Naomi teaches belly-dancing

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Naomi teaches belly-dancing

Postby Justin on Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:58 pm

I can't remember if I posted this before - but I love this photo - any C&C from a non-biased viewer?

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Postby casnell on Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:58 am

I'm unbiased- I love it, great exposure, great expressions-face, hands, everything!

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Postby gstark on Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:33 am

It's a shame we only see half of the lady to our right. This image is otherwise very nice: you have good movement, concentration, and clearly a sense of enjoyment on the faces of the subjects.

Love it.
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Postby Glen on Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:40 am

Justin, love it. I too would prefer to see 2/3 to 3/4 of the lady on the right, absolutely perfect DOF, maybe just a tad more pp to lift the subjects from the background. Great :D :D :D
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Postby ABG on Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:13 am

Great capture Justin. I really like it.
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Postby Justin on Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:48 am

Yes it is a little disconcerting having her coming into the frame as she does.

I like the blur on the hand, captured by the flash.

It's a little brighter in PS, I need to work on my conversion for web.

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Focal length35 mm
Exposure 1/20 at f/2.8
FlashFired, return light detected
Exposure bias-1/3 EV
Exposure modeManual
Exposure prog.Manual
ISO speedISO 400
Metering modeSpot
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:38 pm

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I like that image...it has a nice sense of rhythm and the composition is complex but pleasing and easy to look at. Like you I am finding my images come off Pbase looking OK but seem too dark when they appear on the forum. They also seem to warm up a bit. I guess the go is to PP for effect on the forum rather than Pbase. Odd.
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Postby Justin on Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:48 pm

This one's zenfolio but I have had inconsistent results from both zenfolio and pbase,

My theory on this (which I just made up now) is that when you display the image at anything other than the resolution you uploaded with, you are asking pbase / zenfolio to resize your image - perhaps their algorithms lose some of the 'luminance' in the photo.

Hmmm I will post a test in a couple of seconds as I know this image is posted at less than original size.
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