Love Lost
by cloudsme

Comment by mpeters:
Hi from the Critique Club.

Feel free to PM me with any question or comments. Hopefully i can offer you a few thing to consider.

First: Portraits and especially studio portraiture is not an area of strength for me so my comments should taken in that context.

Composition: Great job on the placement of your model/wife in the frame. The tight cropping at the top, the tilt of the head and the placement of the rose all are very effective. The little piece of shoulder?? showing just below the hair is a minor distraction.

LIghting: Again, a good job in my eyes. Catchlights are nice and detail on the hair and accross the face is also good. Possibly a little more shadow on the model's right side of face would have given the pic a more romantic feel.

Focus on the eyes is good. Several other parts look a little soft but i believe that is an acceptable characteristic of portraiture.

Picture seems to have a touch too much red. This may be a problem with my monitor.

Finally: The tears are a great idea. Post processing is maybe a little too obvious for some and this was the likely reason for a lower score, as some of the other commentators alluded to.

Keep shooting
mark

Message edited by author 2006-04-29 01:10:28.

Great Day
by cloudsme

Comment by scared_of_the_dark:
Nice shot.

Great Day
by cloudsme

Comment by shanky_pec:
good shot

Great Day
by cloudsme

Comment by macrothing:
2 - Not a bad jump shot, not a bad 'happy shot', title suits, but for this Challenge, would like to have seen the emphasis on the color scheme primarily. A more refined crop also have helped this in my opinion.

Great Day
by cloudsme

Comment by hotpasta:
wasn't the jump challenge a couple of weeks ago? ;-) Nice shot of a cute kid

Great Day
by cloudsme

Comment by echobass:
Is there a hidden trampoline? Shame about the treetops...

Love Lost
by cloudsme

Comment by Azrifel:
Composition is good but the light is very contrasty and the skin tone is a bit unnatural.

Love Lost
by cloudsme

Comment by talikf:
The post processing on the softness of her skin is too evident here IMHO, still a good idea. 7

Love Lost
by cloudsme

Comment by s4nd3r99:
interesting.
the flower really adds a lot here.

My only complain is the cropping, I think it's a bit too much cropped on the face

Love Lost
by cloudsme

Comment by Rebecca:
The blur elements to the skin are uneven and much too obvious. When I touch up like this, I usually reintroduce a little noise to mimic the surrounding skin texture.