Portrait: Too Much Saturation/PP?

[Btdown]

Too much saturation and/or overexposure on this? Face look too plastic-y? (too much pp?)

For the most part, I think less is more, but since I'm experimenting with all this new stuff, I find myself going overboard. For a few of the pics in the album below, I HAD to do more than expected. I was trying out a crappy lens and had it up to 800 iso before abandoning it, but I neglected to change the iso back when I put a better one on. Too much noise in some.




Model NIKON D5100
ISO 200
Exposure 1/125 sec
Aperture 8.0
Focal Length 35mm
Flash Used Softbox model left/front high, grid stripbox model right rear for separation/hair
White Balance 1
Metering Mode 3
Exposure Program 1

Feel free to check out my other pics...have only been shooting a few months, and this is my second model shoot.

Shoot Pics

Thanks!!
BT

[SusanH1970]

Not too much saturation, but too much contrast. Your blacks are clipped and highlights are close to being blown; her face is definitely overexposed. See how the shadows of her nose and arm are so harsh? And the shadow on her right arm is just pitch black? I'm wondering if they were quite so harsh to begin with. Looks like the red channel is blown as well.

Can you post a SOOC?

[ctcook]

Looks like SusanH1970 has you going down the right path, but to address the quesiton about the skin the PP on the skin is noticable around her left eye and eyebrow. I think, as you stated, less would be more in this instance.

[Btdown]

Thanks for taking the time to help me out...I appreciate it.

SOOC:

[SusanH1970]

Did you shoot in RAW or JPG? If RAW, you can adjust the exposure and shadows.

[Btdown]

I shoot raw, so I can adjust it...I just needed a third party to maybe commend on how it appears..non-photographers love em, but I was looking for someone with experience looking at this stuff.

[ChrisAdval]

VS.




I prefer the one on top.

Try not shooting black clothing onto dark backdrops because in post it’s a pain to fix that without affecting other things. Her face/head on the top photo is more preferred than the one the bottom where it’s a bit brighter.