I went to the Goodwill to look for a cowboy hat, and didn't find one that fit right, but I saw this beauty of a hat on sale for 4 bucks. So I took it to the counter and told the lady that sometimes you just need a good hat to make you feel pretty, you know? She looked at me awkwardly and gave me my change, LOL.
This is my sister and I used her in the green challenge. It looks so much like my mom its scary.
I used my sb-600 from top left and my homemade aluminum foil relector on the other side. used my commander function and shot for like 60 shots. Converted from raw, and to put in black and white using a hue/saturation, selective color, and another hue/saturation desaturated. Then I used a gradient map and a couple curves. Then used shadow/highlights and guassian blur faded to make softer. Resized, USM save for the web. Looked at it a bunch more and noticed the shadows highlight cause some fuzz around the brim of the hat so I went back and did a lighter shadow highlight and added a curve and somre more gaussian blur which I faded. Very slight NI and faded back to around 25%.
Trust me this shot looks so much better with some of the hat cropped away.
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This is a solid 9.5 in my book but I'm very stingy with 10s. The only thing I can add as constructive critisism is the hat band is a little bright and the left side and the bright/shadow on her kneck is a little distracting. Also the tiny bit of bright light on her shoulder. I know that is nitpicking...
I love where you cropped; composition, lighting, texture and tone are all wonderful.
The lighting and shadows on her face are good. I think what hurts it is her top. It doesn't "go" with the vintage mood. I think it would have been really cool to have her wearing nothing. The way the light and shadow would play on her shoulder, could have enhanced the overall effect.
Back to comment. Great hat and great idea. Love the shadows on her face. IMO it could be sharper and might be more "flirty" if the camera was located so the model had to look slightly upward (just with her eye). Very nice shot. Bumping you to up to 8.
So funny! I immediately thought "classic" and then looked down at the title! Beautiful, I love the classic look.
As for posing I think if you had perhaps had her chin up a bit (or tilted, etc) and back straighter it would have enlongated her neck it would have made her look even more elegant.
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