2 portraits for C&C Please

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Beautiful models and nice lighting on the models but they seem soft. Also, the strong light on the right of the model in the first one really pulls my eyes toward it and away from the model. Might have been better to underexpose the background a bit to make the models stand out more.

nice but seems a bit soft

gregr2 wrote in post #11264602
Beautiful models and nice lighting on the models but they seem soft. Also, the strong light on the right of the model in the first one really pulls my eyes toward it and away from the model. Might have been better to underexpose the background a bit to make the models stand out more.

Thanks for your CC gregr2


About the softness, the originals look sharp so must the the site
About the light you mention, Thanks i did no see that and lesson learned
Appreciate!

flyfish23 thank you

The 1st one is excellent, but there is something off about the 2nd. Maybe her face is too soft, or the focus is off... or maybe I just don't care for the pose/makeup.

Nice but I prefer when the models are looking towards the camera for portrait stuff

The model in the first shot is gorgeous.
Has a bit of a blue tint on my monitor, could use a levels adjustment.
Clone over the bright spots in the sky, the eye want to go to the brightest spot in the photo so that is distracting.

Second one does not look like she was ready, like you caught her adjusting her shirt.

Thanks for all your CC, I will keep them in mind next time i shoot !
JIm.

Lots of newbie image makers look at their images and while they kinda like them (after all they shot them!) they realize that something is missing, so they ask for critique but they seldom actually get anything that really helps them. The problem is grandmother! She always said; "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." So the image maker asks for comments and comments he gets, like "great shot", "excellent images", "wow, I wish I could shoot like that", "beautiful" and so forth. So what do comments like these do for the maker? They puff him up and make him think that the images really are beautiful, great, etc., because others have said so, so he must have arrived at near perfection. Hardly....

Constructive critique of image# 1.

The white balance is wonderful as is the focus. When we look at an image our eyes are attracted first to the brightest area or object in the image, which in this image is the upper right hand corner. The pose is very static with her body straight up and down and her chest, face and eyes all pointing in nearly the same direction. Staticness equals boringness in a photograph. The post processing of this image has left it VERY mushy, especially her hair, it looks like it was painted with a brush.

Benji

Benji wrote in post #11271107
Lots of newbie image makers look at their images and while they kinda like them (after all they shot them!) they realize that something is missing, so they ask for critique but they seldom actually get anything that really helps them. The problem is grandmother! She always said; "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." So the image maker asks for comments and comments he gets, like "great shot", "excellent images", "wow, I wish I could shoot like that", "beautiful" and so forth. So what do comments like these do for the maker? They puff him up and make him think that the images really are beautiful, great, etc., because others have said so, so he must have arrived at near perfection. Hardly....

Constructive critique of image# 1.

The white balance is wonderful as is the focus. When we look at an image our eyes are attracted first to the brightest area or object in the image, which in this image is the upper right hand corner. The pose is very static with her body straight up and down and her chest, face and eyes all pointing in nearly the same direction. Staticness equals boringness in a photograph. The post processing of this image has left it VERY mushy, especially her hair, it looks like it was painted with a brush.

Benji

Benji, thank you so much for your critique (i can learn from)

Jim.

I like the first one and contrary to other comments love the oof bokeh. The skin smoothing looks a wee bit overdone and is very obvious on the neck. Whlist I can accept this, there seems to be a slight difference in sharpness of the eyes, with the foremost one looking a little unsharp.
The second one looks like she is totally peed off and is going to get her coat.

corkneyfonz wrote in post #11272082
I like the first one and contrary to other comments love the oof bokeh. The skin smoothing looks a wee bit overdone and is very obvious on the neck. Whlist I can accept this, there seems to be a slight difference in sharpness of the eyes, with the foremost one looking a little unsharp.
The second one looks like she is totally peed off and is going to get her coat.

Thanks corkneyfontz !
some times i wish the model would smile like they do in the pictures between sets where the funny stuff happens