new to the game and interested in your thoughts! i feel like it could be missing something, but not sure what. Any books or websites that would be helpful for an amature and for portrait photography?
new to the game and interested in your thoughts! i feel like it could be missing something, but not sure what. Any books or websites that would be helpful for an amature and for portrait photography?
My initial reaction is that the image is a bit soft.
That would depend on what caused it. In this case, it appears to be the post processing. Is the original sharp? If so, then something you did during the post processing was a bit too much (in my opinion). Can you post the original?
new to the game and interested in your thoughts! i feel like it could be missing something, but not sure what. Any books or websites that would be helpful for an amature and for portrait photography?
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That would depend on what caused it. In this case, it appears to be the post processing. Is the original sharp? If so, then something you did during the post processing was a bit too much (in my opinion). Can you post the original?
here's the original. i'm working on it to as we speak. Thanks for your help!!
I really like that last BW conversion ..... much better contrast. If anything, I think the shirt distracts a bit too much being all that white. But it's a good capture! Welcome to the board
The second version is much better.
If you select a nice undistracting background for the portraits, they will not compete with your subject for the viewers attention.
In my opinion this is a nice photo of the cute little girl with a poor background.
Nice effort!
Your second conversion does look better. While the background may not be ideal, I think you did a good job of getting it out of focus. In addition to being out of focus, by using a BW treatment the different colors are less distracting. So....the BG here as you treated the photograph is no huge deal.
MY rule of thumb with portrait backgrounds....
1- Nothing man made in the BG.....or
2- Very nice/interesting archetecture filling BG.....or
3- Use a shallow depth of focus to obliterate the BG
Of course I break even my own rules from time to time:D
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My initial reaction is that the image is a bit soft.
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What would correct that?
That would depend on what caused it. In this case, it appears to be the post processing. Is the original sharp? If so, then something you did during the post processing was a bit too much (in my opinion). Can you post the original?
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here's the original. i'm working on it to as we speak. Thanks for your help!!
latest revision. didn't use soft focus. comments??
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If you select a nice undistracting background for the portraits, they will not compete with your subject for the viewers attention.
In my opinion this is a nice photo of the cute little girl with a poor background.
Nice effort!
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MY rule of thumb with portrait backgrounds....
1- Nothing man made in the BG.....or
2- Very nice/interesting archetecture filling BG.....or
3- Use a shallow depth of focus to obliterate the BG
Of course I break even my own rules from time to time:D
Very nice capture and welcome to DGRIN!!
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