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Miguel Martinez
{K:5459} 7/15/2005
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Great!
I love the angle and her gesture!!
Really very beautiful and original!
Miguel
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david cunningham
{K:8255} 7/15/2005
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melanie... beautiful portrait. wonderful light. i love the pose and the crop. excellent... david
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Bryan Steffy
{K:4907} 7/15/2005
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this is very nice Melanie, her make up is outstanding... very subtle and nice...
b
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Nason Nguyen
{K:648} 7/15/2005
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Great composition!
The color tone is perfect too. vote 6/7
regards,
Nason.
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Tiffany Hix
{K:5012} 7/15/2005
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Great shot Mel, nice angle. Very nice soft colors. Did you have to hold the camera way over head or does your tripod go up that high? Well done!
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Paul Lara
{K:86864} 7/15/2005
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very nice window lighting.
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cessy karina
{K:14205} 7/15/2005
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wow, excellent portrait, cool !
love the angle
her eyes beautiful
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Robert Kocs
{K:89085} 7/15/2005
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Excellent composition Melanie! Beauty modell, fine tones, creative work! Nice portrait.
Greetings! Robert
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/15/2005
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Great angle and lighting. Wonderful portrait shot!
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Marco Donatiello
{K:12147} 7/15/2005
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Un bellissimo ritratto, splendidamente composto
!La ripresa dall'alto da originalità alla fotografia!
L'espressione della modella è motlo bella ed interessante!
Complimenti!
ciao
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Kiarang Alaei
{K:49417} 7/15/2005
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Wow, it is one of your best, i admire all your efforts in creating some moody portraits and dramatic feelings. you have a very good understanding of perspective and DOF. certainly my rate: 7++
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Merwyn Kanjes
{K:3987} 7/15/2005
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Very good angle. Nice strong expression and soft colour. Wonderful shot. I like the tight crop.
-Kanjes-
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Lucas L
{K:11978} 7/15/2005
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wowwww...what a wonderful self you have!!! :-)
absolutly stunning eyes...so much class and beauty hee..my congrats!!!
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Lucas L
{K:11978} 7/15/2005
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...and I must say....you are so pretty!!!
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Kristin Upcroft
{K:1389} 7/15/2005
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Wow Melanie, I love this self portrait it is amazing! You always have amazing make up but I like this as it is very natural and such a different perspective, congratulations. Krick
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Green Gemini
{K:3388} 7/15/2005
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Mel,love the perspective of this shot. Once again, great use of window light(*whispering* oh great window light cenci)! How do you black out the background? I love how you do it, what is your technique?
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Uri Lidsky
{K:4932} 7/15/2005
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great angle, light and texture. very nice cropping as well.
Uri.
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Melanie Reynolds
{K:9090} 7/15/2005
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So you want to know my secrets, eh??? LOL... just kidding.
Well, first of all, my favorite window to use is in my bathroom. It is one of those windows that is not transparent, so it diffuses the light really well. Also, I make sure there are no other light sources. Because I usually have to put my camera in macro mode to pick up ANY detail, the DOF is very shallow. So it usually only picks up on the subject where the light is hitting and drowns out the background.
What I usually do as far as editing.... sometimes I add a dodge and burn layer to bring out detail. The opacity is usually only adjusted to about 5, but it helps in bringing out some detail and the burn layer will darken the background a little more. THEN, on my portrait shots I will usually add a layer with a diffused glow effect to smooth out the skin tone (I don't feel the need to immortalize zits and whatnoot). Again, I usually keep the opacity REALLY low so it still looks natural, but this also helps to black out the background.
By this time most of the background is already blacked out and I just use the push brush to brush over any areas that aren't completely blacked out. That's it!
If I had more space I would simply compose the shot without all the crap in it so I wouldn't have to do that, BUT my house is less than a thousand sq. ft. so that would be virtually impossible! LOL
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34231} 7/15/2005
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simply
in my favorites
simply great sweet delicate 7 for this great sweet delicate portrait with this nice angle
well done dear friend
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Eric Peterson
{K:4213} 7/15/2005
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I really like the reflection in the eyes. Also, very nice lighting and color. The DOF is very effective, as is the unusual angle.
Eric
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Melanie Reynolds
{K:9090} 7/16/2005
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Thanks, Tiff. I held the camera up for this one. I could have put my tripod on the counter, I suppose, but for me, it's a lot harder to compose a self portrait with a tripod. I didn't really have to hold it up that high. I just sort of tilted it towards me as I held it up which gave it sort of an akward angle.
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Ian Miller
{K:8674} 7/18/2005
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Nice portrait Mel'! Sharp yet subtle. I've just joined USEfilm yesterday (17.07.05), Though I've been a keen ameteur snapper for a while now.
Ps. Thx for the comments on my first pic, of the abstract Poppy. We may not be pros, but we have a passion and an eye for photos it would seem.
Ian (BIG E) Miller
Ian
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Nour El Refai
{K:12631} 7/21/2005
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woww, so beautiful, soft tones and makup are amazing, i love that style :) your angle are excellent too 7+
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Liz Wallis
{K:26076} 7/23/2005
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fantastic Melanie, brillilant perspective......took a stroll through your portfolio, and I gotta say, it's made up of some awesome work...:)
Liz
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Ferdinand
{K:3516} 8/9/2005
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This photo is close to genius... The pose, expression and crop are perfect, and technically it works beautifully.
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Rossano Balloco
{K:981} 8/9/2005
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Great work Melanie, original and well done! I like the model very much :)
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narabia
{K:9560} 10/8/2005
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nice point of view ;)
I wonder how it is that the background is so dark while we can see that it was taken in front of windows
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Jozsef Dotzi
{K:582} 2/26/2006
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Impresive portrait, nice colors
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James Cook
{K:37604} 6/10/2006
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Thanks for all the info on process. I like the images you get refected in your eyes (on other shots too). Keep up the good work.
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Ehsan Maraghechi
{K:27} 1/23/2008
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really lovely
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