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    Glamour in the shower

    Here are two that I think work pretty well. I used available light, a 10D, ISO 800, and a 16-35 2.8L. I cropped these and used a sepia toning action I found for free at http://www.atncentral.com/

    Opinions about the whether the tone and atmosphere work are particularly helpful.
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    Re: Glamour in the shower

    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen Lutz
    Here are two that I think work pretty well. I used available light, a 10D, ISO 800, and a 16-35 2.8L. I cropped these and used a sepia toning action I found for free at

    Opinions about the whether the tone and atmosphere work are particularly helpful.
    Hello,

    I like the mood of the first picture. The lighting, the walls and the model expression work together to create an interesting tension. I get distracted by the "thing" that jump in the frame at the extreme left. I'd slightly crop there to clean up the shot.

    I don't like the second picture. It seems to me that the face of your model is too blurried (or perhaps not enough) and her gaze is somewhat disturbing. I get the impression that she was becoming bored with the shooting or that she was lost in her thoughts.

    regards

    Seb

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    Re: Glamour in the shower

    Quote Originally Posted by Seb
    Hello,

    I like the mood of the first picture. The lighting, the walls and the model expression work together to create an interesting tension. I get distracted by the "thing" that jump in the frame at the extreme left. I'd slightly crop there to clean up the shot.

    I don't like the second picture. It seems to me that the face of your model is too blurried (or perhaps not enough) and her gaze is somewhat disturbing. I get the impression that she was becoming bored with the shooting or that she was lost in her thoughts.

    regards

    Seb
    edit: on second thought,I am not sure that the cropped hand in the first picture works well. I think I'd prefer to have more space at the left.

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    Re: Glamour in the shower

    The first one here works very well. Pose and expression look natural; nice toning, etc. Thumbs up.

    I'm not a portrait shooter, but I think some may point out the shadows on the wall. That's the tough thing about portraiture, you need a quiver of lights and reflectors (and know how to use them). Lots of time you don't notice improvements until after the session.

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    Re: Glamour in the shower

    My thoughts are going to echo what the others have said. The luffa on the left of the first image needs to go, and I'm not a big fan of the shadows behind the model. I'm also with Seb on wanting to see the hand not cut off on the left of the frame. That being said, I do like the shot. The toning and lighting (other than the shadows) work pretty well. The expresion is great too.

    As for the second shot. I like the tighter crop, but as Seb said, the expresion is taking away from the image.

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