My portrait shots went up a notch today

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Moab Man

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You will find the better you get the more there is to learn... like most things in life. Such a bitter irony, by the time we figure out what the freak we're doing we're just too old to do it. LOL
 
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RON_RIP

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Putting it up on my big monitor confirms your analysis. I only ever use single focus, a throwback to my film days. I am liking the first photo better. It highlights her complexion better than the second one.


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Blacktop

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Lawrence said:
I have just noticed that my focus is not spot-on. I think it is me and not the lens.
If I remember correctly I was using 9 focus points instead of 1 and I think this may have caused the problem.
A closer look reveals that the hat brim is in focus while the eyes are slightly soft.
I don't think it is a front-focusing issue but I do need to determine what caused it.
In the meanwhile here is one photo processed two different ways. I like both.

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I used to spend hours on a shot . I would look at it, stare at it. Make hundreds of minor adjustments until my eyeballs would pop out of it's socket. I could take a shot that I really liked and stare at it long enough to hate it by the time I got done with it.
The longer I process a shot the less I tend to like it.. What I'm trying to say, is that I only use single focus. The center one.:)
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
I like the first one. I guess I am to old school I am just not a fan of the high key shots. But that is just me and no indication of the quality of the shot.


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Lawrence

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My Neighbour agreed to sit for me for a range of portraits - different looks.

This is the first one.

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Moab Man

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Where's the pretty girl?

Only suggestion would be to bring the light around the front just a smidge more so that the nose shadow isn't as long going across and under his eye. Sharp looking model.
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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Am I the only one seeing a distinct green color-cast? I took the liberty of doing a Levels Adjustment and here's what I wound up with...

The original is on the left, my Q&D color-corrected version on the right:
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Lawrence

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Horoscope Fish said:
Am I the only one seeing a distinct green color-cast? I took the liberty of doing a Levels Adjustment and here's what I wound up with...

The original is on the left, my Q&D color-corrected version on the right:
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yes it does have a distinct green colour cast - on purpose as I used a gradient map and this is the effect I wanted.
keep your eye out for the PINK one.
I have about 50 to process of him in a variety of kit. :)
 
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Blacktop

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Horoscope Fish said:
Am I the only one seeing a distinct green color-cast? I took the liberty of doing a Levels Adjustment and here's what I wound up with...

The original is on the left, my Q&D color-corrected version on the right:
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I saw it as well, but I thought it was just a green background. I was going to ask why @Lawrence chose a green background, but I figured it's a matter of taste and did not comment on it. Now that I look more closely I can see that it is a WB issue and not an artistic statement.
 
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Lawrence

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Blacktop said:
I saw it as well, but I thought it was just a green background. I was going to ask why @Lawrence chose a green background, but I figured it's a matter of taste and did not comment on it. Now that I look more closely I can see that it is a WB issue and not an artistic statement.
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Wrong! :)
I was fooling around with selections and then filled thebackground and finally used a gradient map - all just for the hell of it.

Coincidentally he left me a message on FB last night that a friend had seen the photo, shown it to his art director and as aresult he landed a small part in a local video shoot! So i guess that either makes me an agent or a talent spotter.

I wonder what the pay is like ...
 
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RON_RIP

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Lawrence said:
Wrong! :)
I was fooling around with selections and then filled thebackground and finally used a gradient map - all just for the hell of it.

Coincidentally he left me a message on FB last night that a friend had seen the photo, shown it to his art director and as aresult he landed a small part in a local video shoot! So i guess that either makes me an agent or a talent spotter.

I wonder what the pay is like ...
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Well he at least owes you a cold one or two, or three
 
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