Portrait Round Robin with CookieS

Kinkajou

A couple shots from the Portrait Round Robin with CookieS... although the Round Robin seems to have disappeared...? :dunno

Cookie wanted some shots with her horse, which was a learning experience for me and my reflector buddy - who ended up being the horse-perker-upper Light was much more difficult for me than I had anticipated and the horse was white, but hopefully she'll be pleased with a couple of shots. Oh yeah, and it was August in Florida... so very hot and humid. Cookie and Lacey did a great job posing through the uncomfortable weather!

1a.

1b. (reworked PP, is this a little better?)

2.

3a.

3b. (reworked tones... not so red?)

4. (oops, this one is a little off-center)


Thanks for looking and C&C welcome!

adbsgicom

Nice images!

The first one is really wonderful. Don't know if you can drop the exposure a bit on the horse to get back a little more texture. Still a lovely shot, and great connection between the two.

2&3 are nice, but not nearly the connection between horse and lady as the first. She looks a little red as well, but that just may be her skin tone.

Like the idea of 4, but I think you are a bit too far back here for my taste.

michswiss

I don't normally like to leave short "Great Shot" comments, but Great Shot with #1. I don't know how far you've pushed it, but it would help to bring some texture back into the horse and to minimise the blowout underneath the horse's neck. Blackpoint, contrast and highlight & shadow adjustments might help.

Kinkajou

Alright, did some editing on these... any better? I think next time around I'll use the clone tool instead of the burn tool to fill in the bright area below the horse's neck.

It was tough, tough light for me that day. * sigh * oh well

adbsgicom

There's a bit more detail in the horse, and her 'color' is better IMO in the first one. Also, the red is down and looks good in 3. Nice going!