Young Man with Black Eye
Feb 25, 2020 06:35:31 #
Feb 26, 2020 09:59:20 #
Feb 26, 2020 11:14:51 #
Feb 26, 2020 11:19:11 #
Looks like he’s run into, or fallen on, something. Bet he was dead proud of that bruise! Nice shot.
Feb 26, 2020 12:08:32 #
Feb 27, 2020 07:04:29 #
Feb 27, 2020 18:54:53 #
Nice portrait. If the black eye and scrape are important to the concept (and I would consider them so), I'd burn in each a bit so that they don't look like accidents; without the caption, I would have thought them so. And there is Rab-Eye's comment.
Feb 28, 2020 05:59:59 #
Needs a separation light to distinguish head (hair) from background and to remove the eye-drawing dark upper mass top of image. Otherwise - nicely lit overall for a kid's portrait, with a rather mature pose. Slight colour cast too which is easily corrected.
Feb 28, 2020 08:04:40 #
Feb 28, 2020 08:55:33 #
WGRII wrote:
Any critiques, good &/or bad, please?
You have posted no technical information on the image, as to how you lighted the subject, exposure data, focal length, etc., so it's difficult to make a comprehensive critique. The "black eye" is not very noticeable so the storytelling aspect of the image is vague. A mischievous little guy with a shiner is "cute" but a picture of an injured child is not! Boys will be boys- though! Post the data!
Feb 28, 2020 09:28:14 #
Sorry, this is my first time posting.
Lighting: 1- 1ft x 5ft soft box approx. 45% to my left & slightly forward and 1 - 21/2ft square soft box approx. 45% to my right also slightly forward.
Settings: f 5.6, 1/5 sec., ISO 200, 30mm
Also, agree that a mischievous little guy with a shiner is better than black eye.
Thanks, Walter
Lighting: 1- 1ft x 5ft soft box approx. 45% to my left & slightly forward and 1 - 21/2ft square soft box approx. 45% to my right also slightly forward.
Settings: f 5.6, 1/5 sec., ISO 200, 30mm
Also, agree that a mischievous little guy with a shiner is better than black eye.
Thanks, Walter
Feb 28, 2020 16:24:59 #
WGRII wrote:
Sorry, this is my first time posting.
Lighting: 1- 1ft x 5ft soft box approx. 45% to my left & slightly forward and 1 - 21/2ft square soft box approx. 45% to my right also slightly forward.
Settings: f 5.6, 1/5 sec., ISO 200, 30mm
Also, agree that a mischievous little guy with a shiner is better than black eye.
Thanks, Walter
Lighting: 1- 1ft x 5ft soft box approx. 45% to my left & slightly forward and 1 - 21/2ft square soft box approx. 45% to my right also slightly forward.
Settings: f 5.6, 1/5 sec., ISO 200, 30mm
Also, agree that a mischievous little guy with a shiner is better than black eye.
Thanks, Walter
Walter! 30mm is too SHORT a focal length for portraiture. You're working too close and shooting somewhat downward so the appearance of the boy's forehead is exaggerated. I did a bit of perspective correction in my edit. I cropped in tighter bring the eyes into the upper 1/3 of the composition. I dodged the hair for more detail. I darkened the bottom of the frame- all of this brings more attention to the eyes and the expression on the face. If you use longer focal lengths, increase the camera/subject distance and keep the lens at the subject's eye level or slightly above and you will get a better perspective. Wit a crop sensor camera, from 50 to 85mm is a good focal length. With a full-frame camera go from 75 to 105mm.
A good title maybe "You should see the other kid"!
Keep up the hard work and post your images. Critiques are always available here.
You are getting good expressions in your subjects.
Ed
Feb 29, 2020 05:21:02 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Walter! 30mm is too SHORT a focal length for port... (show quote)
Thank you for your critique. I will definitely send others. PS: He was very proud of his shiner, that he received earlier from playing soccer, unlike his mother for this photo.
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