I took this picture in my garage, using three steady ligths (no flash). One for the background, one on the side (hairlight) and a soft keylight. Then i also used a silver reflector infront of the model, aimed up at her face.
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I think this is an excellent composition. The pose and subject choices blend nicely to create a nice sense of warmth and beauty within this image. The only issue that I can't seem to understand myself is the choice for the depth of field. The focus falls off on the right side of your model's face, and I can't really understand the purpose of not having both eyes in focus. Since both of her eyes are playing an equal role in the composition, I don't think it's a good idea to try to shift attention to one or the other. There is not a lot of natural front to rear depth in this photo, so having only a portion of it within depth of field seems a bit strange to me. There is also a significant color shift of skin tones on her face. As I read your notes, I can assume that this was caused by the silver reflector. The light on the left seems cooler than that on the right, which would make sense. You introduced a different color of light into the scene with that reflector. Light bouncing off another surface will take on the color of that surface, in this case it was the silver (cooler colored light).
All in all, this is an excellent presentation... nice work :)
Looks like a perfume ad. I like how you've lit the background and model. The flower is a perfect addition. It looks just a tad out of focus in the further areas of the face; could use a greater DOF. 9+
..."natural"?...an elegant image indeed, but I am a little hard pressed to see "natural" in this image...the lovely "posed" , or at least camera aware model is wearing quite a bit of makeup, the calla lily...not sure if it's real...and this appears to be an image made in a studio type of setting? I could be dreadfully wrong...and I do apologise ahead of time if I am...but for me, and I have been ripped for "title" comments before... the title, border, and image are a package deal...if they don't matter as some say...why add them.
round smooth shot hurt by lack of crisp edges at the features. 90 percent of this shot is perfect, but you either missed the focus, used too soft a lens or mess up the post procssing. if not for that it would ribbon
Margar góðar íslenskar hér, verður spennandi að sjá hvernig þetta endar. Glæsileg mynd! Ramminn truflar mig örlítið, væri áhugavert að sjá sömu myndina cropaða í hlutföllunum 1x1. Engu að síður eina af mínum uppáhalds í keppninni.
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