Author Topic: Less than 2 months with the E-P1:What could I do better - C&C please!! (Read 1019 times)

sunnydelish · « **on:** June 16, 2011, 07:34:46 PM »

P5211519-a by sunny hasija, on Flickr

This one is supposed to look a little grainy. I improved (in my mind, atleast) the grainy output from the preprogrammed art filter.

P4180023-a by sunny hasija, on Flickr

Please C&C

adash · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2011, 10:19:01 PM »

The first is a bit too tight for my understanding, and the second looks a bit unnatural because you have played a bit too much with curves/brightness/contrast after the camera did its part.

asterinex · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2011, 10:41:04 PM »

I really like both pictures. Very good composition and the second one is looking straight into the camera. Great portraits.

What lens did you use ?

One tip:
I would take the pictures without art filter and apply a filter in photoshop or aperture or some other graphical programm.

sunnydelish · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2011, 05:08:27 AM »

Hey Asterinex,

For the first picture I used the 40mm Nokton f1.4. I actually stacked 2 shots in there to increase the sharpness as they were taken fairly wide open (f 1.8 I think)

The second picture was taken with the 14 - 42mm standard kit lens. It was probably one of the first 20 pictures I took with my e-p1. I agree with you, I plan on never using the built in art filters again unless I absolutely have to.

I have recently become a huge fan of Andrzej Dragan - I have to admit that subconciously I was trying to make these two portraits look similar to his work.

Thank you for the compliments though

acidfood · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2011, 05:20:25 AM »

Don't completely rule out the art filters. The grainy art filter can be a little aggressive, but I for one rather like the pin hole effect filter.

E-M5 Pete · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2011, 07:18:25 AM »

I like the effect, but I'd back off the contrast a bit, You may need adj "Curves" to get back some tonal range, not a lot, just some, I like the "Suntan" look.

voyager · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2011, 08:47:04 AM »

I think the first one is definitely good, but the actual position of your model is something you need to think about in the future. There's just something unnatural about your second photo.

rparmar · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2011, 04:12:57 PM »

Quote from: adash on June 16, 2011, 10:19:01 PM

The first is a bit too tight for my understanding, and the second looks a bit unnatural because you have played a bit too much with curves/brightness/contrast after the camera did its part.

Ditto!

Good work, but I hope you will develop enough confidence in your work to present the shots without so much post-processing.

Less than 2 months with the E-P1:What could I do better - C&C please!!