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Just for Fun No C&C will be given: The Girl and Her Skirt

Abhijit Biswas

New member
I used two medium size soft boxes from the sides, placed equally apart from the model. Used a muslin background on which she is standing as well. Post processing is very little. Cleanup the background, resize canvas, convert into BW and finally D&B.

I would appreciate your thoughts on this image.

Technicals: f/8, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 on 30D.


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Regards,
Abhijit
http://www.exposurebits.com
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Abhijit,

I can see that once more you have a model who's form is worth lighting. I immediately am interested. But can this hold attention?

Having gone straight to examining the photograph, I was figuring out where the lights were. I first thought this was a beauty dish then rejected this because of the lateral striped of bright light. I then settled fro two lateral strip lights but wondered why the face was so evenly lit and that's because there are no shoulders and breasts interfering with the light traveling in medially.

As usual, you have imaged the face and breast nicely without me going into any great analysis. The issues are, however with the lack of a rim light to define the outer limits of her body and hair. Also the fall of on her inner arms is too sharp. I'd suggest having a 3rd light at the front at one or two stops less than the side lights, just to open things up.

The extreme dark bar on her right thigh and leg is disconcerting.

So my impression is that she and you are on the right track in this. Just print the picture on plain white paper and get a pen and mark it up for corrections and reshoot! If that model leaves you, that's it, close the camera and do something else!

Asher

BTW, why are you shooting at f 8.0? Are you really sure you want everything in focus equally. If so that's fine but f 5.6 might be better for quality of the image and do what you need for DOF.
 

Abhijit Biswas

New member
Hi Abhijit,

I can see that once more you have a model who's form is worth lighting. I immediately am interested. But can this hold attention?

Having gone straight to examining the photograph, I was figuring out where the lights were. I first thought this was a beauty dish then rejected this because of the lateral striped of bright light. I then settled fro two lateral strip lights but wondered why the face was so evenly lit and that's because there are no shoulders and breasts interfering with the light traveling in medially.

As usual, you have imaged the face and breast nicely without me going into any great analysis. The issues are, however with the lack of a rim light to define the outer limits of her body and hair. Also the fall of on her inner arms is too sharp. I'd suggest having a 3rd light at the front at one or two stops less than the side lights, just to open things up.

The extreme dark bar on her right thigh and leg is disconcerting.

So my impression is that she and you are on the right track in this. Just print the picture on plain white paper and get a pen and mark it up for corrections and reshoot! If that model leaves you, that's it, close the camera and do something else!

Asher

BTW, why are you shooting at f 8.0? Are you really sure you want everything in focus equally. If so that's fine but f 5.6 might be better for quality of the image and do what you need for DOF.


Hi Asher,

Thanks so much for your detailed thoughts and lighting tips. Some of the issues with shadows are accentuated while converting for web. The original PSD version is better. But, nevertheless, your suggestions are good on this.

With regard to the f-stop setting, that is more of a constraint I have due to my space limitation and minimum power settings on my strobes. I probably should use a gobo and try shooting at a wider aperture.

Thanks, once again, for your valuable suggestions.


Regards,
Abhijit
http://www.exposurebits.com
 
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