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06/17/2007 12:25:24 AM |
| As I have said in one of your previous photos, your eyes make so much more out of your self portraits. Unfortunately this one has lost just a bit in that your eye is slightly out of focus here. Would be fantastic if your eye was as sharp as your hair. Great composition, and again, effective emotion in the eyes. |
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07/19/2006 10:45:56 AM |
| You have a gift, Young Lady. This photo really accents your lovely hair. :) |
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07/18/2006 11:53:23 PM |
| I actually like the soft focus as it creates a sense of mystery for me. It feels like the eye is pulling me into the shot. |
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04/26/2006 05:27:24 PM |
Warm regards from the Critique Club!
First impressions make a great deal in a photograph, at least to my way of thinking. My first impression is that the image is out of focus. Soft focus is one thing, but with the hair being in focus, sharply so, it makes the face look out of focus.
Of critical importance is the eye. Having that element out of focus makes the image seem somewhat vague. If the entire image had a soft focus to it this could have a dreamlike effect, but that is not the case here.
I like the composition a lot - I think the main thing here would be to experiment more with your depth of field and plane of focus - everything else looks really good to me.
Take care,
Rich. |
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04/23/2006 07:50:07 PM |
| I like this idea - but the soft focus is too much for me. Good composition! |
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04/23/2006 08:06:22 AM |
| I like this composition a lot, but it's a shame this one isn't sharp. It looks like you blurred too much or used NeatImage a bit too much. |
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04/23/2006 06:32:32 AM |
Looks to me like your focal point is just a touch off. Her hair looks nicely focused but her eye is soft which is backward... I love soft focus effects but this looks awkward with the sharp hair...
TC |
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04/22/2006 06:03:15 PM |
| that funny. i just watched that movie a few hours ago. |
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04/21/2006 02:56:23 PM |
| Overall a nicely done pic. I do find the noise reduction or whatever smoothing that was applied overdone. And going for this type of crop perhaps if the model's head was titled just a tad to her left for an even split. |
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04/21/2006 06:14:18 AM |
| I love the idea and the composition but a little too far on the smoothing of the skin for me. There is something odd looking about the edge between the skin and the dark portion of the hair that I find distracting. |
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04/21/2006 06:05:25 AM |
| If only the eye were in focus, this would be a very good image. However it is not so this really crashes and burns with that... Shame, I like the composition and colorization of this. |
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04/20/2006 05:51:12 PM |
| too smooth ? or out of focus ? hmmmm difficult to determine. I would have liked a sharper focus on eys and more details... |
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04/20/2006 05:17:03 PM |
| I like the composition but not the soft focus. Just my opinion though. Good luck. |
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04/19/2006 01:42:57 AM |
Who dares to kill such a beauty ?
I think making this photo sharp would look much better (even though it won't fit the title) |
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04/18/2006 11:03:47 PM |
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04/18/2006 04:51:05 PM |
| I think this could have been a little better with the focus on her eye. With the nice green color of her eye, I just think it would have popped a little more than with the focus at her hair. |
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04/17/2006 07:26:59 PM |
| Being this close, the focus on the eye should be tack sharp. The postprocessing made her skin look fake. |
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04/17/2006 02:34:22 PM |
| A little to softly. I would have liked to seen more detail, someone so young has nothing neat image needs to cover. |
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04/17/2006 01:43:51 PM |
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04/17/2006 01:20:51 PM |
| I like the idea of the image but the post processing is a little heavy for my liking. The hair looks really in focus, but the face seems a little soft (maybe do to the processing). |
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04/17/2006 10:37:09 AM |
| I like this shot but to my taste the focus is a little too soft or Noise reduction a little too strong. |
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04/17/2006 07:25:36 AM |
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04/17/2006 05:25:13 AM |
| Over processed and a bit too soft for me |
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04/17/2006 05:06:57 AM |
| Too blurry/soft. Needs sharpness in her eyes. |
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04/17/2006 03:42:18 AM |
| Looks quite overprocessed to me...nice composition otherwise...focus point seems to be on the hair and not the eye |
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04/17/2006 12:33:03 AM |
| Nice, would have loved some more sharpness in her eye and hair and lipps. |
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04/16/2006 11:13:52 PM |
| This has a great concept but I think you killed it too much with the softness. I think you over used NI. The focus is soft everywhere except for the hair. I wish the eyes were sharp at least. |
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04/16/2006 09:40:53 PM |
| I wish the focus were on the eye and not her hair. She's lovely. |
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04/16/2006 09:19:10 PM |
| I'm just not a fan of the whole "split face" movement. Sorry... |
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