away the attention from it.

Instead, try to place her in a "circle" of some sort. Or at least a "frame"

Of course you can blur the background with G6...I do. I try not to use PS, that's why I try and take the perfect shot from the camera...

By the way Nabil, I have to agree with the others, the last one is the best...nice sots overall.

Regards,
Artan

[Nabil-A]

Of course you can blur the background with G6...I do. I try not to use PS, that's why I try and take the perfect shot from the camera...

By the way Nabil, I have to agree with the others, the last one is the best...nice sots overall.

Regards,
Artan
Actually Artan,

The only way you will blur the background with a G6 even at F2.0 is to seperate the main subject from the background as much as possible... preferably 10m or more.

The first three shots taken in this thread are with Aperture at F3.0 fully zoomed in. But because the background is rather close and because the G6 still has a relatively (to SLR) large depth of field the background is only mildly blurred.

In these scenarios, you would be better using PS or switching to SLR.

I should have included.. that for a G6 at full zoom and F3.0, the depth of field is about 1-1.5m... so yes some blurring will occur where background is say 2m or so away.. but to get the nice bokeh and background blur you see in placed on this forum, where the background is only just distinguisable... youll need 10m or so..

Cheers.. Thanks for the nice comments

[RAW]

Actually Artan,

The only way you will blur the background with a G6 even at F2.0 is to seperate the main subject from the background as much as possible... preferably 10m or more.

The first three shots taken in this thread are with Aperture at F3.0 fully zoomed in. But because the background is rather close and because the G6 still has a relatively (to SLR) large depth of field the background is only mildly blurred.

In these scenarios, you would be better using PS or switching to SLR.

I should have included.. that for a G6 at full zoom and F3.0, the depth of field is about 1-1.5m... so yes some blurring will occur where background is say 2m or so away.. but to get the nice bokeh and background blur you see in placed on this forum, where the background is only just distinguisable... youll need 10m or so..

Cheers.. Thanks for the nice comments

I agree with everything you said, but in the end we are still there...the blur background can be done with a G6 but very much harder than a dSLR...I guess I try to convince myself of this because I can't afford one...:( .

Regards,
Artan.

[dedalus-6]

nice lady, definitely the last one!

[hollow]

Lovely lady. And quite beautiful picture.
Pity for thew second one. She is too overexposed.

[Claire]

The last shot is very nice, but the others have too distracting backgrounds. Very beautiful woman btw.