Reaction Please

Bilsen

Hi all. I'm looking for reactions here.

These are from my marathon shoot with Monika and I'm not sure about them.

I like the action and you can see what we wanted BUT I wonder if that's enough to overcome the technical problems (expression, motion blur etc.). Lemme hear from y'all. Thumbs up or down?

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Bryce Wilson

At the risk of offending you, which is not my intention at all, but my first gut reaction was that they looked like vacation pictures from a stay at the lake.

On second look Number 3 has potential.

Bilsen

No offense taken.

I asked for reactions to the image as a whole and that's a valid one.

Thanks.

zoomer

I think 3 would have been cool if she had a playful look on her face instead.....
Wrong time of day..bad light.

I have seen 4 taken by a lot of different photographers. Your version has several issues, the main one is her body position and expression...and of course bad light.

But you know I give you credit for getting out there and having fun with it and pushing your boundaries...I know as well as anyone that you sometimes need to fail a few times in order to succeed....keep at it .

Look at these as a work in progress.....it all starts with the light.

jonh68

I agree, they look like vacation pics instead of an actual shoot. It looks like you were shooting from a platform with a downward angle. Get in the water and be at her level or lower. The time of day hinders you too. The lighting is uninteresting. If you are going to do water shots where you can't use off camera lighting/refelctors, evening or morning light is best. Your f-stop looks like it was high too as the background trees are somewhat in focus.

Bilsen

Thank you gentlemen.

John, those are GORGEOUS.

zoomer

The examples posted show what the right light, angle, and model all working together can produce....that second shot is money.
If you compate that second shot to your third shot and examine the differences......work on that.