I prefer the original 'crop'. It somehow seems to reflect/support the feeling you get from her expression. An emptyness or loneliness or reflection on something intense?
Gerrit -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2013 9:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO, while setting up the lights On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 04:08:48PM -0400, Kenneth Waller wrote: > > It is so obviously a portrait, I don't understand why it was shot in landscape mode. The blank space on the RHSide is distracting. Actually it was shot to check the exposure, primarily of the background. I cropped it that way because I happen to like portraits with a lot of negative space, and to cut out the backdrop stands and other detritus that was in the original shot. But, I was willing to try a more conventional crop, do you like this one better? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9430436915/in/set-72157634890993590/ > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est. > >Subject: PESO, while setting up the lights > > > >One of my favorite photos from the shoot a few nights ago came while > >I was just setting up the lights and setting the exposure. Sophia > >was just sitting on her stool, biding her time while I futzed with > >the camera and took test shots to set the exposure. > >The backdrop was white seamless paper, with red gelled strobes > >flashing at the back of it. There was a key light camera right, and a > >fill camera left. > > > >There is something about this shot that I really like even though > >there was no thought as to posing or anything beyond "is the lighting > >correct" when I took it. > > > >It took a fair bit of processing to bring the color out of the > >background in lightroom. If I brought the exposure up properly for > >Sophia, then the red totally washed out. > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9427045630/in/set-7215763489099 > >3590 > > > >Comments, as always are welcome. Particularly for things I could do > >to improve the processing. > > > >ISO 80, f/8, 1/80 second > > > >Exposure +1.65, highlights -51, shadows +40, blacks -11 adjustment > >brush exposure -2.49 saturation 60 with fading in around her and at > >the edges. > > > >-- > >Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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. -- 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.
