Ember

[maplestreet]

Shot some portraits today, wanted to get your thoughts on this one.

Thanks gang!

[armando_m]

Nice portrait ! the highlight on her hair is great, a bit overexposed

Her face is a bit dark, a bit a fill in flash would have done wonders, a bit reflected light , or some PP to make it lighter

I think the pieces of wood are too symmetrical, my personal preference would be to keep just a bit of the top, and a more square crop, so her left eye is in the center.

[gahspidy]

Very nice work. I like the fun and playful nature of the composition by framing between the fence rails. The lighting is good, but I think you could tone down the brightness of the wood on top and perhaps that will help the subject stand out even more. Good work

[maplestreet]

Thanks Gary and Armando, I really appreciate the input.

I just got LR3 about a month ago so I'm going to have to play around with it and see if I can make the adjustments you suggested, will try to repost if I can make the program do what I want it to do!

Thanks again,

[AgingEyes]

I like this shot. The framing makes this stand out for me. Having a good model with that nice smile don't hurt either. Have to say though her being in the shadow is not the best thing to have. So, did some quick work and here's an example of what this image could be like:




Basically, I brightened her face and darken the rest

[maplestreet]

I like this shot. The framing makes this stand out for me. Having a good model with that nice smile don't hurt either. Have to say though her being in the shadow is not the best thing to have. So, did some quick work and here's an example of what this image could be like:




Basically, I brightened her face and darken the rest

Aging,

Thanks for your comments. Ember rocks, she's always been very photogenic. She is my niece and she asked me to take some pics for for some school thing, I was happy because it's great practice.

Your edit looks amazing! Thank you very much it gives me a visual while I try to get mine fixed. I cant seem to figure out how to darken ONLY the wood and Lighten ONLY the face in LR3, but I'll keep tinkering with it.

Thank you for showing me it can be done!

:thumbsup:

[gahspidy]

Bert, in LightRoom you can use your selective adjustment brush to lighten or darken specific areas. Make sure you are in the "Develop" module and then under the histogram in the upper right area of your tool panel you will see the adjustment brush. Select it and set up your size and your exposure values. (these values can also be changed after you have applied the brush to get a better feel for what settings look best)
If you check off the "auto mask" selection near the bottom of the adjustment brush panel your brush will only effect areas of the image that are similar in color to whatever the X in the middle of your brush happens to move over. It is quite effective most of the time.