Looking good to me nomad!!!! Great photos everyone!
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Looking good to me nomad!!!! Great photos everyone!
I Like your shot Greg - though it looks like it could benefit from a wee bit more contrast.
Darkness - Cool pose.
Nomad - much better on the hand
I really like your picture nomad. I have a question for you as well. How do you bring out such vibrant eyes? I try to do it but mine seem to turn out dark most of the time.
Thanks everyone for your kind comments!
Darkness: If you're using a PC, here's one way: There is a trick I often use for bringing out the eyes a little more. It's very subtle, but it makes a great difference to a portrait. If you have Photoshop, zoom in to 100% view by pressing the CTRL and + keys together.
Select the Magic Wand tool and set the Tolerance to between 8-12. Now make the selection to the colour parts of both eyes by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking in the Iris area of the eyes until they are both selected. (You do not need to select the pupil.)(You can also use the lasso tool, but I find the Magic Wand to be faster) Next, goto IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > HUE/SATURATION. Goto to the Saturation slider and boost it to +20 or +25, then underneath that is the Lightness slider, boost that to +3 or +4. I wouldn't go over that amount because the eyes will start to look unnatural. After that, click OK and then click CTRL and D together to release the selection and then zoom out CTRL and - , to check the results. Hope it works for you! :-)
KAT: Your shot is awesome! Just wondering, why Manual Focus?
Yes! Finally managed to do one of these assignments! :D My friend had a bday dinner yesterday so I took the camera along in hopes of getting some usable shots.
Okay, considering this was taken in a darkened restaurant after sunset with just the pop-up flash on my canon s5, I'm just happy to get SOMETHING that's halfway decent :)
Birthday girl (lol).
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/...ea91a34b30.jpg
Gem ... Has she just eaten a lemon??? :D
here's mine - sorry they are so late but my camera is in the shop.:yell:
This shot was done with a high grain film (3200).
A lemon..lol.
Nice photo marko. I like the outdoor reflection on the glasses but the white background. Great looking black and white.
Awesome shot Marko! Save the best for last! I love the grain and the detail.
I (quickly) extracted the bkgd from the last shot because of the lack of detail in the sky. (Yes, shame on me for leaving without my polarizer)
here's the original - comments?
thx - Marko
I actually prefer the original. Having a little bit of something in the background gives it some context.
I asked my daughter to pose for me and here are a few of the results. I couldn't pick just one!!! :headslap:
1. The "Mona Lisa" smile
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8Q3edxpMqBs/Sf...0/IMG_0314.JPG
2. I know something you don't know
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8Q3edxpMqBs/Sf...320_edited.jpg
3. Will you please go away!?
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8Q3edxpMqBs/Sf...0/IMG_0317.jpg
Wow what striking eyes and butterfly lips she has.
Shot 2 is the strongest here for me based on eye sharpness, fewer distractions and a good pensive mood.
I know this thread is old, I figured nobody would really mind of I posted, this is kind of my first portraits I really did. I've always been nervous to do portraits. Not sure why but I am. I'm getting a little more comfortable now. This is only one shot of a bunch I did. They were used for an event poster for my friends Kerry (DJ Chrome) and Marc (DJ Supafly) Supafly is a local radio and nicht club DJ here in Vancouver and he's had me come down to a few events and do some shots for him for the clubs he spins at and for the radio.
In front of a brick wall outside the club
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...9038Medium.jpg
The poster the shots were used for.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...arkLangley.jpg