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Vintage Lenses
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
Atacama desert, Chile
Views from Atacama desert, Piedras Rojas and Valle de la Luna
Outside the tourist area photos.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
Sand Porn
I really enjoy creating something different with drones. I've had the Mavic now for about four weeks and I absolutely love it.
Single Light Headshot
Client came and needed headshots immediately. Set up a single Broncolor Para 133 in the dining room. Delivered 20 pics. Setup, Shoot, Edit and delivered within 30 minutes.
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Hi there, for what it's worth, here's what I see:
- Given the comparison and how you obliterated all the highlights it would probably be better to shoot at a smaller aperture or power down your strobes to save yourself some time editing.
- removing so much of the highlights in the image has now made her face lose dimension in some areas; additionally, the highlights are now in odd shapes in others.
- there's a smoothing effect / filter / action or something going on that's overdone. Maybe drop the opacity off the smoothing by at least 50%, but overall you would do better to practice carefully cloning and healing on an empty layer and doing manual dodge and burn (also carefully)
- her skin color has been changed and looks a bit reminiscent of an orangey fake tan which isn't really to my taste, but maybe the client asked for this look?
- If that is the case, her right (camera left) hand appears to have been completely ignored in the retouching process, which gives it a bit of a jarringly white / pink appearance
- be very careful about removing lines in general and around mouths in particular as this has the effect of completely changing the shape of her face, which usually isn't a desirable thing. In this case, you've removed most of her smile.
- try to leave some flyaways in the hair so it looks more natural, instead of like her head is cut out.
Hope this helps!