Need some opinions before Fridays assessment...

[cassarilda]

please be brutally honest... Im sure you wont be as bad as my teachers! :rolleyes: :D

Im studying at RMIT in Melbourne (photography funnily enough), and these shots were for my portraiture unit.

[grego]

The one on the left looks too blown out. I know its lower quality so it could look better in high quality, but it feels a little too blown out. The pose is nice though, but the exposure is off a bit.

Good luck with your teacher though. :)

[cassarilda]

ummm its a high key lighting shot... the skin is meant to be blown out... but the print does have a bit of detail in it.. cheers though..

I should explain.. these two are for my lighting techniques... the B&W one is High Key, and the blue fan one is Mid Key.. two different shoots and two different lighting

[nitsch]

I honestly think they are both very good indeed. A very minor point - In the peacock feather one your left eye has two catchlights in it which looks a little unnatural, perhaps you could clone it out?

Good work. Good luck with the course! :)

[skade]

I sort of thought the first one was meant to be like that.. they are both very good.. and I didnt even notice the two catchlights in the second until it was pointed out. Very nice work! I hope you do well in your course!

[djonto]

They ar both very good, but even though the first is meant to be high key, it is blown out a little too much in my opinion (which counts for nothing of course)

[fortinaa]

They ar both very good, but even though the first is meant to be high key, it is blown out a little too much in my opinion (which counts for nothing of course)

I agree on the first one. While a nice shot and I like the high key effect, the face seems a little too blown (all i see is nostrils on my monitor, no other dimension to the nose).

[mgbeach]

Agreed with the rest. An image can be high key without just having the nostrils, hair and eyes floating on a white background. The second one looks great though

[Skippy29]

I can bareIy make out the nose on my screen too, but like them both a lot....beautiful girl too : )