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As Alfred Lord Tennyson might have said, "Oh maiden, fresher than the first green leaf, they have never learned to love who never knew to weep." Cracking image and I thought I would bring a bit of poetic licence to epz. click. John
She is a stunning model Simon, but I think you've gone a bit far with the soft focus. I would suggest that you try to sharpen the eyes up a little. It also looks a little flat on my crappy works monitor, and could perhaps do with a hint more contrast.
Other than those niggles, I love it (and her).
Dave.
Other than those niggles, I love it (and her).
Dave.
Thank you, Dave. I'm having a similar issue with monitors. On the laptop which I use for editing this looks more punchy (and a bit sharper) yet on my old CRT based desktop, which I use for uploading, it looks very soft and lacking in contrast. I'm glad you've mentioned this and I'm wondering which monitor (if either) is telling the truth! Cheers.
I have exactly the same problem Simon. I regularly edit/view images on my home laptop and desktop CRT, and also view them on my works CRT.
On each display the contrast and colour saturation is noticably different. I've come to the conclusion that the CRT's give a more reliable image than the laptop.
I guess the purists would say that each display should be calibrated, but I can't justify the cost of calibration equipment.
Dave.
On each display the contrast and colour saturation is noticably different. I've come to the conclusion that the CRT's give a more reliable image than the laptop.
I guess the purists would say that each display should be calibrated, but I can't justify the cost of calibration equipment.
Dave.
Thanks for that, Dave. As far as I've now been able to tell, the sharpness or softness of an image is most accurate on my laptop, partly because my CRT is old a fuzzy, but the contrast is most accurate on the CRT because it doesn't boost the contrast like the laptop screen does. Clearly both are 'wrong' but the laptop gives the more pleasing results. Like you, I can't justify the cost of calibration so I guess we'll have to live with it!
Thank you, Mark.
Thank you, Ian. I'm finding more and more often that soft focus or diffusion effects are a matter of taste. I've always liked them but clearly there are plenty of people for whom critical sharpness is everything. Cheers!
Thank you, Mark.
Thank you, Ian. I'm finding more and more often that soft focus or diffusion effects are a matter of taste. I've always liked them but clearly there are plenty of people for whom critical sharpness is everything. Cheers!
I like what you're doing with this model very much, but the backgrounds are sometimes letting the shots down. For me, there's too many distracting lines/boundaries/bright areas behind her. Other than that, this is a very nice shot indeed.
John
John
Thank you, John. I totally agree that sometimes the backgrounds are a problem in these shots. The four shoots I've done with Liv to date have been to see how she looks in different colours/settings and to find out what she's comfortable doing. She seems so much at home in natural settings that it's easy to let her sort of blend in. As our shoots become more focussed (if you'll excuse the pun) then I hope the backgrounds that are allowed into the frame will form a more integral part of the composition rather than something that I forgot to take care of! It's good to get a comment like yours because it gives me a better idea of what it is different people respond/react to in a photo. Thanks again.
