This initial image is beautifully done! Well rendered and with a casual sense that's very appealing.
J ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor PDML-StR" <pdml...@komkon.org> To: "PDML" <PDML@pdml.net> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:27:14 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Once upon a morning ... Bruce, (and Cotty). Yep, I was off by one, starting from #4[5] and ending with #8[9]. (So that what I wrote #4 should be #5) Below are the corrected numbers - I mark the corrected once with []. Igor PS. I don't break things, I just notice them. Don't shoot the messenger. (Unless it's a photo-shoot. ... or your name is franK. :-) ) On Thu, 24 Sep 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Bruce, > > I second Cotty's summary word by word (even though we probably differ in > detail). > > Being less diplomatic than Cotty, I can give some specifics if you are > interested. I especially liked 1, [5], 11, 12, even though #11 might look > somhhwat cliche (or was it your photo that I've seen before? ;-) ) > (If those were mine, I would probably try to tone down slightly the window > light reflection from the RHS wall in #[5]) > > Unless it was a part of some special story, I'd say the toilet in the > background of #[6],[7] is not as glamorous as the rest. > > I like the idea of using reflections in #[7],[8] but it would've been > better if > the mirror were cleaner in #8. :-) But I suspect that it may not have > been a planned shot (has it?). > > > From the entire set, only two are somewhat bothering me: > In #[9], the pose is too static (as in obviously posed). It looks > obvious that > she was standing in that pose for some time. It is present in some other > shots, but the frozen muscle strain is not as obvious in those. > Sorry, from the previous discussion, I suspect that it doesn't bother you. > > In #10, with that counterlight, - it's an interesting effect, but I wish it > was softer with that. I don't know how that can be reached. > I am thinking that a "soft" portrait lens (Pentax FA-85) might work for that, > even though I've never used one. This photo is too softer than a sharp one, > but just not soft enough for that "creamy" cloud-of-dream look. > I don't know, - maybe some local PS experts (Mark?) know how to enhance that > in post? > > Igor > > PS. The website design is weird: clicking on the thumbnail of the "active" > photo moves the thumbnail tape to the top, and the active photo disappears, > so you'd have to reload the page and start over. And that's in 4 different > browsers on Windows. I understand that it is not your website. > > > Steve Cottrell Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:09:50 -0700 wrote: > > On 24/9/15, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> NSFW for mild topless nudity. A baker's dozen shots ... >> >> https://www.zivity.com/models/Araina/photosets/57 >> >> These images are from my first shoot with local model Araina Nespiak >> in August. Taken in a borrowed conference space in Mississauga. > > > Great job as usual. Regarding style, some I'm not bothered about but > some are superb. Really really superb. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
