Christina, I think Frank is right. The first portrait is better because she is more relaxed. The others, with her bundled up, holding the top of her jacket closed are stylish, but she ends up communicating a much more severe countenance...Like my grandma is mad at me. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:09 AM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Christine Aguila > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone: > > > > Here are 4 informal photos of a dear friend of mine, Belinda. K10D, > > DA*50-135, all at 135mm, tripod mounted. We had a bit of dress-up play. > > > > Belinda 1: 1/20 @ 5.6, ISO 100 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981777 > > > > Belinda 2: 1/8 @ 4.0, ISO 200 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981804 > > > > Belinda 3: Heavy crop of above > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981841&size=lg > > > > Belinda 4: 1/25 @ 4.0, ISO 280 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6981865&size=lg > > I really like the first one - the lighting helps make this a lovely portrait. > > In the other ones, however, she doesn't seem relaxed to me. I just > don't get the feeling that she's comfortable in front of the lens. By > the overwhelmingly positive comments, it seems that perhaps I'm the > only one that feels this way. > > I do like #1 a lot, though... > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
