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Appeciate ur thoughts on these. The 1st kind of speaks for itself. In the second I was trying to capture a dreamy look as my daughter was engulfed by the wheat / poppies BUT not quite sure if that what comes over in the snap?
In #2 I’m guessing you’ve dodged the face, but the full body needs to be done as it looks somewhat un-natural. Other than that it is a great photo and I love the expression and the context.
For #1 and 3, the intent of the picture and it’s setting is superb, but the overly red flowers really pull the eye away from your daughter, and having her face in shadow and hidden from the camera means that my focus ends up on the book. If she had been on the right side, with the sun on her face and with an expression that was more open, then you would have a true winner. #3 may be improved with some dodging.
Good feedback thanks!. In relation to number 2. I couldnt expose correctly for this shot, either I exposed for the wheat and under exposed the face or I exposed for her face and over exposed all the wheat. What I did in the end was completed a HDR merge in photomatix and it was this merger / tonal change that resulted in the doll like appearence of her face. I might try tone it down a little to see if it looks more balanced.
PS if you have any tips on how to expose correctly in situations like this it would be well received!.
If the topic is your daughter, then I would expose correctly for her and worry less about the wheat. Some curves adjustment can help too. A bit of fill in flash might also have helped, maybe. I wouldn’t have guessed a HDR shot there, so well done on that too.
Like the pics, fantastic location.
one way to get your daughter and the background exposed correctly is to expose correctly for the background and then to use flash to light your daughter.
An easy way to do this would be to get the correct exposure for the background dial it manually into the camera and the play with the flash in manual until you are happy with the exposure and you now have both the background your daughter correctly exposed. The trick is make is look like you haven’t used flash by balancing the two exposures.
Do a google search for balancing flash and daylight.
here is a quick tutorial.
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here is an example of this ( not mine its by Peter Searle [fantastic environmental portraits]) although I expect there was more than just a flash used…..
Watch your white balance as you camera may switch the white balance to flash as soon as you turn on you flash this will alter the colour of the image so set the white balance manually to suit the main light.
if I were you I’d go back and try it a again as the location is fantastic
Paul
Thanks again guys and yes I might take a spin up that way again and give it another go
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