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SteveOBHave

SteveOBHave

SteveOBHave

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Just playing around with the girlfriend - using the onboard flash on the D80 so the skintones are a little blown out but otherwise fairly happy with the result. Once my SB-600 arrives I'll get better skintones and a warmer image.

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Nice shot, and a pretty girlfriend you have. As you say, the highlights are a little harsh and blown, but what I find more distracting are the bokeh highlights. Is it a glass door or something? I think it would have worked better on a plain background, maybe a blue one to match her eyes.
 
divine_madness said:
Only if you learn how to use it properly, it's not magic :p
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Haha - really? I'd never have guessed - I was hoping that I could wave it over my photos and yell "hokus pokus".

Not an issue I understand how to use a flash gun fairly well - it's just the onboard flash on the D80 that isn't the best. Like I said it was just a fool around photo shot on P - the on board blows out all the time and the only way to prevent it is to manually set the A and S.
 
messiah khan said:
Nice shot, and a pretty girlfriend you have. As you say, the highlights are a little harsh and blown, but what I find more distracting are the bokeh highlights. Is it a glass door or something? I think it would have worked better on a plain background, maybe a blue one to match her eyes.
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Tiles and a mirror - yeah I agree, I'll clean them out. It was taken in the bathroom just after she had straightened her hair, not the best place for controlling errant reflections :D
 
Nice picture!

Your signature lets you down though :(

Maximum file size allowed is 20KB.

Here it is a bit more compressed

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Edit - Cleaned out the flash Bokeh

GRRRR that is so frustrating about the Sig - I swear Photobucket does some mickey stuff with the sig - I had it at 17kb originally - cheers for the heads up - it's been fine for the last 2 years - odd how it suddenly changes...

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Not a bad shot.. any more? :D ;)

The hair over the eye is ok.. its the messy bits of hair over her mouth that are distracting me
 
SteveOBHave said:
GRRRR that is so frustrating about the Sig - I swear Photobucket does some mickey stuff with the sig - I had it at 17kb originally - cheers for the heads up - it's been fine for the last 2 years - odd how it suddenly changes...
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If you were relying on Photoshop to tell you that in the 'Save As...' dialogue, it lies to you :p

Save for Web is accurate though. Most odd.
 
I like the hair over the eye thing but the few stray strands that are over her mouth really distract me I dont know why
 
One thing you should remember when doing a model shoot is if you are concentrating on her face don't crop it so much and have more of the shoulders/top of chest in the shot.

Completes the figure.

Bit overexposed imo but nice shot.
 
Fstop11 said:
give the on board flash the shot is great but the model looks like shes no idea that the shot is coming and its caught her surprisingly and does not look relaxed.
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LOL deer in the headlights? Yeah, she's a little on the shy side when the camera comes out - maybe a little vino before I try it again.
 
ZG002 said:
Not a bad shot.. any more? :D ;)

The hair over the eye is ok.. its the messy bits of hair over her mouth that are distracting me
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Yeah I understand that - I think the same thing, and regret not being a bit more particular about organising her hair - it really was a 'spear of the moment' thing. First one I have ever tried really and I find the whole portrait/model shots quite daunting, all the more so because I lack the equipment to do it real justice.

I personally think that photography of people is a significantly greater learning curve than photos of inanimate objects.

I did try one without the hair on the face - I'll clean it up and post it soon.
 
Try using the Flash compensation option. You can set it to under/over expose using this option. I found it worked very well on my D70.

Hold the Flash compensation button (just under the flash itself) and dial in some underexposure - works quite well.
 
-RV- said:
Try using the Flash compensation option. You can set it to under/over expose using this option. I found it worked very well on my D70.

Hold the Flash compensation button (just under the flash itself) and dial in some underexposure - works quite well.
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I find it is more of an issue with the flash being so direct and the angle so close to the lens. With the light bouncing directly off the skin and in the case of this photo the hair it causes harder highlights.

To be fair the photo was never going to be really stunning since there was a limited amount of prep involved. I'll certainly be much more careful in the prep process next time.
 
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