Imogen

Octane (Humayun) · #1 19-05-2011, 12:29 AM

What more need be said?

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
1/800s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso100

Larger version available here.

I love my camera.

Your comments and critique, are most welcome.

H

renormalised (Carl) · #2 19-05-2011, 01:44 AM

Wonderful subject for a photo....she's a very pretty young lady

Wonderful piccie

Octane (Humayun) · #3 19-05-2011, 01:55 AM

Isn't she just?

I'm preparing a portfolio for her out of my shots. Would love to work with her again -- have a few emotive image concepts in mind I'd love to realise.

Thanks for looking and commenting!

H

DavidTrap (David) · #4 19-05-2011, 08:50 AM

Nice and sharp H. Only comment I'd make is the stray hair below her left eye - easily touched up though.

DT

koputai (Jason) · #5 19-05-2011, 08:56 AM

Wow! Nicely done H.

Just to be really picky, I find that at the top right of shot, the
out of focus transition on the hat (scarf/whatever it is women
call these things) looks a bit too forced. But reall, great pic.

Cheers,
Jason.

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #6 19-05-2011, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koputai

I find that at the top right of shot, the
out of focus transition on the hat (scarf/whatever it is women
call these things) looks a bit too forced. But reall, great pic.

That's part of a rather large rock she's nestling in Jason.

iceman (Mike) · #7 19-05-2011, 09:10 AM

Rofl!

koputai (Jason) · #8 19-05-2011, 09:50 AM

Oh yeah! That'd make a rather heavy hat! It looked like lace or something.
The OOF still looks a bit harsh in its transition.

Cheers,
Jason.

Octane (Humayun) · #9 19-05-2011, 10:26 AM

Thanks, guys!

Mike, what you loling about?

David, definitely sharp -- this photo has been touched up to remove blemishes -- should see how sharp the original was. Razor blade style! I will remove the stray hair -- I did see it but left it.

Jason, Chris is correct -- it's part of the rock feature on the beach that she was sitting in at the time. The transition just shows how shallow f/5.6 is at such close range. I would have been just outside of 1.5m away from her (MFD). Do you reckon I should blur the rock feature a bit so that it's not as harsh?

Cheers, guys.

H

iceman (Mike) · #10 19-05-2011, 10:34 AM

Sorry H was ROFL'ing to Chris's comment to Jason. It's not a scarf, it's a rock

Nice portrait!

koputai (Jason) · #11 19-05-2011, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

Do you reckon I should blur the rock feature a
bit so that it's not as harsh?

No I don't think so. I guess it's just the way that 'I' look at it. To me
the rock sits there just like a fashionable hat or fascinator would.

A slightly wider crop would put the rock more in context.

Cheers,
Jason.

suma126 (Shane) · #12 19-05-2011, 12:08 PM

mmm i can sit here with my coffee looking at her beautiful eyes all day. great pic H

renormalised (Carl) · #13 19-05-2011, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

Isn't she just?

I'm preparing a portfolio for her out of my shots. Would love to work with her again -- have a few emotive image concepts in mind I'd love to realise.

Thanks for looking and commenting!

H

She looks all of 16-17...makes you wish you were 25-30 years younger!!!

Rick Petrie · #14 20-05-2011, 01:05 PM

Great shot H.

Hope you get to do more imagin' of Imogen.

rcheshire (Rowland) · #15 20-05-2011, 06:55 PM

Leave the hair strand in.

Octane (Humayun) · #16 26-05-2011, 11:17 PM

Shane -- me, too. Me, too.

Carl, I think she's in her early 20s.

Cheers, Rick.

Rowland -- oops -- I removed the stray hair.

H