Tales of a Womanby
shutterphunkComment by fotomann_forever: ::: Greetings from Critique Club :::
Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.
First Impression - the most important one:
Nice portrait very well shot, but for some reason the focus ends up VERY soft.
Composition:
Decent, although I believe shifting the model's head further to the left of the frame would have been a stronger composition.
Subject:
Subject is well isolated from the background.
Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Focus: As I said ealier it is very soft - Not sure if it's from too muc h noise reduction or from a soft filter or what is causing it, but looks like it was introduced in PP.
Color: Very nice, seems very natural.
Light: Also very nice and very natural, although I'm not real fond of the shadow on the right side of the nose.
To grow its vote?:
Focus. I really belive the softness of this image hurt you a lot. Otherwise, it is a very strong piece. I still believe the softness was introduced in PP, try to clear up that issue and you're in the game :-)
Summary:
Overall, you've displayed a good understanding of portrait photography, a glaring technical issue beat ya down though.
Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy
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