One Robot's Dream!

[spellboundXY]

while i was editing the photo i was listening to joe satriani's One Robot's dream ballad.

picture taken at during at an afternoon photoshoot, my second time with a model. using d80/18-135mm.

just did lightroom processing, then P.S. for levels and curves.

i wish i could have made her image look more glossy.

her nick is "ninja", she's 19 and an likes to become a model. she lives in bkk with her mom.

thanks.

[Klyph]

Nice! I think the pictures look great with a slight fuzz. Although, please define 'glossy', I think there's a way you can do that with photoshop without much hassle.

[LittleLew]

Altho the composition is nice and the model is beautiful, IMO there are three issues that hurt these images

1) motion blur - you are shooting at too slow a shutter speed for the focal length you are using and thus the images are badly unsharp. The rule of thumb is a minimum speed of 1/focal length. You are shooting at 1/20 with a focal length of 70 mm and 1/60 at 120 - much, much too slow. Raise the ISO and/or get more light

Image Date: 2008:07:13 00:00:00

Flash Used: No

Focal Length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 105mm)

Exposure Time: 0.050 s (1/20)

Aperture: f/5.6

ISO equiv: 200

White Balance: Manual

Light Source: Shade

Metering Mode: Center Weight

Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

Image Date: 2008:07:13 00:00:00

Flash Used: No

Focal Length: 120.0mm (35mm equivalent: 180mm)

Exposure Time: 0.017 s (1/60)

Aperture: f/5.6

ISO equiv: 200

White Balance: Manual

Light Source: Shade

Metering Mode: Center Weight

Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

2) DOF is much too small at that distance & focal length - you can't get everything in focus - for these images your dof is about 2 inches front to back.

3) Your color balance is off - use a gray card to set - or use the auto WB and shoot in RAW so you can correct.

A small nitpick on the first one - her bra is showing above the costume.

Lew

[astral]

3) Your color balance is off - use a gray card to set - or use the auto WB and shoot in RAW so you can correct.

SilkyPix allows white balance adjustment on jpg images.