I Love NY
by stupidcat

Comment by stupidcat:

Originally posted by paulbtlw: Nicely lit and good colours, the hair is particularly striking but I do agree that the focus is a little off - I tend to use around f/9 in the studio but you can get some really nice work with shallow DOFs but you have to nail the focus on a really important element of the face for it to work. Looking at your settings, a brighter light setting with smaller aperture whilst maintaining your 1/160 shutter speed would probably have helped. I also think you could have cropped the bottom up to the hand/wrist articulation.

Thanks for the suggestion! I will try this in the next batch of photos I shoot for this side challenge.

I Love NY
by stupidcat

Comment by stupidcat:

Originally posted by smardaz: the lighting looks great steve, recently i got to borrow some flashes and backdrops from a friend and it was great to work with....one of thes days.......if i could offer any criticism it would be the focus on her face seems a bit soft. SandyP told me once that on her ports she goes no wider than 7.1 on the fstop for good sharpness on the subject.

thanks for the advice - I am going to give it a try!

I Love NY
by stupidcat

Comment by stupidcat:

Originally posted by ErikV: Nice lighting (BTW, which ones did you get?), great expression. I agree, a bit soft -- but if you could do some selective sharpening on the eyes that might take care of much of it. But what is an Ohio person doing promoting NY? Go Buckeyes and Bearcats!!!!

I bought some cheap Cowboy Studio monolights. I was quite surprised as to what I have been able to do with them. I appreciate all the comments very much here about the sharpness. This is something I have struggled with for some time. I will go ahead and adjust the f/stop as recommended here...

thanks very much!

I Love NY
by stupidcat

Comment by ErikV:
Nice lighting (BTW, which ones did you get?), great expression. I agree, a bit soft -- but if you could do some selective sharpening on the eyes that might take care of much of it.

But what is an Ohio person doing promoting NY? Go Buckeyes and Bearcats!!!!

I Love NY
by stupidcat

Comment by Paul:
Nicely lit and good colours, the hair is particularly striking but I do agree that the focus is a little off - I tend to use around f/9 in the studio but you can get some really nice work with shallow DOFs but you have to nail the focus on a really important element of the face for it to work. Looking at your settings, a brighter light setting with smaller aperture whilst maintaining your 1/160 shutter speed would probably have helped. I also think you could have cropped the bottom up to the hand/wrist articulation.

I Love NY
by stupidcat

Comment by photokariangel:
glad to see you back! :-) really great expression, and your use of lighting has really progressed! good luck!

I Love NY
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Comment by smardaz:
the lighting looks great steve, recently i got to borrow some flashes and backdrops from a friend and it was great to work with....one of thes days.......if i could offer any criticism it would be the focus on her face seems a bit soft. SandyP told me once that on her ports she goes no wider than 7.1 on the fstop for good sharpness on the subject.

I Love NY
by stupidcat

Comment by dassilem:
nice shot.....great expression

I Love NY
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Comment by Yo_Spiff:
This is just a fun shot. Nice work.

Heart
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Comment by runyak:
how about a darker colored heart, or two-toned one