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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: armando_m on July 23, 2015, 21:20:00

Title: Hair !
Post by: armando_m on July 23, 2015, 21:20:00

Had fun shooting her, I think her hair is quite unique, she is a cheerleader

Flexible!
(https://armando-m.smugmug.com/People/Isa/i-6NVWxTK/0/X2/_DSC4393-X2.jpg)

Crazy
(https://armando-m.smugmug.com/People/Isa/i-rzQbDHk/0/XL/_DSC4368-Edit-XL.jpg)

Pretty
(https://armando-m.smugmug.com/People/Isa/i-bchzRzq/0/X3/_DSC4405-X3.jpg)

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 23, 2015, 21:23:45

#2 has the most live raw power for my taste. Exploding of Energy

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: elsa hoffmann on July 23, 2015, 21:35:51

Excellent Armando - you really did well - 3 very good shots and well executed

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: afx on July 24, 2015, 07:33:11

The changes in skin color between the images makes it look like three different girls.
Never seen this effect that strong.
All in all very interesting series.


cheers
afx

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: bendle on July 24, 2015, 08:59:50

Great photos, love No. 3

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: Bjørn J on July 24, 2015, 10:11:45

I like them all, she looks so full of life and joy.

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: armando_m on July 24, 2015, 14:33:35

Thanks for the comments  8)

Andreas, regarding skin colors ... 3 different light sources , auto white balance, and I made no effort to make the skin color  look the same
1. ambient light, overcast sky,  red floor
2. speed light bounced of a white wall, plus crazy processing, b&w layer, analog efex pro
3. studio lights , this one looks the closest to reality

here is 2. without the additional PP, and it is yet another skin tone :)
(https://armando-m.smugmug.com/People/Isa/i-6Tf5BQ9/0/XL/_DSC4368-XL.jpg)

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: David Paterson on July 24, 2015, 14:54:06

Terrific. I like the lady, the lighting, the action and spontaneity, everything.

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: Gary on July 24, 2015, 17:22:18

Good stuff Armando. I am still smiling at the images. Frank nailed #2 with the energy comment. On #1, I'd work on the symmetry a bit by matching the right foot-to-edge distance with the left foot-to-edge distance.   

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: armando_m on July 24, 2015, 19:51:49

Here is an alternative to #1

much more symmetric, both on my framing and her posture, but a touch blurry
(https://armando-m.smugmug.com/People/Isa/i-VrkHBxj/0/XL/_DSC4387-XL.jpg)

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on August 03, 2015, 17:52:16

I agree about the hair for sure and I particularly like #2. As you say yourself by posting the last image, she doesn't look completely in "balance" in the first shot, but the hair is better on #1. I've seen some very impressive stuff from cheerleading teams but it's something I have never quite become a big fan of. 

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: armando_m on August 03, 2015, 18:13:48

Thank you Jørgen

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: Almass on August 03, 2015, 22:43:36

I like the Crazy #2 without the additional PP.

You cannot beat spontaneous expressions......ever ;)

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 04, 2015, 10:58:35

#2 is better with the warmer skin tones IMO.

The second jump is not the first jump. The necklace has a different position. And the position is unpleasent.

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: averity on August 04, 2015, 11:00:31

looks like you had fun Armando, cool images

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: golunvolo on September 08, 2015, 23:17:51

I like the 2nd one the best. The vesion with the heavy pp -looks like alien skin exposure- gets the distraction of the two frames in the image away and works better imho. I think I will like the more natural pp with a little crop up and down. The timing and your conection to get that expression is spot on.

Title: Re: Hair !
Post by: Erik Lund on September 09, 2015, 13:13:53

Quote from: Almass on August 03, 2015, 22:43:36

I like the Crazy #2 without the additional PP.

You cannot beat spontaneous expressions......ever ;)

I agree, it's so much nicer when it just comes natually, actually it's a must for the real deal...