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01/15/2005 04:42:35 AM |
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07/08/2004 04:41:58 PM |
From the Critique Club:
This is a beautiful soft image. The choice of colors is soothing. The olive green and inner garment weaves a wonderful image and of course, the background adds the exotic tinge. The hand placement is to be commended and the model, your sister, very natural. You did a good job but we owe her credit because her facial expression displays a sense of serenity and a unique quiet confidence.
The study has some minor imperfections and believe me, they are minor compared with the overall strong visual effect. Let us start with the cropping. Note the bottom of her left elbow. Here we have material folding in and out and when the eye moves from her lovely face it finds this distraction at the elbow. It would have served your purpose better to crop the image right above the right elbow. The benefit is to have brought the rest of the figure closer to the viewer. The second item is that of the right earring portruding or jutting out of the chin. here you had the choice to raise the angle a bit or simply to clone it out.
The third item is not as critical and this has to do with the eyes. I take the eyes as they are, but their beauty is not displayed. This happens when an image is soft, yet many photographers magnify the eyes and touch up the highlights very subtly a pixel at a time with pure white with a 40 percent or so opacity.
A good image and certainly a good contender. You can only get better. dan |
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07/07/2004 05:01:46 PM |
| Hey rooster! I really like this photo although I'm not a fan of neat image, it's barely noticeable. I like the use of her hands in the photo, creates so much more character. And yea, she's very pretty :-) Good choice of color [wardrobe] and background. It's interesting without overpowering her ;-) |
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07/04/2004 05:52:00 PM |
| One of my favorites, the color of her skin go nicely with the background, she is lovely, a very earthy feel to this photo - 10 - |
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07/04/2004 05:34:23 PM |
Lighting: Nicely done, but with eyes that dark I would have liked to see more of a catchlight.
Pose: nice.
Background: works, but is a bit distracting. Using a shallower DOF would have worked better I think. |
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07/04/2004 10:46:36 AM |
Very nice job. Lighting, focus, pose, composition are all spot on! The only thing that takes this from a great portrait to a nice portrait is the background. IMHO it is a little busy. A shallower DOF or more subdued lighting on the background would take this into the realm of great portrait!
TC |
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07/04/2004 08:44:43 AM |
| I like the tones and textured background. I would try a little tighter crop than this. |
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07/03/2004 06:04:58 AM |
| Beautiful portrait with good pose and expression. Skin tones and color are very good and natural looking. Perhaps a bit more blur to the background would have been better as it's somewhat distracting and the relief on the furniture of the horsemen have their spears aimed at her head! lol Excellent work, nonetheless. |
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07/02/2004 04:36:24 PM |
A beautiful portrait, I would normally say maybe blur the background a little more.
but it doesn't need it as it blends brilliantly.
good luck..hope my 10 points helps. |
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07/02/2004 08:21:43 AM |
| I would use some gaussian blur and sharpen the lines more,9+ |
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07/02/2004 07:49:01 AM |
| Very nicely composed. Would like a bit more sharpness around the eyes. :o) |
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07/01/2004 07:47:33 PM |
| One of my top picks. The light seems a little flat, and I'd like to see a more engaging expression, but still very well photographed. |
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07/01/2004 02:42:23 PM |
| I love your choice of background - adds charcter and texture without being too distracting. I like the colors also - the dark wood, her golden skin, and the earthy green of the shawl. The pose is very relaxes and contemplative. My only complaint would be that the lighting is too flat - I like how it is soft on her face, but I'd like to see some contrast with the background - |
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06/30/2004 10:14:20 PM |
| A truly beautiful study. Soft all through out with great colors. I would have gone a a tad higher to avoid the other earring showing or would have cloned it out. It still remains one of my favorites. |
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06/30/2004 03:27:46 PM |
| A little sharper focus on the eyes and a little less depth of field would have made this much stronger competition entry given the competition. As a general portrait, I like this alot, and think that the background and dress color work really well together. |
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06/30/2004 01:51:04 PM |
| I love the earth tones. It compliments her skin tone very well. Some PS work on her eyes might have helped make this pop a little more. Just a suggestion. |
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06/30/2004 12:38:23 PM |
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06/30/2004 09:54:36 AM |
| she seems sad to be posing ... a smile would have brightened this photo right up. |
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06/30/2004 08:38:34 AM |
| very nice portrait, your background is more interesting than the plain ones but nicely blurred so it isn't dominating, the color of her dress and her skintones compliment each other; since this is an advanced rules challenge I think you would have improved it by cloneing out her right earring where it shows beneath her chin, that's a distradtion at an important place in the pic |
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06/30/2004 08:14:43 AM |
| Beautiful. Only thing I can suggest is that it be a little sharper. |
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06/29/2004 08:06:50 PM |
Absolute superb lighting on a very special model. I know it's minor - but her right ear ring looks like a facial mole - which is bothersome. I normally am not a fan of borders - but this one does not draw any attention from the image = ok.
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06/29/2004 01:50:26 PM |
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06/29/2004 12:53:41 PM |
| Great background choice. Much more interesting than a bland studio paper. |
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06/29/2004 07:04:48 AM |
| Very nice background, would like that in my home :) |
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06/28/2004 08:43:27 PM |
I have to nit-pick, her right earing just showing is distracting.
Oh, never mind. 9. |
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06/28/2004 06:56:41 PM |
| Beautiful! I love the lighting. The background is perhaps a bit busy, but I like it. Great job |
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06/28/2004 12:37:33 PM |
| beautiful. I like the background very much, but I can imagine some people find it a bit distracting. not me though. 7 |
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06/28/2004 12:35:13 PM |
| Very beautiful. I think if you had cloned out the earring just visible on her right side it would have taken away a distraction. I had to study the picture for a while to figure out what it was, at first I thought perhaps she had her chin pierced on the side or something. If the background were a bit more blurred it would also put more emphasis on the person. |
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06/28/2004 12:21:51 PM |
| The background you chose is perfect for the model. The whole portrait has an elegant and rich feel. |
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06/28/2004 10:57:23 AM |
Nice capture
Good expression on your model
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06/28/2004 10:43:59 AM |
| Nice portrait but I find the background a little busy. I'm sure you model has some beautiful Sari's but the one she is wearing is a little dull in colour too. Perhaps a brighter coloured Sari would help stop me looking at the background carvings. |
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06/28/2004 08:58:52 AM |
| I love it! I would frame it in my house! |
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06/28/2004 08:18:21 AM |
| 10~ Love this, love her, love it all!! |
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06/27/2004 08:57:36 PM |
| Nice, interesting background. Beautiful model |
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