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First shot at doing a portrait. Focussing was the hardest part and I'm not sure I got it spot on but I was quite pleased with my experiment with long exposures. All done in camera. If I feel brave I might put some others up. The only sharpening is to her eyes as I liked the soft look on the face.
I know I should have left a bit more room at the top, and I'm not sure about leaving the slats in the chair at the bottom in the picture, but that's what you folks are for - to let me know. 
Thanks for looking.
Chris
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 60D |
| Lens: | EF28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 27 Mar 2012 - 8:41 PM |
| Focal Length: | 105mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/4.6 |
| Aperture: | f/8.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 30sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | Green Dreams |
| Username: | 
SlowSong |
| Uploaded: | 28 Mar 2012 - 4:01 PM |
| Tags: | Flash / lighting, General, Portraits / people |
| Votes: | 38 |
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Quite a dab hand Chris. I am no portrait photographer, but to me it looks brill. If you removed the slat that she is resting on she would look decidedly odd..suspended in mid-air. The eyes are the place to focus on, I know that much. I like it very much.
Barry
So sorry to have got your name wrong on my previous comments, Chris (aka Sue!) - glad I wasn't the only one to do it! I put it down to this hot sunny weather getting to me....that's my excuse, anyway! 
A wonderful portrait here of this lovely young lady, excellent presentation, works for me 
I like it - if I had to say anything it would be that the shadows are a bit hard and I think the 'soft' feeling may have been improved by bouncing a little fill light in from the left front. I don't mind the slats but if they bother you try it without. A
Impressive work ...
I think I would have darkened out the slates ... to go with the smokey atmosphere surrounding her.
I find the white bits distracting from the mystical scene you have set up.
I see from TrevBatWCC's comment that he, too, has called you by another name (a nice one, I hope: was it really Sue? Better than Ann, I suppose). Anyway, lovely portrait, this, and a compelling overall effect of mystery. Like something from a dream.
Regards.
Bob
This is a long exposure? It's very sharp!
Lovely model and hair...just one thing I noticed: 'Cos of the angle of the lighting, there's this shadow to the right of the nose which - to me - makes the nose look like it's pointing a bit to the right.
But that's all, really.
Andrew
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