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[William]

I hadn't noticed that, you're right, it's in the hairline too. Yes it was intentional, I tried to give it an 80's look, or maybe the 60's, I don't know, "retro" is the word I'm looking for. It didn't look too bad on a dark gray background in LR but it does look a bit garish here. Thanks for the feedback.


Original with no color adjustment:


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BW is my favorite too. Cheers for the feedback [B]

[TakahiroW4047]

@William - Have you ever tried "Gavin's Old Polaroid" preset? It can be a very good starting point if you are looking for a bit of retro look []

[William]

Thanks Takahiro, I like this better. Here is the result with no further adjustment (just Gavin's preset on its own) cheers.






(My poor wife, she was just trying to enjoy a coffee on one of our few days together without the kids). Photographers wives, they do put up with a lot!

[w349]

@William, I sympathise with your wife but she

[William]

Hi w349, yes I did sharpen the eyes to brighten the catch-light, I thought that I might've overdone it and the fact that you commented probably confirms it. It's encouraging to receive nice comments but I also really appreciate a critical eye because it helps me develop as a photographer. Any thoughts or suggestions are very welcome!


1/30 sec


f 2.8


ISO 400


55 mm

[w349]

@William, always take my opinion with a pinch of salt but I suspect the eye sharpening isn

[William]

Ok, so for this shot would you have gone higher ISO and faster shutter with IS turned off? On this particular day we were walking around the city and I took along the camera. The classic walk-around situation with an ideal walk-around lens. My style was to keep IS on, AV mode, and use ISO 100-200 for outside and 400 for indoors. f4-8 outside, f2.8 inside. So when I walked into this cafe I switched to 2.8 and ISO 400. I'm not yet sure how far I can push the 30D for ISO but I figured 400-500 would be about its limit before noise became an issue. At the end of the day if I'm forced to make a trade off I'd rather deal with noise in PP than blur. What's your thoughts?


(oh, when shooting f8 outside I bumped the ISO to 400 for these situations also).