Stand over there please

[armando_m]

She called me for some portraits ...

saw the window light and asked her to stand at the side

[Bjørn Rørslett]

She ought to be pleased of the result. Very nice b/w too.

I can wish for a little more rim light to make the model stand out better from the background?

[armando_m]

Thanks Bjorn , yes a ring light would have worked well, and perhaps I can add it in PS , a task that is  a bit beyond my current ability to make it look realistic enough, the b/w is an after thought and I do agree the hair gets lost in the darkness

Yes she liked the image, I gave her the color version and her black hair contrasts sufficiently with the wall which is a yellowish/tan color

[Mongo]

wonderful result Armando - very nice shooting. Love the pose, tones and the way you have worked the light on this image.  Mongo agrees about the hair but it must be done in a very very selective and subtle way just to give a hint of the outline of the hair and not to lighten it up too much. Mongo did a quick edit and it seem to assist the hair situation.

[Erik Lund]

Lovely capture! I also would like a bit more rim light to make her stand out a bit more but that's a personal thing. Maybe you can do it in PP in Photoshop, ,,,

[Almass]

Thanks Bjorn , yes a ring light would have worked well, and perhaps I can add it in PS , a task that is  a bit beyond my current ability to make it look realistic enough, the b/w is an after thought and I do agree the hair gets lost in the darkness

Yes she liked the image, I gave her the color version and her black hair contrasts sufficiently with the wall which is a yellowish/tan color

A small retouch.......opened up her hair a bit and a small tummy tuck.

[Frank Fremerey]

a lot of pain in her hip?

[Almass]

a lot of pain in her hip?

You ain't funny and you know jack about photography.

When you don't have anything nice to say then STFU.

And while you are at it. Go learn what is Perspective instead of professing ignorance.

[Erik Lund]

I like what you did Almass!

[elsa hoffmann]

Well captured and she looks good.
If you didn't say about the window - I would have wondered why she is standing like this.
Her left arm looks a bit out of place - considering one can't see the window to understand her pose.
I therefor would have liked to see some evidence of the window.
The lack of rim light doesn't bother me - one can always play with the colour of the wall before converting to BW if one is so inclined.
The light direction is from the front (window) and perhaps a rim light might not fit in as well as one thinks
Your BW transition from dark to light is very nice and subtle

[armando_m]

Thanks Eric,  Mongo,

A small retouch.......opened up her hair a bit and a small tummy tuck.

Thanks you Almass, she has a 4 month old baby, she would like what you did

Elsa, thanks so much for commenting, you have a point,  I would need to copy paste the edge of the window from another shot, this one is to close to the edge and without distortion correction of my "fine" 24-85 zoom there is only a bright curve showing on the right of the image, that does not resemble a wall or window edge

Frank,
She does tend to pose funny at times, your humor sometimes reminds me of a Pink Floyd song
"Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly
You're never gonna die,
You're gonna make it if you try
They're gonna love you"
...

Thanks again for all the comments

[Frank Fremerey]

You ain't funny and you know jack about photography.When you don't have anything nice to say then STFU.And while you are at it. Go learn what is Perspective instead of professing ignorance.

I disregard your attitude and I do not think it is compatible with the forum rules.

[armando_m]

here is a rework

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I consider this an improvement over an impressive first version. Including the window frame adds a lot to the final image.

[Erik Lund]

Yep, that's the way it should look! Perfect, crop and everything
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