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Can't speak for the author, but don't imagine the idea behind this image was to create a pseudo-documentary shot of native culture; believe the folk artefacts were just props.  The two things I'm not sure about are:

• crop -- I'd be tempted to show exactly half of her face; and
• excessive and a tad fake-looking processing around fathers and the ear-ring (looks as if they were digitally added)

Nonetheless, it does make a visual / aesthetic impact.

I've had a look at RegiStax when someone mentioned it in the Suppressing noise by stacking multiple exposures thread, but I'm on a Mac and I quickly discovered that it's a Windows-only app (found a good tutorial on it though ;) and unfortunately IRIS is no different with this regard :(

My intention was to use PhotoAcute in the super resolution mode, but I must have done something wrong since only one of a dozen shots came out sharp-ish, so no image stacking for me.  I definitely should have jacked up the ISO to close down the aperture by a couple of f-stops, and perhaps cut the exposure time too.

What you see has already been sharpened; any more and unsightly artifacts become prominent.  However, the large version is a 140% magnification crop, i.e., I've upresed in ACR during RAW development (the native resolution is 5184 x 3456 = ~18 Mega pixels; ACR can produce files with pixel dimensions of 6144 x 4096 = ~25 Mega pixels, hence ~40% increase) as I wanted to obtain as large an image as possible and had only 400mm focal length lens to shoot with.  Downsizing it improves the perception of sharpness, but it's still a far cry from being razor-sharp.

http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00X/00Xmtq-307951784.jpg

 

P.S.
If you're into Matlab -- too technical for me -- there are some Super-Resolution GUI implementations for it (might be worth checking out).

 

...than mine -- now I've got something to aim for  :)

Cheers for your encouragement, François!

If so, how fast was she moving and what's the light source?  I'm asking because her face doesn't look sharp enough, which is strange considering the exposure of 1/125s @ f/9.  Also her left hand looks like motion blur (although that doesn't bother me too much; wouldn't even mind greater "motion smudge".)

quite clever  :)

Would have been an excellent portrait hadn't it been for the background: not too sure what they are -- pieces of timber? -- but they are distracting, especially the two "growing" out of the guy's head. 

Although I can't put my finger on it, the female model doesn't quite complement her male counterpart; don't ask me what, but feel she should be doing something else rather than just standing there as she does (maybe farther back in the background, propped against the wall and substantially out of focus?)

Works really well with the pose; not overdone.

...anything but!

You should submit it to the [still current?] monthly project of the same name!
(in some time zones it's still November, so perhaps you may sneak it in ;)

I like the setting, but model's expression doesn't match the mood of the scene: reckon it would work better if she was [pretending to be] meditating instead of looking straight at the camera with an uncertain smile on her face.

...intertwined...

If it's a nice scene, it had to be exposed for a reasonably long time -- minutes if not hours rather than seconds -- in which case I'd expect to see star trails, not individual dots.  How did you achieve that?

Please have a look at Michael Covington's Electronic first shutter curtain on Canon DSLRs: What's better than mirror lock? -- that's the technique I've mentioned in my critique request, and the sharpness I was after.

This was first attempt at capturing moon, with this frame being thesharpest of a series of a dozen shots or so, but it still is far fromcrisp. Shot with the Canon 100-400 zoom @ 400mm, 1/20s, f/5.6 (sowide-open; I tried different apertures too, but they came out worse),ISO 100. The rig was laying on a pillow (though would dump vibrationsbetter than when tripod-mounted), self-timer, and I think I evenemployed electronic first shutter curtain trick, a.k.a. 'silentshooting' mode in Canon's lingo, instead of mirror lock-up.

What could I have done differently to achieve better sharpness?

Does this portrait convey the rapport established between these two

people?

How do you find this composition?

Any good?

(haven't done much street photography)

Your filter got really dirty!

Ha-ha, cheers for your comment, Janis  :)
Believe it or not, there was *very* little Photoshop involved here; the effect has been created via tonemapping in Qtpfsgui a.k.a. Luminance HDR, and, as the caption indicates, that was only my second attempt at using this freeware, so I was experimenting with various settings.  I'm not saying it's pretty, but what I kind of like about this result is that it looks to me like a faded painting on a piece of weathered cardboard, but I agree with you, it's not the best.  I like the other two effects much better -- please check out the first take and the second take -- I'd be curious to learn what think about them (?)

As for the original, hmm, which one? -- I've merged 10 images, each shot at a different exposure (varying by 2/3 EV; constant ISO 100 and f/5.6, and shutter speeds ranging from 0.4 to 30s), and none by itself looks good due to scene's dynamic range far exceeding what could be recorded in a single shot.  Manual tone blend version would be the most natural-looking; ironically, that's the one with the most Photoshop involved  :P

My very first thought was "wish it was done in high key" (e.g., blown-out background as opposed to one that looks more like a mid-tone gray, and a tad more light on model's face), but Bart's comment suggests it is a high key portrait -- is it or is it not?  I'd say it's kind of close but not quite there yet.

I'm with Rachel -- B&W is more interesting / dramatic -- but have taken the liberty of tweaking it a bit (actually, I've done my own conversion of the colour version ;)

Hope you'll like my alternative rendition (?)

...and inspirational too: Sebastien Brodeur had a go at re-creating this pose and its lighting, and I think I'm going to try my luck at it as well :) 

Will post a link here if I have any success; achieving symmetrical lighting might be a challenge for me as I don't have two identical, or even similar, strobes and diffusers.

 

 

 

Cheers! I'm a natural born analyst, ha-ha! (I do it for a living too -- I'm a Business Analyst / Consultant -- but the point is that ideas like those charts just come to my mind spontaneously ;)

If you like this concept, why don't you express your support for it by posting your feedback on the Another ratings change: Goodbye to individual ratings, hello averages threat?  Reckon it would be a really nifty feature. To make the access more convenient (less clicking), I'd include it under the 'Details' tab where currently the 'Ratings' section is.

 

P.S.

Yeah, unfortunate about the unintended clipping of the tips of the arches  :(

Clearly, I took the erotic angle on the theme.

...doesn't the model remind you of the actress?