Just an idea but i know there are some stunning portraits tucked away in your various galleries so i thought a portrait thread might be a good way to show them off and share tips and ideas as well (and there seem to be treads for everything else) so just post your portraits and/or self portraits here ...


to get the thing going here are two i did today - exactly the same set up just different post editing with levels ...


Angel




Demon

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Here is one of mine from a while ago now

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Well it's obvious that portraiture is a popular photographic genre.

 

I got a relatively cheap second hand ais telephoto yesterday, so thought Id give it a try. Theres ghosting and CA as would be expected from a lens that hasnt been coated in this and that to make it suitable for digital, but It was only £99 so I'll suffer it.

 

Shutter speed is 1/80 and the aperature was about f8 though its on in the exif data 'casue the lens hasnt got a chip in it...

The exposure was guessed also using a flashgun, and was taken over the shoulder into a mirror.

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good idea Gill.

Jeez, the lady in your post looks scary.

Ex-boxer and self confessed intellectual heavyweight...Johnnie O'Brien.. . he's a diamond.

 

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Spontaneously spontaneous..

 

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One of my favourite types of photography! Thought I'd post some of my old ones to bump this potentially great thread!

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Good idea Gill,

This is "Charlee",

Webby

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My DC Mag Gallery.

Some really nice shots here.
This is a brand new one from me.

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My Duff Photos

This is my son...

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Emily

RR

Alf

 

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My son

 

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Quitters Never Win
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....and this my daughter...

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PALE LADY

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Wow - there are some great shots posted - i really like the different styles from the spontaneous to the studio, natural to post edited , and that last one Abers is just art - she seems to glow - an amazing effect.

Here are two series that i did yesterday - wasting a friday morning with friends - a sheet as background, a fan on full blast and some loud music.






we had fun anyway

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