A few pictures from yesterday

[sparkie1263]

Here are a few I took yesterday.

Frank

Cuban Cigar Roller



Oldest Son Youngest Daughter and my FDIL




My youngest Daughter and Granddaughter

[DonSchap]

The first image is a pretty good working portrait, Frank. You have captured him at work and made it the centerpiece of the image. Works for me. The school would love it.

#2 - Well lit and no heavy shadows. Well done. Seems a bit out of balance, with the orientation. Check your diagonals and see how they skewer the shot and do a crop based on the "x" or "rule of thirds."



Does this work for ya?

[Turn]

I like the second one the most because it has so much joy

[dr4gon]

Third is definitely an improvement on the lighting! A lower aperture (or post processing ) would help improve the focus on the subjects. Lighting is great though! The 1/30 is good, but you could probably maintain that with 200ISO or even 100ISO.

[seanhoxx]

Nice work Frank, so did you sample any of the rollers work?

[sparkie1263]

I don't smoke but did get a few samples.
Dr4gon Rooz suggested the higher ISO so I gave it a try.
The crop looks great Don
Thanks for the comments
Frank

[seanhoxx]

I agree smoking is bad for you, and leads to all kinds of nasty things. but now and then a fine hand rolled cigar with a glass of single malt scotch on the back deck in a cool fall night, ahhhh it can be special.

[sparkie1263]

I don't like the smell the most. Your clothes smell for hours. I will pass it don't do anything for me. I never smoked a cigarette either.
Frank

[dr4gon]

I don't smoke but did get a few samples.
Dr4gon Rooz suggested the higher ISO so I gave it a try.
The crop looks great Don
Thanks for the comments
Frank

Yeah I recall. That's why I checked and commented that the lighting looked good. The lower ISO would still help slow the shutter but allow for a lower aperture (like if you had set 100 ISO and were in "S" mode at like 1/30).

[sparkie1263]

I might have set it to rear flash also. It did not say in the EXIF Data.

Frank