Hi Bruce,
Those were indeed hard light conditions.
I particularly like the 2nd and the 3rd (the brushes) shots.
I also like the 4th, - with a nice smile on the guy's face, but the
perimeter of the frame is too crowded. I understand that you were shooting
through the "shrubbery", but if if it were my photo, I'd consider trimming
some of it off in post.
#6 is also interesting, with a nice facial expresion, but that white OOF
spot at the bottom is rather distracting. Again, if it were mine, I would
trimm the bottom portion, - either right above that white spot or, maybe,
keeping just a tiny notch of it.
#7 seems to be too soft.
I hope you don't mind these suggesitons.
Igor
On Apr 6, 2015, at 9:32 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Dropped into a little indie restaurant & cafe in Toronto's Junction
Saturday afternoon for some music and an early dinner.
I haven't been shooting live music gigs much lately, but this place
challenged me. On my previous visit I could see that the musicians
played in some pretty difficult light: squeezed into a nook in the
front window with powerful north-facing backlight, a view onto parked
cars, a cluttered sidewalk and an intersection, and very low inside
tungsten light. I tried a smartphone shot and the results were
unusable, as you'd expect.
So here's what I managed this time with this little jazz & blues duo,
Fraser Melvin and Indira Nanavati Cadena. Sitting at the closest table
to them along the wall, I over-exposed by a stop or so in Av mode and
blew out the ugly street view.
K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, ISO 800. Some shots at f:2.8 (closeups), some at
f:5.6 & f:8 (the duo). A touch of adjustments in Lightroom, but
basically sooc for most. One portrait of Indira I retouched more
completely and one I did as b&w.
https://flic.kr/s/aHsk9hgRwM
Sorry, it's a Flickr gallery. This link might make you happier:
http://flickriver.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157651335769077/
Comments welcome!
--
-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.
