my portraits look like paintings

[windoze]

maybe thats what it is, it seems my pics look like "paintings" and i really dont do that much post processing.... yet, i dont think i would want the pic any sharper anyway.... shooting animals are so much easier than people!

troy

http://windoze.smugmug.com/photos/34024277-L.jpg

[LiquidOps]

maybe thats what it is, it seems my pics look like "paintings" and i really dont do that much post processing.... yet, i dont think i would want the pic any sharper anyway.... shooting animals are so much easier than people!

troy


Between you and Yuri, I have no idea how to keep up with all this awesome talent. You have yet to fail to amuse me (that made sense in my head).

Thank you for sharing and inspiring,

Steven

[windoze]

ok, who paid u to say that?? was it Andy?? Hmm i think you're way too kind to be saying this!!! Yuri is a master! Im just a newb, im so slow when i heard Andy got a new 717, I thought it was a plane!! When i first heard about a 20D, i thought it was something women wear underneath!

anyway, thanx for the kind words.....


troy
Between you and Yuri, I have no idea how to keep up with all this awesome talent. You have yet to fail to amuse me (that made sense in my head).

Thank you for sharing and inspiring,

Steven

[John Mueller]

Sweet capture Troy of your lovely daughter.
Dont be so hard on yourself.Yuri would be proud:super

[windoze]

thanx John! your words are appreciated!!


troy
Sweet capture Troy of your lovely daughter.
Dont be so hard on yourself.Yuri would be proud:super

[Yuri Pautov]

OK, Troy - you're 'close on the heels of' me !!! :-)
In fact its interesting to me... this sharpness.
Maybe I'm wrong, but ... all the sharpness is in her hair and the question is... the question of DOF or 'long exposure and 'model'.
1) try to remember (write down) some settings and corresponding DOF. When I first tried to take photos with Canon (low light, as I like) I was amazed by DOF of 1 cm or so. Increasing DOF ecreased exposure and... made photos not that sharp...
2) At the moment of 'shooting' ask your model to stay still. I use counting loud from 1 to 3, pressing knobe at 3.
I like the composition of your portrait, like your model, but...
A little bit sharper... thats what I say... You know, for me sharp eyes and not so sharp eyebrows (what I see hear) ... how to say... makes this photo ... artificial... in some sense ...

Spasibo, dear friend!
Yuri
What was you equipment?

[Thiago Sigrist]

Beautiful pic, Troy!
And yes, you're very right in saying it looks like a painting.

Lauren is very relaxed in front of the camera, and that alone makes for a nice photo!
The only nit I could pick about it is the DOF, or so I assume: it seems focus is not perfect in the eyes, leading to a little softness. Which obviously doesn't make the photo bad in any means, but it may appeal a little less to some people's senses. I'd try shooting your 85mm lens at f/2.8 at least, perhaps even f/4 if you have to get closer (but watch out for shutter speeds below 1/160-ish, you don't want camera shake!).

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago