Portraits - critique please!

[tedwin]

Excellent, now everyone doesn't think I have gone mad.

Please replace ******s with shovels.

 

[chilohm]

Thank you so much for having a go at pic 4 Keith. It is a real improvement. I think I'm a glutton for sharpness and need to soften up a bit!
Jack.

 

[chilohm]

For some reason, i can't see all of the images in the thread.

Which lens(es) did you use on 1, 5, and 7? The 90mm Sonnar?

How were these scanned? There seems to be great sharpness with minimal grain. I love #1, and #7 looks like it was shot by Bruce Weber or Tim Walker. Well done.

Yeah I used a 90mm Zeiss. I was shooting Kodak portra 160VC. I had them scanned by Peak Imaging in Derbyshire, UK. My Minolta Dimage Scan II is way too noisy, so I've stopped using it. Thanks for your kind comments!

 

[ishpop]

#1 and #8 look professional to my eye.

Agree with the others, get some smoothness to these and you're set, too contrasty as is for many of them.

 

[totst]

They look fine to me. I love hi contrasty stuff. Great captures!!

 

[AshenLight]

Very nice. The only thing is the previously mentioned contrast issue, other than that (and that's a pretty subjective opinion) , they're great shots.

Ash