Candid in Milan

[ML Photography]

Hello everybody!

I shot this candid in Milan a few days ago. I would really appreciate any C&C on exposure, composition lighting or any other aspect you might want to bring to my attention.

EXIF are as follows:

300mm
f/6.7
1/4000 sec
ISO 1600

Bye!

[ML Photography]

77 Views and not a comment nor critique...

Is it really so bad?

[jpitz31]

Nice composition, Nice exposure, nice using the diagonal framing.

But there is no need to shoot at ISO 1600. Unless you have a high end pro camera, shooting at high ISO's will reduce image quality and induce noise in your images.


Thanks

Joe

[Paul Francis Photography]

Agreed. Everything looks beautiful but when outdoors you shouldn't need to shoot higher than 400 ISO to keep the image clean and sharp.

[ajm057]

Agreed: I can only assume that the high iso was not planned given you shot this at 1/4000th. You could apply a noise reduction filter to improve this.

a) composition - shot is lacking space on the right side and has excess space behind the head, but there is a shadow of an arm on the bottom right corner that needs removing
b) model position - diagonal good - subject with shoulders rolled forward not so good, it creates a hollow chest look - though it tough to walk up to a stranger and say please stand up straighter and shoulders back...
c) DOF and general lighting good - f/6.7 was a good choice.
d) exposure ~0.125-0.25 EV under and exposure needed a little lighting of the shadows

Overall a good shot - given all the above, I would crop in a little as attached.

[LeeR]

Originally Posted by ajm057

Agreed: I can only assume that the high iso was not planned given you shot this at 1/4000th. You could apply a noise reduction filter to improve this.

a) composition - shot is lacking space on the right side and has excess space behind the head, but there is a shadow of an arm on the bottom right corner that needs removing
b) model position - diagonal good - subject with shoulders rolled forward not so good, it creates a hollow chest look - though it tough to walk up to a stranger and say please stand up straighter and shoulders back...
c) DOF and general lighting good - f/6.7 was a good choice.
d) exposure ~0.125-0.25 EV under and exposure needed a little lighting of the shadows

Overall a good shot - given all the above, I would crop in a little as attached.

It's a snapshot of a beautiful young lady in Milan. (Sounds like the beginning of a limerick.) I don't know that we need to go and get all pedantic on the guy. As snapshots go, this is pretty good. All of the things said may be correct, but it's nothing that can't be fixed in PP if and when he is able.

[ML Photography]

Thank you everybody!

No prolem LeeR, no one has been tough on me, I was asking for critique, and that's what it was. I appreciate much more this kind of approach rather than receiving no feedback at all. Any issue arised is perfectly justified...

Of course I did not mean to set the ISO to 1600 intentionally, this was by mistake as I was in interior just a minute earlier By the way, Nikon D700 is not really so noisy even at 1600 ISO, don't you think too?

The reason for the lack of space on the right side is that there was a friend shooting a picture, and her hand and camera would have shown in my frame if I shot it aiming more on the right.

These are my explanations...

Thank you very much again for your comments, I really appreciated them!