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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 6/19/2007
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hi ya,brat!...this one caught my eye...surely one of your top 3 best fashion shots...the lighting is nice and even with no harsh modeling of her features...skintone is nice,but to my eye a bit on the cool balance (greenish tinge) for olive skin...love the scarf BG,her expression and she is gorgeous...you framed this shot perfectly!...lovely clarity,too
i want to give you a 7,but will lower the score,so here is a virtual 10+ from me!
peace,gayle
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/13/2007
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No worries, Mark. I don't even look at the ratings. As they say, a word is worth a thousand pictures!
:)
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Martin .
{K:24957} 6/13/2007
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Paul,
Thanks I'll give it a try... ;)
Martin
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/13/2007
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There was some smoothing of her skin, but there was a reflector just off camera left, which is why her chin was pointed in that direction.
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 6/13/2007
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Paul -- Excellent portrait; I have no idea how much post processing you did here but it looks like the light is sculpting her facial features. Stunning.
--Best regards, Jan
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/13/2007
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Well, thanks!
What is that 'tiny thing' ?
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 6/13/2007
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...I still don't understand how a 7 knocks down a 6.3 to a 6.1. Al or Phil will hopefully explain that someday...(even though I've already asked in the past, whatever....) Never mind the alice in wonderland rating system, still a great shot, Mark
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 6/13/2007
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SUPER EXCELLENT Paul !!! Only one teeny tiny thing I would have fixed but beside that IMHO it's PERFECT !! Great Job, Mark 7+
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/13/2007
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Martin,
The top Usefilm menu has a drop-down to Photo Forums. Go to the first selection > Photo Forums > Photography Help forum.
Near the top of the page is a link to 'Start new discussion'. Give it a subject heading of 'Canon 580EX Help' and away we go!!
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Martin .
{K:24957} 6/13/2007
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Paul,
Alrighty then, just tell this ol' country boy what to do. I have never done anything like this in the past...
Marty
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/12/2007
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Even better, start a discussion in the Usefilm Donors Only forum about this, and I can answer your questions there!
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Martin .
{K:24957} 6/12/2007
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Paul,
Ok, I got it... ;) I love to break the rules every chance I get, as well...
At any rate I'm going to email you with a couple of questions about the 580EX, because you seem to have a better understanding of this thing... I love my Bees, but I really don't think much of the speed flash for what I paid for it.
It's probably just operator error, but maybe you can solve that concern for me?
Thanks for the insight,
Martin
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:174022} 6/12/2007
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Just so beautiful, Paul!:)
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/12/2007
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Yeah, I was breaking several rules at the same time.
Ok. Here's the method to my madness, Martin (some of which cannot be deduced from the final image).
I'm shooting Christinna with a dilapidated barn behind her. I pushed it to a small aperture to maintain some detail in the barn.
The final part, 1/250th shutter, is that I was using my 580EX, and my 20D just sets to 1/250 when synch'd with the flash. I didn't want the flash to separate her, but mildly lighten her and give a twinkle in her eye.
So far, so good.
Then, Chris extends her arms with the bright scarf up behind her. Barn, for that second, becomes irelevant and I fire off about 5 versions.
:)
Thanks for the tips, though.
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Martin .
{K:24957} 6/12/2007
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Paul,
It's just ISO 800 is very forgiving with your camera and lens... And if wasn't windy outside I would have cut the shutter speed to 1/125 with a gain to use a ISO of 400, then I would have stopped down the f/stop to f/ 8, or less for a portrait giving you a ISO of 200... Which would help regarding the post process time using PS down to a minimum... ;)
Martin
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/11/2007
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Yes, Martin, those are the shoot specs; why?
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Martin .
{K:24957} 6/11/2007
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Paul,
I love this 1 my friend, but are the spec's correct?
Well done indeed,
Martin
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Gennaro Manna
{K:21301} 6/11/2007
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Great portrait! Very nice capture! best regards.
Gennaro
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/11/2007
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Thanks, Sascha!
I'll be posting some more shots from this session tonight.
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sascha jonack
{K:19715} 6/11/2007
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Very nice tones and colors. Beautiful model. Superb portrait.
Sascha
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Pablo Dylan
{K:63918} 6/11/2007
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Beautiful model and excellent composition.
Well done Paul.
Pablo
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Lucas L
{K:12145} 6/11/2007
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wonderful indeed.
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