Another quick question Thorsten, is this Sepia toned?
I think there could be a long debate on that one, but I wouldn't call this sepia toned - more platinum toned than sepia I'd say. But depending on one's interpretation this could well be classed as sepia as well, so who knows which is correct . But it's no straight black and white so you can rest assured there isn't anything wrong with your eyes or monitor .
Thanks for the feedback folks. It's given me an indication on how to handle the remaining images. The natural light on the day was quite flat and being unfamiliar with Macroo, I was unable to find any locations with the necessary open shade. Due to the continuing threat of rain, I didn't feel confident setting up off-camera flash. I know, excuses, excuses! But just telling it like it is and I agree there's room for improvement!
Regarding the "plasticky" look, that's something I noticed on the web-sized image as well, after I resized it down from the full size image. Given the fact that there is detail there in the full size image, I can only conclude that resizing and saving as a compressed "for-web" jpg may have contributed to this.
Flat lighting will certainly contribute to a softer look as well and there's no doubt that more directional lighting would have brought out the features much more.
A good illustration of short lighting there Ciaran. I must admit, I struggled with this for a while myself not so long ago. Not so much with the concept of broad versus short lighting but how to instantly achieve broad or short lighting any time you want, even with fixed light sources. And then one day it dawned on me. For the benefit of others who might be struggling with this, Ciaran's description is absolutely correct and my description is simply the same information in a different format. Hopefully either Ciaran's or my description will make sense.
So here's my description or explanation - If you want short lighting, shoot into the shadow side of the face. For broad lighting, shoot into the lit side of the face.
Lovely image. I was wondering why the image looked a little plasticky. Maybe Ciaran's right about the lighting. What do you mean by shorter lighting in this case Ciaran? Lighting aside, gorgeous model and very sharp image.
Short lighting is a way of making a rounder face appear slighly slimmer. You light the side of the face that is turned away from the camera. It also has the benefit of having some shadow/modelling on the face, so it less flat
Lovely image. I was wondering why the image looked a little plasticky. Maybe Ciaran's right about the lighting. What do you mean by shorter lighting in this case Ciaran? Lighting aside, gorgeous model and very sharp image.
. But it's no straight black and white so you can rest assured there isn't anything wrong with your eyes or monitor 
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But just telling it like it is and I agree there's room for improvement!
