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Originally Posted by TJPhotoGuy
Actually no that wasn't the case.... I think what it is is the angle I shot it at. If I had it to do over again i would have made sure the ears were all good in it; again that's a flaw and a hit I'll take on this one. But no your analysis of the lighting isn't on point actually.
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Wow interesting because looking at the catchlights in her eyes really looks like a main source high and slightly left and a secondary fill source low and just a bit right. I can usually read catchlights well but possibly those are not the original catchlights.
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Originally Posted by TJPhotoGuy
If metered correctly, "where" a light is positioned shouldn't blow anything out. Again look at your own photo to see overblown highlights all over the place.
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I never mentioned blown highlights, I said the highlights were different, I think you would agree that the highlight on her right cheek is brighter than that on her left. As is the highlight on he forhead brighter than the left side of her face.
As to my image the jacket is blown to high heaven, I'll wholeheartedly agree, much of that was intentional and of less consequence to me because the focus to me was on the eyes of the photo. But I won't debate the blown highlights. Her face doesn't completely blow out anywhere though it is overexposed, the original photo wasn't but in processing I pushed it that way, again a personal style issue. Her jacket was of no consequence to me, I wasn't selling that I was selling her eyes. But you are correct I blew out the highlights, I appreciate you pointing that out.
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I wasn't going for "symmetry" here - I wanted some difference between the two. This was a beauty shot showcasing the facial features... I just didn't quite hit the nail on the head with the ears  |
I understand what you were going for now and I see that part of it is a personal preference difference. If I were that close to symmetrical lighting I would have gone for full symmetry, when I want some modeling I tend to have a touch more contrast, just personal preference, so I can see your point. So that is one of those just we see things differently sorts of issues, not right or wrong, I am just a huge fan of symmetry so the closer an image comes to symmetry the more I yearn for it to be symmetrical.