Bryn - C&C Appreciated!

So I finally decided to step away from using my 430exII that I got last December for portraits and splurged on an AB800. Please let me know what you think so I can learn and improve! Still trying to figure out how to post images for web without loosing detail like I did in the color picture.

Before anyone mentions it, I wish I had her hand in the frame in the B&W.

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One more for fun.

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AB is so much better aint it? and pretty much costs the same

korrektor wrote in post #10091277
AB is so much better aint it? and pretty much costs the same

Aside from charging time and ease of use, that modeling light helped tremendously! So much better! Now I just need the cash to buy a few more.

do it!
buy some mods!

Nice work! I agree with you on the hand in the B+W. However, that's a pretty minor.

georgebowman wrote in post #10094828
Nice work! I agree with you on the hand in the B+W. However, that's a pretty minor.

Thanks George!

No other critiques? How can I learn if I don't screw anything up? Be brutal people! Frankly, I about busted out my note pad when I saw Korrektor replied. But all I ended up with is "buy more junk..."

i like second and last. i'd crop right side and bottom a bit in second shot
lovely model

Very nice. She's a pretty version of Sarah Jessica Parker.

I got me a couple of ab800's as well.....great lights! Get you some modifiers such as a softbox and such and you will never run out of creative opportunities! BTW I like the B/W the best!

It's tough to be too critical when the images are so good. However, if you insist, I would not have #2 quite so centered. Otherwise, it's a terrific series. Hang in there and keep shooting.

roman_t wrote in post #10105988
i like second and last. i'd crop right side and bottom a bit in second shot
lovely model

If I don't get torn apart by you or Mikhaylov I figure I'm doing something right! Thanks for the input!

HeleneD wrote in post #10106568
Very nice. She's a pretty version of Sarah Jessica Parker.

So I googled Sarah Jessica Parker because I forgot what she looked like and about fell out of my chair laughing because one of the first options is brought up was "Sarah Jessica Parker looks like a horse". Oh dear....

Point-n-shoot-n wrote in post #10109019
I got me a couple of ab800's as well.....great lights! Get you some modifiers such as a softbox and such and you will never run out of creative opportunities! BTW I like the B/W the best!

These were shot with a single small shoot through umbrella. I've been itching to get a softbox but money is sort of tight at the moment

georgebowman wrote in post #10118046
It's tough to be too critical when the images are so good. However, if you insist, I would not have #2 quite so centered. Otherwise, it's a terrific series. Hang in there and keep shooting.

Mighty kind of you to say! Thanks! What's funny is that I'm usually all for different crops. The only time I don't do it I get caught!

[QUOTE=kraaazymike;101​36926]If I don't get torn apart by you or Mikhaylov I figure I'm doing something right! Thanks for the input!
get out! i am a white little puffy pussycat comparing to misha!
also my english isnt that good as misha's one so hardest critic i say "i'd delete it"