Off-camera flash portrait

[tzava]

Got a Nissin off-camera TTL cable, and just love it ..
would like to get some oppinions on these portraits, and maybe some critique..

the pics were taken ok la small boat ride on a lake .. ar about 6-7 pm .. pretty much ambient light, but i mannaged to take it out shooting ISO 100, F9, 1/200 - 1/340, with flash











the processing was done in Photoshop CS4 :
1. classical tone/curves/contrast adjustment
2. removed background parts that were still visible
3. eyes done with burn / dodge tool
4. gray layer sharpness ( duplicate layer, highpass, blendmode vivd light)

You can see the rest of my " work " on flickr and blogspot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/-silviu-
http://tzava-man.blogspot.com/

thanks for looking / commneting

[FoG]

Love the second and last ones ! Nice owrk look forward to more

[gottasnap]

I really like the first one and the exposure on the second is great. All are very sharp. I would think that is hard to do on a moving boat!

[Chewys Dad]

Very Nice Portraits; I love the Last one. However I find the Models hand in the 1st 3 very distracting. She is a Lovely Lady and it would have been nice if we could have just seen her face. Great job on the lighting.
Thanks for sharing these
Michael.