Paul, is it the two catch lights being of equal(ish) intensity that bothers you? I'm thinking to reduce the brightness of the larger (umbrella) of the two. Ie rather than cloning them right out. I rather like multiple catch lights like this--adds lots of sparkle and life to the eyes.
Thanks for your comments, Paul. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice light and a fun pose. I like the small catch light in the center of > each eye, but the large light reflection near the side of each eyeball is a > bit of a distraction. You could clone those out. > Paul > On Jan 13, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Meet Marzenia, aka Marzi, an out of work graphic designer and my >> wife's new gardening assistant. For the last few months she has >> completely rejected the notion of sitting for a portrait despite a >> number of queries. I thought she had a unique, interesting look and >> told her so, but she insisted that she always looked terrible in >> photos and she hated getting her picture taken. >> >> But I kept after her. Finally, after we explained that I just needed >> somebody to help me practice some lighting ideas and I promised that >> all she'd need to do was "sit there", she agreed to a shoot last >> Thursday. >> >> And here's the standout shot from that session: http://goo.gl/hrPwz >> >> K20D, DA* 55/1.4, f/11, 125th, ISO 200. >> AF160 macro ring flash, AF540 in an umbrella camera-right. >> >> Post-processing was Lightroom 3.6 for some basic tweaks, and Photoshop >> CS5 for some minor retouching. I ran Portraiture on almost the lowest >> settings for skin cleanup. The ring flash did a remarkable job of >> hiding complexion problems. Used like this it's a tremendous glamour >> light, as I was hoping it would be. >> >> I also got the chance to use my poor-man's tethering setup: a disused >> PowerBook running an Automator script I cooked up displayed the shots >> real-time as they came off the Eye-Fi card in the K20D. It was >> terrific seeing the actual lighting changes as I reconfigured the >> setup. >> >> So now, amazingly, Marzi is enquiring when the next shoot will be and >> hoping it's soon. :) >> >> >> Comments are gratefully received. -- -bmw -- 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.
