Thanks Chuck (and others)
Yes, the lines I could have done without, but the way my office is
arranged, there was no other good spot for them to be. So I decided
that I would rather have a picture with the lines than no picture.
Photoshopping them out is against my self-imposed digital code of
conduct.
Cheers,
Nathan
On 05/02/2009, at 13:25, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Very nice and the softness is fine in a portrait. However, you have
> violated one of the portraitist's commandments. Thou shalt not have
> prominent background lines emanating from the subject's head.
> Fine, of
> course, for a snapshot but, were it mine, I'd have the clone tool
> working them out. But I suspect no one else even notices such things.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Nathan wrote:
>> Charo is the youngest member of my team at work. I have shown her
>> before. Recently I saw her oldest daughter for the first time and was
>> struck by how the little girl was a veritable copy of Charo. So the
>> other day, when she had her in the office in the afternoon, I took a
>> quick portrait. It was the little girl's 4th birthday, and while she
>> was willing to pose for Mum's boss, she just wanted to get it over
>> with so they could go home to celebrate her birthday. So the
>> background is just a boring office wall, and the light is an ugly
>> combination of window and fluorescent overhead light--but that's what
>> B&W is for :-) Shot with the 50mm Summilux at f1.4. There is bit of
>> softness, but both I and Charo like it, and that's what matters in
>> the end.
>>
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#467986422_WdCfw-O-LB
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>>
>>
>>
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