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12/15/2005 01:36:39 PM · #1 |
I'd like some honest critique on the following two:
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1) does the use of Neat Image (as in this example) improve or degrade the photo?
2) Was f/2.8 too shallow for this one - should I have used f/4.5 or maybe further stopped it down?
thanks for all your feedback and comments!
-Serge
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12/15/2005 01:46:15 PM · #2 |
Looks good to me. Her skin still looks like skin, not plastic. Nothing wrong with a bit of an improvement, but you did it to a good level.
As to the DOF: everything important is in focus, I'm not left wondering what _____ really looks like. Perhaps not EVERY photo should have such shallow DOF. For example if you presented portraits as a set, I would include some with a deeper DOF, but for ONE pic it looks fine to me.
There are a couple of issues that I would worry about more...... the shadows from the flash could possibly do with some diffusion, and all the colors are rather muted, perhaps a more colorful background would look nice.
Overall: nice, clear portrait, just lacking a bit of zap. |
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12/15/2005 02:00:13 PM · #3 |
Nice, judicious use of NI; no problem at all there in my eyes, a distinct improvement. The DOF is a matter of what you're after, look-wise. I like it fine as it is, but it's a personal judgment. As beetle pointed out, the lighting needs work. Were you using the built-in flash or a hot-shoe flash? If the latter, then simply bouncing it straight up would make significant improvement in the image. The following image was done like that:
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12/15/2005 02:19:15 PM · #4 |
To me, there seems to be more warmth to the second one, which I find pleasing.
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12/15/2005 02:41:14 PM · #5 |
Thanks for your input. It was a hot-shoe flash with that diffuser plastic cover over it. I'll try again with a softbox and lesser intesity fill-flash or bounce it off ceiling.
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12/15/2005 02:42:18 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by AJAger:
To me, there seems to be more warmth to the second one, which I find pleasing. |
Neat Image usually dulls the image, so I added some saturation before running it through NI, possibly overcompensated for it (to good cause in the end).
-Serge |
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