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Challenge: Free Study 2013-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Side of my house.
Date: Feb 2, 2013
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1600
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2013

 This is a natural light self portrait I too in the side yard of my house. The light was very diffuse and I felt it would make a good location for a portrait. I do feel there needs to be a little fill ight in the face. It was a bright but overcast day and the direction of the light was coming from camera right. I processed the shot in LR, using basic raw conversion technique. I did some work on the eye area to increase the brightness and sharpness, but just with a brush in LR.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/12/2013 07:49:36 PM
Hey, Critique Club here :)

First and foremost this is a great traditional portrait, nice lighting, nice blurred b/g and it fills the frame nicely. I am also a fan of the slight vignette. Also, it's nice and sharp.

The only change I would make is what you already noted, a white reflector to bounce some light into the face, especially the eyes, would have done wonders.

On a side note, I feel like your eyes are penetrating my soul.....

Keep Shooting!

J
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 03/04/2013 12:32:56 PM
This looks like some real scary guy,hope you came away intact.
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