Girlfriend on the river bank

[yourapocalypse]

Went down to Colwick Park by the River Trent on Saturday and spent an hour or so snapping the sailing boats that kept getting blown over. Turned round and shot this one of the missus when I thought she wasn't paying attention. It's my first 'proper' b&w conversion, and I know the background is pretty busy, but hey I like it. C&C and all that :)

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj201/vapourtrailphotography/014.jpg

ISO100 - 100mm - f/2.8 - 1/4000sec

[d_pipa]

i like thissssss :) would be nice to see if you take another shot with full aperture, so the wood will be in focus too. heh

[yourapocalypse]

Thanks :) Wasn't really a wood, there's a river in front of her, the background is more hedge than tree. My settings were set for the boats on the other side of the river rather than her, hence the aperture and shutter speed.

[admirable]

Nice capture, and the pic is not bad either! :D

Mabey just a bit too much sky but I suppose if you crop the top off you lose more sky and it will look all cloud.

I like it though!

[yourapocalypse]

:D

I kept the sky in for a sense of scale. Also because I love turning blue skies black.

[Lateralus]

definately a keeper:D
nice image

[EdBray]

definately a keeper:D

Image is good too!

[yourapocalypse]

Heh, I'm relaying this to her, and I'm instructed to take more photos :)

Thanks for the nice comments, both sorts :D

[dseered]

That is bloody brilliant, not a fan of pics when sunglasses are worn but this works and works well, I love the DoF, great model helps aswell ;)

[rh1944]

She's lovely. I'd crop her to something like this:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2647279036_72672196a3_o.jpg

That may be far from your intent but it works for me.

[d_pipa]

i still think background is too much blur :( otherwise itd be 'perfection'! lol

[EdBray]

Why are you bothering with photography?

[spencer]

I really like this shot, the processing works well.

Spence


Why are you bothering with photography?

What do you mean EdBray??:shrug:

[EdBray]

What do you mean EdBray??:shrug:

I could think of many other things that I would rather be doing! :naughty: Still each to their own.

[Flash In The Pan]

i still think background is too much blur :( otherwise itd be 'perfection'! lol


I think the background needs to be more blurred, a shallower depth of field is what's required here with a subject like that :D

[d_pipa]

yeah i kniw what you mean. but look at the clouds, a lot of blur spoils it a bit doesnt it? :) a slight blur is good, but not too much! hehe :)

[spencer]

I could think of many other things that I would rather be doing! :naughty: Still each to their own.

:nono::lol::lol:

[yourapocalypse]

Why are you bothering with photography?

It's something to do while she's cooking my dinner, mate ;) :woot:


She's lovely. I'd crop her to something like this:

You've pretty much picked my second choice of crop, there. Nicely done :) I picked the further distance because of the sky. Oh how I love the black sky thing.


yeah i kniw what you mean. but look at the clouds, a lot of blur spoils it a bit doesnt it? a slight blur is good, but not too much! hehe :)#

That's fair, I see what you mean. As I said up there ^^ this was a quick shot, and I was more focused on the sailing boats on the river. I think the aperture 'choice' (for want of a better word) is good for the immediate background, because those plants made the shot very busy (especially in colour), but doesn't work on the sky. Oh well, win some, lose some :)


I think the background needs to be more blurred, a shallower depth of field is what's required here with a subject like that :D

Something like an f/1.0 should do it, right? ;)


That is bloody brilliant, not a fan of pics when sunglasses are worn but this works and works well, I love the DoF, great model helps aswell ;)

Cheers :) Not too many objections if I put more up then? :)

[rh1944]

You've pretty much picked my second choice of crop, there. Nicely done :) I picked the further distance because of the sky. Oh how I love the black sky thing.

At one stage, I thought of cutting the shot into two and posting the top half as a sky and the bottom half as your girlfriend sat on the bank.