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[waveneyman]

Here's one of my daughter who actually likes this photograph herself...an unusual event for a 15 year old.

http://homepage.mac.com/flintwall/.Pictures/5D%20Portraits/PICT6776-Edit_1024x768.jpg

Comments very welcome as I'm a beginner at portraits.

cheers
mark

[Antonio Correia]

Mark
For me this is an excellent picture.
I think that a canvas might be interesting ... White one, thin.
Regards. :thumb

[waveneyman]

Mark
For me this is an excellent picture.
I think that a canvas might be interesting ... White one, thin.
Regards. :thumb


Thanks Antonio and my daughter liking it is a real bonus. I plan on buying the HP B9180 when it is available here in the uk, but it seems to be taking an age :(. It will hopefully be my b&w solution for art papers.

mark

[DF79]

Yeah this capture is beautiful. Canvas is a great idea. The noise really works with this image.

[Antonio Correia]

How about this ?
Crop, rule of the 3drs and canvas ...

[saurora]

Neat portrait and nice that your daughter likes it! They (our children) are so hard on themselves! Good use of noise...seems to add to the mood of the shot. I like the crop, nice job. :thumb

[gefillmore]

can you tell us equipment used and your bw conversion technique?--did you add some grain?-

please check out the epson r2400- great printer and really nice bw's-

george

[waveneyman]

...Antonio, DF79, saurora, George...

Yeh, nice presentation and crop, Antonio; I actually tried a much closer one like you, but kept getting distracted by the ear(top left) and opted to give a bit more space. Also I don't like the highlight on her forehead too near/on the edge of the frame. If I used that crop, I would have to work some more on that area - still worth a try, I agree.

I've given up on Epson printers. Three bought and 3 broken & irrepairable only a couple of months outside the warrenty. My HP photosmart 4 years and still good. Just my unlucky experience I guess.

Other Info
Shot with KonicaMinolta 5D and 50mm f1.7
Aperture Priority. 1/125th. f2.8. iso 400. AS on

thanks again for the encouragement
mark

[gefillmore]

sorry for your troubles with the epsons--I hope that doesn't portend what I have in store-

can you describe any pp you might have done on your photo?-

[waveneyman]

sorry for your troubles with the epsons--I hope that doesn't portend what I have in store-

can you describe any pp you might have done on your photo?-

Beg your pardon george, I meant to add this last post.
Raw imported into Lightroom, exported as tiff to Photoshop CS. Levels adjustment and shadow midpoint shifted to increase overall density; unsharp mask and then added 15% noise(monochrome). Saved back to Lightroom and given exposure adjustment to prevent highlight clipping. Cropped and saved to jpeg.

Nah... it's just me and Epsons ;-)

mark

[gefillmore]

mark-

thanks much-

best
george