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Ellie
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My first portrait of the New Year..taken not long after midnight actually. This beautiful young girl is the daughter of good friends of ours.
R
Starting with a bang eh robbie?? This is lovely, I don’t think I’d change a thing. I like the crop on it, tones are lovely also :)
Well done, would make a lovely gift for the parents!
Hi Robbie,
This is a lovely photograph.
I looks very natural to me and the expression is “cool”.
All the right bits seem nice and sharp.I’d be very happy if I had taken it and I’m say her folks
might be pleased with it too.Well done.
John.
Hoping to keep it going Sinead…New Year resolutions and all that.
Thanks for the comments guys. I didn’t have to do a whole heap to this, small crop and a little PS work. I think it’s a case of the subject making the shot :-)
Only thing I was annoyed at was that I hadn’t checked the ISO on the camera that evening and only realised the next day that I’d left it on ISO 1600 and since I was using flash was pointless really.
Luckily the D300 seems to handle high ISO fairly well..so not too much harm done, maybe even adds to the pic.
Robbie, definitely think you got away with it doesn’t look noisey to me. A lovely portrait very natural as said before the parents will be delighted.
Hope you are well mateq.Soda
Thanks Dude… :-) Am doing okay..although coming down with a dose of something..aching all over today..and have a drive up to Monaghan this morning for a funeral…
Not looking forward to it…
Hi Robbie.
A great start to the year. It’s a lovely natural looking portrait with a nice composition. Just two minor niggles for me with this. The hair sticking out on top left and the small hair blocking her eye. I’m bald so I probably just have a thing about hairs :wink: . Lovely shot. Well doneI think this is a beautiful portrait, the girl is beautifully lite and her expression is just great. really nice work.
Looks like a great portrait to me Robbie !
Out of interest, what was the lighting & background setup ?
Thanks!
Thanks again guys :-)
Mark…lighting was very simple. This wasn’t a set-up shot as such…I was just snapping a few pics at a NYE party in our house, so it’s just the SB800 camera mounted pointing to the ceiling above with the little reflector up to add a little extra light to her face.
The background was just the wall in our kitchen area, although she was a couple of feet in front of it so the flash didn’t really light it.
When I first took the shot she did a big kiddie cheesy smile..then I said it’s okay not to do the big smiley thing and she was happy with that ;-)
R
Beautiful portrait Robbie, the expression is fabulous, and terrific
engagement with the camera too. You should be well pleased with this one…Thanks Rob..am pretty chuffed with it actually..especially considering the simplicity of the whole shot :-)
In the end…it’s all about the subject.
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