Ellie

[Graham_of_Rainham]

[iainmacd]

Re: Ellie

On first glance a lovely picture of a lovely young lady, but on further concentration something doesn't look 'right' about her eyes? Whether they appear too dark or too shiney I'm not sure?
Apart from that vague comment I like the lighting - nice shot

[Ian]

Re: Ellie

I think we need to know a little more about this picture - what the intention was behind the pose and se. I don't like saying this but she doesn't look very comfortable somehow and the picture is soft. I also don't really understand the lighting. Sorry Graham!

Ian

[caimi]

Re: Ellie

I like the Mona Lisa Smile and I find her eyes expressive . Not sure about the soft focus though.

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Re: Ellie

I think we need to know a little more about this picture - what the intention was behind the pose and se. I don't like saying this but she doesn't look very comfortable somehow and the picture is soft. I also don't really understand the lighting. Sorry Graham!

Ian

Spot on Ian,

This was taken on the evening when Mark visited the Barking Photographic Society with some OM-Ds, the new 75mm f/1.8 and the TG-1 for us to play with.

This young lady (one of the members Grand Daughters) also came along to be photographed. She was very unsure of all that was happening and there was something of a scrum as the members were all trying to take pictures of her at the same time.

I'd set up a single FL-50R (in a softbox - in slave mode) against a black back drop for other people to use. Then went off to shoot with one of the professional models that Mark had brought with him.

When I returned, and grudgingly gave the OM-D & 75mm back to Mark, and saw that Ellie was now available as the others were off shooting the models out in the gardens.

As you can see from the picture below, I forgot to check the flashgun and someone had adjusted it, so I got the settings completely wrong and very underexposed.

Then I remembered your example of recovery of an image and decided to see just what could be done. The amount of processing that has been done to this is well in excess of anything I normally do, and more of an experiment in pushing the limits of the editors.

I played with it in Photoshop & Picassa trying several B&W conversions and this was the one I thought came out reasonably well.

As luck would have it, I entered it into the clubs competition and it got 1st place (without the Grand Parent even being there to vote )

[carter2]

Re: Ellie

The Focus needs to less though i love your efforts
Keep up!