model shoot at Silver Creek Falls, OR

Ike615 · July 9, 2007

It was beautiful today so I headed out to Silver Creek Falls in Oregon, near Salem, to get some shots with a model. These were shot with the canon 30D and 85mm f1.2L II lens. Comments and criticism welcome.

- Isaac

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ShepsMom · July 9, 2007

Beautiful girl and great composition. I see a lot of magenta, was it done on purpose?

~Jan~ · July 9, 2007

Great shots!

Ike615 · July 9, 2007

ShepsMom wrote:

Beautiful girl and great composition. I see a lot of magenta, was it done on purpose?

Thank you. Yes it was done on purpose. Like it, don't like it? I'm playing around with the RAW conversion controls in Photoshop a lot more now so these photos were somewhat experiments. Maybe I'll tone down the magenta a little.

- Isaac

dogwood · July 10, 2007

Isaac:

Aren't there some waterfalls in that park?

In other words, I think these shots would be improved if there was a better sense of place and less post-production. In a place like Oregon, you can usually let nature offer up the special effects. You're going to an awful lot of effort to get a model out to Silverton-- why not take advantage of the world-class scenery?

Yeah, yeah, easy for me to say since I've never done a Silver Falls shoot. But it's a great idea!

gpphotos · July 10, 2007

2nd pic makes her arm look really hairy for some reason (maybe it is?) but because its darker than other parts it makes it look perhaps hairier than it really is

otherwise, i really like these. nice color and composition.

emmalou · July 10, 2007

Gorgeous woman.and I agree about the scenic areas in Oregon.you have places much like I do...go with the flow of the area surrounding you....I sometimes find myself overusing specific areas

schmoo · July 11, 2007

Beautiful model - The second is my favorite, I believe because it best uses the lush green background that the area is known for, as dogwood said. The color of her dress also compliment the greenery very well. It makes me want to see more of her and the scenery.

Ike615 · July 11, 2007

Thanks for the replies all.

Hindsight I agree that I should have got more of the scenery, and waterfalls, in the photos. I just got the 85mm f1.2 lens though so I've been using that lens more than my others. I do have some shots that show more of the scenery though. I'll post them in a couple days when i get around to editing them.

- Isaac

evoryware · July 11, 2007

Is it just me or does the top "white" of her left eye look green in the third picture? I like the second.

Ike615 · July 11, 2007

evoryware wrote:

Is it just me or does the top "white" of her left eye look green in the third picture? I like the second.

ya, it has a tinge of green. The reason is color polution from all the green surrounding her. I also made the greens more vivid in that photo so whatever green reflection as in her eyes already was just amplified. Thanks for pointing that out though. It should be a pretty easy fix.

- Isaac