Post Your Best Portrait Shots!

[btaylor]

Hi Rob,


The pseudo tilt-shift blur was intentional. I guess I wanted to emphasise the centre of frame with the bouquet and their upper bodies because the foreground really didn

[Sean Setters]

I agree with Rob...the rather crude emulation of tilt shift is a big distraction. If you want to emphasize the center of the frame, try adding a slight vignetting instead. A slight vignetting around the edges will help draw the eye without being terribly noticeable.

[btaylor]

Actually now that I look at it Rob there was another reason for the blur at the bottom of frame. The bus had a flat tyre on the left side so it had a lean to it that made the shot look really akward to me. By blurring the foreground I was able to rotate the bus slightly without having to do too much cloning of the foreground to get it looking normal after the rotate. I've got a couple fo thousand photos to go through so time tends to be limited with you need to process so many. Here's a copy of the original file for reference - amazing what you can do with a "little" work in post. Thanks again.


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[Rob Gardner]

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[Rodger]

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[Steve U]

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[Rob Gardner]

Here's a different take on a portrait. Canon 1D Mk IIn with Canon 24-70 f/2.8L. 28mm @ f/2.8, 1/160sec at ISO 100. One Canon 430EX strobe bouncing off back wall/ceiling corner.


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[bwardell]

Hello DP community! I'm new here but I thought I'd just jump right in and introduce myself with a portrait. Look forward to being a part of your community.


Rebel XT Sigma 24-70 f/2.8


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Another- this one with my point-and-shoot Samsung ST5000


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[bwardell]

Any advice on resizing for the forum? Both of my photos look blown out on here?

[TakahiroW4047]

Here's a different take on a portrait. Canon 1D Mk IIn with Canon 24-70 f/2.8L. 28mm @ f/2.8, 1/160sec at ISO 100. One Canon 430EX strobe bouncing off back wall/ceiling corner.


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Nice shot!! I really like the composition and how you matched the color of the sheets with her eyes (or the other way around). I feel it really pulls the photo together.


Not the biggest fan of the vignette on the bottom half though...I like the effect added by it (more focus on the subject), but the hair is being lost in there a bit.


But all that being said, WELL DONE! []