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Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

07/10/2004 07:57:37 AM · #1

Hello.
I've been experimenting with self portraits and I kinda wanted to know what you thought of them.
Self Portraits
I know that in the color ones there's an orange hue on my forehead. Other than that, what do you think? There's only two pics, one of them in different versions.

June

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

07/10/2004 08:11:17 AM · #2

I like the last one the best. You got the catch light in your eye and the duotone/soft focus work really well.

Of the remaining images the filtered image is the best. The skin tone has been smoothed out nicely.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

07/10/2004 08:20:50 AM · #3

You know, the last one is my favorite as well. The one thing I don't like is the grain. I could try and run it through NeatImage, but the focus is already soft, more softening and it just wound't look right.
I like the facial expression on the other ones but some of the veil is blown out and I had to do alot of post processing on the background cause the side to left was significantly darker than the other side. Which brings me to my next point, how can i avoid this? I was using window light.

June

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

07/10/2004 08:30:34 AM · #4

A diffuser may help to soften the light from the window and then use a reflector on the other side to bounce the light back. This would possibly bring the dynamic range more in line with what the camera can capture.

jmlelii

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

07/10/2004 08:35:46 AM · #5

If you are going to use a white Veil, then you definitely want the background to contrast it. The white background makes it extremely hard to see, and is quite possibly why you are having the troubles with light. Try using a darker background next time.

Also, the grain was a very sore sight on the eyes. What were you doing that your Rebel was shooting with so much grain?

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

07/10/2004 09:06:12 AM · #6

Actually, the last pic wasn't taken with the Rebel, it was taking with the Dimage7i.

Originally posted by jmlelii:

jmlelii

Nikon D850

07/10/2004 10:41:45 AM · #7

Originally posted by chiqui74:

Actually, the last pic wasn't taken with the Rebel, it was taking with the Dimage7i.

Originally posted by jmlelii:
If you are going to use a white Veil, then you definitely want the background to contrast it. The white background makes it extremely hard to see, and is quite possibly why you are having the troubles with light. Try using a darker background next time.

Also, the grain was a very sore sight on the eyes. What were you doing that your Rebel was shooting with so much grain?

Well regardless of camera, why shooting such a high ISO?

07/10/2004 03:29:21 PM · #8

Originally posted by jmlelii:

Originally posted by chiqui74:
Actually, the last pic wasn't taken with the Rebel, it was taking with the Dimage7i.

Originally posted by jmlelii:
If you are going to use a white Veil, then you definitely want the background to contrast it. The white background makes it extremely hard to see, and is quite possibly why you are having the troubles with light. Try using a darker background next time.

Also, the grain was a very sore sight on the eyes. What were you doing that your Rebel was shooting with so much grain?

Well regardless of camera, why shooting such a high ISO?

It was only ISO 200. I think the noise is a product of the levels being fixed as the pic was a bit dark out of the camera. BTW, the veil blending with the background was actually the effect I was going for.

June