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Pierrot
Originally uploaded by Candice (Bessie Smith).
I've added many new photos to my Flickr page, so browse on by, check them out, and tell me what you think.
bessie_smithPierrot
Originally uploaded by Candice (Bessie Smith).
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I started to comment on them all in one, but I'll split them up.
Date: 2006-10-17 06:44 am (UTC)Nice, my favorite of the lot. It's a touch underexposed on the face. My iniital suggestion would have been to expose it half a stop or a stop more open, but the collar and arms (? legs?) wouldn't look as good. I'd say take some white paper below the figure to bounce/fill some light on the face.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/270581088/in/set-72157594308719700/
Maybe try photoshopping out the reflection, or just photoshopping everything but the figureine black. This might work well as Black and White.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/270581085/in/set-72157594308719700/
Is it a little out of focus on the face? What f-stop did you shoot at? You might want to try stopping down a bit more for greater depth of field.
Re: I started to comment on them all in one, but I'll split them up.
Date: 2006-10-17 07:43 am (UTC)It's very out of focus on the face. I kept it cuz I liked how it made the figure look spookier. The first image you commented on was shot after this one. It was tough getting the gold to look right.
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Date: 2006-10-17 06:45 am (UTC)http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/268315789/in/set-72157594308719700/
The photo's sharp, the subject is blurry :)
The picture looks a little "flat", maybe bumping ut the contrast just a notch. What lighting did you use? If it's a candid, then there's not much you can do about lighting.
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Date: 2006-10-17 07:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-17 06:45 am (UTC)http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/268315786/in/set-72157594308719700/
Nice color and lighing. I'd frame it so that the tatter is at either 4:30 or 7:30 rather than 6:00. It took a bit of work to download the image from flickr, but the original and some alternative croppings are at:
http://www.red4est.com/temp/pocketcrop/
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Date: 2006-10-17 07:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-17 06:46 am (UTC)It looks like you shot it from fairly close with the lens at a pretty wide angle doing some interesting things to the geometry of his face. I'd try moving back and shooting with a longer lens. Tradtionally, portraiture is done with about a 135mm lens with 35mm film.
The color and lighting on his fase is pretty good. I don't like the lamp in the background, growing out of his head. I'd crop the right sid just past his collar, so you don't have the static feel of him right in the center, either that, or crop it at about his "right cuff seam". That'd probably work better with the lamp in the picture.
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Date: 2006-10-17 06:46 am (UTC)Also try shooting with a light (out of the frame) from the back to highlight the edges of his hair, and set him aside from the background.
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Date: 2006-10-17 06:47 am (UTC)http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/263354103/in/set-72157594308719700/
Way over exposed, the back petals are totally washed out. The stuff in the center looks blurry on my screen. Try it with some light directly on the stamens, or whatever they're supposed to be, then stop it down a bunch to get the exposure right and more depth of field.
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Date: 2006-10-17 06:47 am (UTC)Dinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.... :)
Nice portrait. The assymetry of the background makes it not feel as static, even though is chin is dead center. Nice range of light and dark, the color balance on his face is just about right, though his arm looks a bit green. Might want to try this one in black and white too. Or perhaps everything but his head and neck in black and white.
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Date: 2006-10-17 07:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-17 06:48 am (UTC)Self portraits are damned tough.
You need a bounce flash. Nasty highlights on your forehead, nose, lip and chin. Really nasty shadow on the wall. The shadow on the wall could be alleviated by hitting the wall with a light. I'd crop a bit more off the top and right side, putting you closer to 1:30.
Other than the glare spots, the exposure and color balance are good. It also looks like it would work better with a longer lens from further back. As I said, self portraits are tough.
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Date: 2006-10-17 07:47 am (UTC)Which is why I only do them to show what I've done to my hair.
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Date: 2006-10-17 06:48 am (UTC)looks a little blurry, some nasty highlights from the flash. I'd crop him just a fuzzy more towards the upper left corner, but pretty good composition, good expression on him, it works well for the shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/226538079/in/set-72157594308719700/
Interesting effect. The camera converted everything but pretty much pure red to B&W?
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Date: 2006-10-17 07:29 am (UTC)Yeah, pretty much.
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Date: 2006-10-17 06:48 am (UTC)Nice shot for challenging lighting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/181288638/in/set-72157594308719700/
Apart from the blurryness, I like it better. The color almost looks like a hand painted black and white photo. I'd crop it to "landscape" just above his head and halfway down the visible part of his neck
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Date: 2006-10-17 07:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-17 06:49 am (UTC)http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/181288637/in/set-72157594308719700/
Apart from the color balance, that's a great shot of you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/181288636/in/set-72157594308719700/
Not as good as the previous.