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03/20/2013 12:25:51 PM |
| What lost it for me was the focus....it should have been on the face, not his fist. That would have made a huge difference. :) |
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03/20/2013 07:04:13 AM |
the light is too hot, contrast is too strong, its hard to pull out the details of the mask and lacrosse stick. the shirt blends in to the black and as a result the head is floating.
also, eye contact. im not a big fan of staring out into space, sometimes its works but not here.
it also would have benefited greatly from a hair light or small fill on the camera right behind the subject to give him "some" separation from the background. |
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03/20/2013 06:54:28 AM |
| Tehcnically, I think its very well done. Lighting and pose and composition, to me, are all pretty good. I just didn't "connect" in any emotional way to the image to vote it higher than the 7 I gave. Its lacking something. Now, what that something is, I don't know. Drama? |
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03/20/2013 06:34:11 AM |
I can't add much to what's been said already. The lighting on the subject's right is too strong, the left side of his hair and the black part of his uniform have melted into the black BG and the main light is emphasizing the jersey, not his face. The pose is OK, but I don't feel qualified to offer advice there. I think the crop here is a bit too tight, but it's not terrible.
Message edited by author 2013-03-20 10:34:24. |
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03/20/2013 05:50:03 AM |
I'm quite surprised at the score -- I thought it was beautifully done and gave it an 8. Jenn's right, and the lighting could have been brighter on the face than on the side, but it didn't bother me. :)
Message edited by author 2013-03-20 09:50:43. |
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03/20/2013 05:49:51 AM |
| Overall the tone is too cool, and he needs some backlighting to make him stand out from the background. Overall the lighting is pretty good but you missed a bit and the jersey and his arms are better lit than his face, so the emphasis goes to those areas instead of the face. One thing to always ask yourself when doing a portrait is: "do my eyes go to his eyes and face first?" if not it's a miss. With this my eyes go to the jersey first. |
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