hi everyone..:) ..im new in this site..i love portrait photography..but still new in headshot photography.
comments and critiques are most welcome,,thanks all
INfo :-
Nikon D700
Nikkor 80-200 f2.8
2 x SB900
easy box for key light & umbrella for backlight
I wanted to see how my 50 year old Canon FD 800mm f/5.6 s.s.c. would handle photographing both the Sun and the Moon.
1 - Revealing sunspots. (Square cropped)
I must admit I have been lax in both my shooting and posting recently, perhaps due to the fact my wife has now retired, and we are spending a LOT more time together doing various activities.
4 Comments
I think the skin is a bit too smooth, bat in general a solid headshot!!
I really like it. However, and having read Peter's comment, I clicked on it to see the skin texture, hopefully. I could not see how, otherwise, the skin is as the image, on my screen, has a terrible dose of what appears to be JPG articacts. So all I can say, love it, but if the artifacts are not unique to my viewing experience that is a problem.
Have to agree with Ian. You can see the artifacting a lot more obviously in the bokeh behind her, in that it has a "gridded" appearance. Looking past that, yes, the skin is a little too smoothed out. I think finding a subtle balance is the most common issue I see with FS.
thank you peter hanne, Ian McCann & Fumi Nakamura
actually for the image, i don`t do any photoshop plugin for skin smoothing..first stetp is make level adjustment, FS, Auto Contrast & Color and cropping.
A good input for me to improve in my next headshot..i really appreciate it..
the image below is a JPEG converted file from RAW without making any adjustment..