I met this girl at the college. She was studying some book about history, at least till I found her. She’s not actually studying in the photo, but it reminds me of how someone would look at you if she was busy studying. This is posed, though.
For editing, I brightened this a lot, which helps because she was dark compared to the background. Now the sky is just white. I took the lines out from under her eyes, made her lips a bit redder, and dilated and reshaped her pupils. She looks alive now. I think it was reflections from the glass building nearby that made her pupils seem non-existent in the original. Eyes are a tricky thing, but you can improve them if you’re careful and precise.
The focus is on her hair instead of her face, darn it. It’s still a nice photo though. I’m going to watch focus more closely in portraits, because it’s really important to keep it on the eyes instead of what’s in the middle of the frame.
Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/500, F3.5, 50mm, ISO100, 2008-09-26T12:04:15-04, 20080926-160415rxt
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Credit me as Richard X. Thripp and link here.
You can use the models’ likenesses for anything not defamatory. You are one of my “licencees.”
Marisa Gomes at 2010-07-07T14:58:26.Olá sou Marisa Gomes da cidade da Maia
E estou aqui para vos dar os meus parabéns pelo vosso magnifico trabalho, é na realidade algo sublime e com características muito trabalhosas, os meus parabénbs.
E claro que eu sou uma pequenina pulga à vossa beira e confesso que mesmo assim o nosso querido Amigo Custódio nos vai ensinando uma coisinha aqui outra alí.mas…
Mas e me desculpem a minha ingnorãnçia, ando aqui a ver se descubro como fazer Tweet nos meus post, e como também tenho Ad Sense, quem sabe se seria mais rentável um pouquinho.
Um abração para todos er muitas felicidades
Marisa
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