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KatieR (e2 Member)

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28 Feb 2010 - 2:18 PM

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Lovely lighting! lol! Well done on your win.

The tone of her skin and hair looks great - really fresh and natural.

I know you're only experimenting at the moment, but it looks like the focus is on her left eye and hair - this means that her right eye is a little soft. For me, it would be more pleasing to have both eyes sharp.

KatieR (e2 Member)

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28 Feb 2010 - 5:24 PM

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In trying to get a decent shutter speed I always - and usually wrongly - choose the widest aperture I can... and then forget what a narrow DoF it gives me! In this case it probably just needs a stop or two down and to focus on the front-most eye. Now you've got your flash, you can go for it!

You can't go wrong with a nice 50mm lens, though - it's worth sticking with it while you experiment. Simplifies things.

DannyLenihan

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1 Mar 2010 - 5:54 PM

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Great shot. You don't need both eyes in focus -just the leading one rather than the trailing eye, but either way it's a really well toned shot. Try using the brolly as the key light too - round catchlights are always nicer.

All the best,

Danny