It's not what I wanted. I think I could do better if I had any lighting equipment (at the very least an off-camera flash) or if I'd had better natural light (I have no North / South windows in my house, boo-hoo). I wanted to get crisp definition on the light and shadows of the folds of her dress, and I don't think I did that very well. Perhaps a smaller aperture (right? A bigger F-stop, anyway, for a less shallow depth of field) would have helped? And I think the column in the back is more distracting than I meant it to be. :-P
The pose, at least (based on my research), is pretty spot-on, lol.
Here's what I may have done if it were Spring. It looks sort of stupidly contrived as it is (I did, after all, dig up the grass and dandelion and transplant them to the dead leafiest place I could find), but oh well. It is, perhaps, a little more original than the portrait.... Eh?
So, your thoughts, readers? Which do you like better?
Mary's next Photo-Off Challenge should be fun for her: Pink! Yay. I look forward to what you come up with, seester! :-)
~RCH~
6 comments:
Oooh! DOS is so pretty! She has the perfect face for Renaissance. (How in the world did you get her to sit and pose so nicely?) And that dress with all the deep, luscious folds is so very Renaissance. I love it! I love the flower too, though.
Seester! I love both photos!
I'm with becky -- DOS really does have the perfect face for this. I really like the lighting, actually. I think it really works for that era. And the way she is posed is practically perfect (like Mary Poppins!). I also really like how the lighting hits off her dress, making it look very luxerious + lovely. Very, very pretty shot.
I do also love your second photo. When I first thought of this challenge, this was the type of photo I would have tried to create myself. Granted... it's not springtime, I think you did a great job demonstrating the challenge. I love how everything around the grass & dandelion is dead, it is a very lovely affect.
Good job, sis! I'm super excited for my next challenge! Pink! Wee!
I love both pictures, but my vote would have to go to the lovely shot of DOS. Gorgeous.
I love the 1st shot. Where is the column? Very Renaissance and I agree with the previous posts how did you get DOS to sit there so still with such a perfect face.
Thanks, everyone! She was actually quite eager to help me get the shot right because I told her it was for a contest with Mary. She's not as competitive as Uno, but that was still enough to reel her in, lol. The perfect face is one of boredom (lots of the early shots were super duper cheesy). Oh, and any time her posture sagged a little bit I'd just yell "Ah ten HUT!" and she'd straighten right up.
What a good little model. :-)
Dos is so beautiful.
I love how you manage your depth of field in the second one though.
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