Dentist

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Good shot that I am sure she will use on a brochure or other advertising.

i think its too extreme of an angle for me and the ceiling is crocked. but nice even light

Thanks.
I tried to level the ceiling, but then she looks too unbalanced - like she is going to fall to the left.
Lightning was one window on the left, and one 430EX on the right.

I'd love to see what this would look like if it was taking from a low viewpoint looking up at her. POV of a kid about to have his first check up!

Tiberius47 wrote in post #13167509
I'd love to see what this would look like if it was taking from a low viewpoint looking up at her. POV of a kid about to have his first check up!

i think the idea is to make it not a scary place

green_tooth wrote in post #13167075
Thanks.
I tried to level the ceiling, but then she looks too unbalanced - like she is going to fall to the left.
Lightning was one window on the left, and one 430EX on the right.

With Photoshop, you can straighten the ceiling line without making her lean.

what lens did you use? maybe different angle?

EF 16-35mm at 16mm on 5DMKII (EXIF is present on the larger version of photo). My position was definitely wrong - I was standing too much to the right, but now it is too late.

Now I know for next time to better align this kind of shots. I'll just retry next time when I visit her.

@va_rider: I tried rotating in LR, but it just looks unbalanced when the ceiling is aligned.

Puppet warp to the rescue!

The exposure and colours are great - it's a good, clean shot. However, if you took the same image and had a dentist in a blood-stained smock, in a psuedo-horror sequence, it would have worked. The distortion and unlevel ceiling spoil it for me.

it wont hurt trust me

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Thanks Bryan - it looks much better this way. I'll try both Perspective and Skew tool when I get home today.

@IrishK: I didn't get the "blood-stained smock" thing. Do you think this angle is more appropriate for horror shot or is it something else?

green_tooth wrote in post #13171149
@IrishK: I didn't get the "blood-stained smock" thing. Do you think this angle is more appropriate for horror shot or is it something else?

Yes, that's what I meant. The distortion has that house-of-mirrors effect that goes with a good horror shot. It's like an expression of insanity.

Once corrected I like it. Good lighting, nice feel overall a nice environmental portrait.