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Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM

05/30/2004 08:44:35 AM · #1

Please Comment on my BW Portraits

My nephew's

Nephew 1

nephew-2

Nephew-3

Nephew-4

Photograph of a person working at my home

Person

Message edited by author 2004-05-30 08:50:18.

orussell

Canon EOS Rebel T6s

05/30/2004 08:54:25 AM · #2

Originally posted by General:

Please Comment on my BW Portraits

Fixed your links but you beat me to it.

Message edited by author 2004-05-30 08:56:18.

TooCool

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

05/30/2004 09:17:14 AM · #3

Of the nephew pics I like the first one the best, but they are all a little flat (low contrast). How did you convert them to B/W?

The other person I liked a lot!

PS: The proper english word would be Niece not Nephew (niece is female...)

Message edited by author 2004-05-30 09:18:28.

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

05/30/2004 09:32:24 AM · #4

Cute little girl...I agree with TooCool that they are all a bit flat. Of the four shots of the child, I like the third one because of the humorous expression on her face. I really like the one of the person working in your home the best of all.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

05/30/2004 10:02:51 AM · #5

Thanks for reply, well to start with the , subject is not a gal but a boy, you ould be wondering why has this chap have long hair and tied his hair in a bun, Well i am Sikh, from India and we donot cut our hair .
To know a bit abt what sikh religon is , u can try.Web site on Sikh's

I converted from color into BW using channel mixer, this was my first attempt.I guess my result are bit flat, i have to experiment bit with mixing RGB in right percentages.

Photograph of Person working in my house has be retouched for giving her skin soft look
BTW thanks for comments.
Would love if some one can tell me how not to make Images flat next time

dsidwell

Canon EOS-5D

05/30/2004 10:15:09 AM · #6

I do like the third one best. His expression is natural and fun. As you fiddle with the channel mixer, you'll get it down. With human skin, I almost always use the green channel to make the shift. It looks like you might have used the red channel to do this. In other words, you might try starting with the Green channel on 100% and the red and blue at 0%. Then adjust accordingly. This may help with some of the flatness. Good luck!

Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS

05/30/2004 10:27:36 AM · #7

u are right about red channel, i am bot very comfortable with PS, just started getting around

willem

Sony Alpha a6700

05/30/2004 12:03:53 PM · #8

They don't look totally sharp to me. I would expect the eyes to be sharp and it looks like the focus is too far behind the boy. On the 3rd one you can see the wooden frame in the background is sharp but the arm/shirt/face is not.

Be careful not to go closer than your shortest focus distance. Or focus on the eyes first. Or use a smaller aperture to get a larger DOF.

05/30/2004 12:35:23 PM · #9

I dont MF in my camera it has only af.

I just did conversion once again
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Message edited by author 2004-05-30 12:35:47.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

05/31/2004 04:40:30 AM · #10

anyone

KarenB

Canon EOS-70D

05/31/2004 05:23:00 AM · #11

Hi General. Nice to "see" you on. How is work and school? :)

I liked the first one too, and the re-do with more contrast is okay, but perhaps overdone?

I really like the portrait you entitled "person".

Sonifo

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

05/31/2004 05:56:29 AM · #12

Originally posted by General:

I dont MF in my camera it has only af.

I just did conversion once again
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I really like what you did to the first one. Good work. Keep working at it.