On Mar 25, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-03-25 7:47 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: >> On Wednesday I had an opportunity to attend a studio portrait shootout that >> was a part of some photo classes - basically a bunch of students going >> trigger-happy. As I was just substituting for some fun I shot JPEGs and >> frankly was surprised to see how much I could really play with them - >> something I thought impossible without RAW. Anyway, just a few random >> pictures - would appreciate some critical comments both general and >> framing/postprocessing. Thanks. >> >> A couple were shot with an IR-modified K10D and the others with the K-5. >> >> http://foto.ri-ki.lv/categories.php?cat_id=5 >> >> kris > > Some nice work here, Kris. You must have had some fun! > > I like the close framing, and the standout shot for me is #6. The girl's > happy, mischievous expression makes this shot really engage.
It's my favorite too. > > I have problems with the lighting in a couple where the lighting ratio seems > to be reversed; the part of the subject's face in focus and facing us is > quite dark. And of the two IR processed shots, the first is interesting, but > the second one kind of creeps me out. The effect is cool, but strikes me as > inappropriate for the subject, so the shot doesn't work. You'd need the > subject to look more goth or something. As it is she looks like a smiling > corpse. I think that there is definite potential in using IR for interesting portraits. One friend really liked what my IR camera did, because in IR, all of the blemishes go away. I just realized that with working live view, I could just remove the IR filter from the sensor, leave the camera to work with both, and when I want IR only, if I put an IR filter over the lens, I'd still be able to see to frame and focus. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
