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Wavy C
4th of June 2005 (Sat), 08:23
I added the shadow to the right as a gradiant, as I thought the original looked a little flat. Does it work for you, or any suggestions on how I could improve this pic....

http://www.cd.v21hosting.co.uk/of/sc01.jpg
Wavy C
4th of June 2005 (Sat), 08:26
The original of the above pic can be seen here:

http://www.cd.v21hosting.co.uk/of/sc01a.jpg

and there is another pic of the same girl here:

http://www.cd.v21hosting.co.uk/of/sc02.jpg

Tnx for any help.
grego
4th of June 2005 (Sat), 13:41
It's too unnatural. You can tell it doesn't look real. The lighting is just too consistent for it to look real.
ChP
4th of June 2005 (Sat), 14:14
It definately doesn't natural and the image looks flat.
Accomplishing that lighting effect wouldn't be difficult with a well placed light.
mickle
4th of June 2005 (Sat), 14:40
I have to agree with the others, it doesn't look natural.
Hellashot
4th of June 2005 (Sat), 17:39
The shadowing is annoying. And it appears that the right eye didn't get shadowed.
Wavy C
4th of June 2005 (Sat), 20:01
Tnx for your comments guys. Guess I'll just go with the original picture. It was taken outside on an overcast day, with a little fill-in flash from the camera's on-board flash, and I worried that the original looked too flat. Tried this effect with the gradient, not really expecting it to look natural but perhaps just a little different. Couldn't make up my mind at the time if it worked or just detracted from the picture.

Needed help so I came here.

Tnx again for taking time to comment. It's appreciated :)
PhotosGuy
5th of June 2005 (Sun), 09:12
Try for less DOF next time if there's a brick wall in the background? ;-)
Barb42
5th of June 2005 (Sun), 19:44
The stones in the background are not an issue, however, having the hands out of focus is - next time have her move her hands back and/or a bit more sideways. Nice subject - hope you get a chance to make some more photos with her.
Wavy C
6th of June 2005 (Mon), 15:24
It was actually some steps in the background - lol. You can see them in the link to the original picture. Tnx for the help!
intechpcx
7th of June 2005 (Tue), 08:21
You could try redoing the shadow to see if you can improve it. The problem is it starts in the wrong place. The shadow should start just to the right of the tip of her nose and the gradient transition should be shorter to look more natural.