Cyclist Couple

[luismr]

Hi there,
There's sometime since I submit a pic here, rarelly shoot portraits but I see this couple since I enter the park and they was so syncronized, so harmonized I cannot resist to capture them.

Besides the shadow on her face... what else can I do better?



Camera Canon EOS 20D
Exposure Time 0.0008s (1/1250)
Aperture f/3.5
ISO 100
Focal Length 28mm (44.8mm in 35mm)
Flash flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Program portrait mode
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Exposure Mode auto
White Balance auto

[peachy]

I might clone out the boat by their heads... I think it a bit distracting.

I really like the B&W conversion. Nice and contrasty

[luismr]

Originally Posted by peachy

I might clone out the boat by their heads... I think it a bit distracting.

I really like the B&W conversion. Nice and contrasty

peachy,
Thanks for the feedback, I'll try it but I'm not sure how it would look, the trail is way to large...

Thanks for looking.

[thecornflake]

I think it would be hard to clone it out, cloning water can be difficult to get it to look right.

You could try a drastic crop right above their heads so you just half the bottom half as a kind of panaroma.

[jdepould]

Why is there so much empty space behind them? It doesn't really make sense in this context, since they're facing the outside of the frame. The background is a bit distracting, maybe a tighter crop (or even a wider composition) or wider aperture would help there.

[luismr]

Originally Posted by thecornflake

I think it would be hard to clone it out, cloning water can be difficult to get it to look right.

You could try a drastic crop right above their heads so you just half the bottom half as a kind of panaroma.

thecornflake, thanks for the "panorama" idea, it hasn't cross my mind. I'll try, Thanks.

[luismr]

Originally Posted by jdepould

Why is there so much empty space behind them? It doesn't really make sense in this context, since they're facing the outside of the frame. The background is a bit distracting, maybe a tighter crop (or even a wider composition) or wider aperture would help there.

Hi jdepould.
The space behind them is for their shadows.
I'll try a tighter crop. Thanks for your feedback.

[imagesbyjk]

Yeah, the shadow on her face does bug me. I like the negative space to the left. I wish they weren't so close to the edge on the bottom and right. And I'd place their faces higher in the frame (you could do so by cropping the image some).

[luismr]

Originally Posted by imagesbyjk

Yeah, the shadow on her face does bug me. I like the negative space to the left. I wish they weren't so close to the edge on the bottom and right. And I'd place their faces higher in the frame (you could do so by cropping the image some).

imagesbyjk,
The lovely shadow (lol) I'll try some framing during the next weekend. Thanks for looking!