nicolerenee

Colin, Patrick, James and Michael;

Thank you so much! I enjoyed the whole process of creating this image, from start to finish. It marries photography and digital art, which is the best of both worlds for me. I'm pleased to see other people enjoying it as much as I do!~

Fred,

Thank you. I was pretty excited myself.
Oh, who am I kidding, I almost peed.
Thank you also for the critique. I know what you mean about the trees, and, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about them myself. I'm always looking for ways to place my subject solidly within the scene, and including the foreground often seems to help...but how pleasing the result is may end up being relatively subjective with this photo.

I'm on this journey to create the visions that are inside my head, and while I know I've got a long way to go and so  much still to learn, I'm really excited about where I'm going!

Thanks, Jim!

From a test shoot for a new series.

Thanks!!

Ahh, I see. I thought there was something about that blur in the hair. It's always good to know an artists intentions, then at least we have an idea of what they're trying to achieve.
Were you able to get close to the shot you wanted?

All the best,

Nicole

Again, a lovely girl, and what a pretty location! I think the exposure is off, though. It looks like you're in open shade here. I would expose for her skin, even if it means blowing some of the background. Pop a bit of fill flash, or fire an off camera flash, or even use a reflector and you've got a stunning shot.

All the best!

Nicole

I'm going to be the bad guy, although only with the best of intentions!
Gorgeous girl, great choice of background, nice and sharp, great dof.
However, I thinkg the skin has been softened a bit too much. The effect ends up looking like her nose is running into her cheeks a bit.
Also, the think the flash is a bit too strait on. She's lost all dimension to her features and as a result, her face looks flat.
I think if you framed her a bit more to the right, and moved the flash at more of an angle to the camera, this shot would improve by at least 50%.

I hope the critique was helpful. NO intentions of being mean, I promise. I got a lot of this same advice and it improved my photography exponentially.

All the best!!
Nicole

This is an interesting environmental portrait. I enjoy the geometry, how she's framed, the repetition, it's a fun shot.

Moving hair can add a lot of dynamism to a photo, and it's nice to add some movement when a subject is sitting still.
You're right, there is no predicting where the hair will go! So, a couple things about this shot...

I'm wondering if you used a gausian blur on the background? It looks a bit like there's  a blurry halo around parts of her head and the hair. I think the hair across her cheek and under her nose is a bit distracting, and if it's possible to clone out, I would do that. Also, the hair in her eye. For these kind of shots, it seems that either completely wild and crazy hair, or blown -but-under-control hair work, but something in between always feels a bit messy.

Great expression on your model, she's really connecting to the camera.

All the best!

Nicole

Pretty girl! A few things I noticed that might make this a stronger photo...

Where she's at in the frame. Her foot is right out the edge of the frame, which draws the eye right out of the photo. Also, the red pipe in the back is very distracting.
I think a camera angle a bit more to the right to keep her whole body in frame would make the composition stronger.

All the best!

Nicole

Thanks very much! That's just the kind of critique I was hoping for, as I am always looking for ways to improve.

All the best!

Nicole

Wasn't sure which category to place this one in, although it's clearly

a portrait, the actual subject doesn't exist...so...here we are.

Anyway, would love some critiques and specifically- does lack of a

hair light/rim light hurt this shot or is it a matter of taste?

Thanks!

Thank you for the feedback!  This was my first shoot of this type, and I really enjoyed the resulting images. I wanted to work with dramatic light, and I'm glad that what was in my head translated so well!

I quite like this. It's almost hypnotic.

Nice symmetry here, feels just a tad underexposed, though.

I think you were going in the right direction with your composition, but a landscape view, with the prow of the boat pointing toward the horizon leaving space off to the left, might have been stronger. As is, it feels cramped. Also, I think the HDR is a bit overdone. Instead of looking hyper-real, the effect ended up looking muddy by over-darkening your hilights and creating quite a haze around everything, particularly the horizon line and the clouds.

I think your subject matter is great, and your direction was right. With some fine-tuning I think you'll have it.

All the best!

I LIKE this. I has loads of personality. Nice light, I like the placement of the subject in the room as well. The only teensy thing I could wish for was that the DOF included the kitty, that would have made it perfect. Other than that, a really enjoyable portrait filled with life!

All the best!

Nicely seen! Love the contrasting color palette, nice juxtaposition, great balance, really well done!

All the best!

Please critique! I'm particularly interested in the reception of the

processing. Thanks so much!!

Thanks for being so thorough! I mentioned white balance in my intro, and there seems to be a problem with my uploads. For some reason they upload to pnet with a greenish cast. None of the images have this issue when loaded anywhere else, though, so I'm not sure why this is. In the regular version, her skin has a much more accurate, if not pale, color.
As for the theme, we were re-interpreting Hamlet's Ophelia, hence all the flowers. So your assessment of her attitude is right on. She's disheveled, vacant, and going just a bit mad. We wanted to reflect that, while capturing her youth and beauty.

A version with better color is here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151948583546153.1073741834.278911346152&type=3&uploaded=1

Thanks again!

I'm looking for good critiques for this one. ASIDE from the white

balance, which seems to go wonky on me every time I upload to Pnet

(it's done this for other photos of mine as well :-/ ) I would like to

know if the composition, editing and retouching, color palette,

ect...works and if this would be a viable magazine submission.

Thanks so much!

What pretty light! You don't generally see images like this with such delicate light, well seen

Great capture! Really engaging image, your DOF is spot on, nice crisp focus, love it.

well done!

love this, I feel like this shot was ALMOST there. For me, the tree behind the first bicycle rider really interferes with his profile. The tonality is spot on, though. Nicely seen.

I think this one's just a bit too heavy on the glamor style softness because a lot of the detail and the depth in the shape of her face has been lost. She's got a lovely bone structure and an expressive face, I think much of that gets lost here. A more directional light with a fill light or reflector to soften the shadows could give you that glamor style softness in the skin without losing so much detail.

All the best~