Topanga Canyon
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by DigitalVita:
You have to wonder how she got there with those shoes.

Topanga Canyon
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by glad2badad:
And the young lady is there for added context? You know, size, scale - that sort of thing? ;^)

Topanga Canyon
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by GIS_boy:
As a 'want-to-be' landscape photographer I think this photo would have stood on it's own without the women. However, she does look good and you have captured her well with shaping light. Well done and good luck. 7

Topanga Canyon
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by Cantique:
Good use of the woman to spice up this landscape.

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Comment by TooCool:
Your lighting is a little flat. Otherwise a very nice shot.TC

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Comment by Azrifel:
The light is a bit blah (it looks underexposed) and the model too centered. I like the wind in the hair effect.

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Comment by xianart:
nice colour and image, but a little flat. the background looks like it wants to be white, but is just a little under exposed. perhaps levels could have fixed this? are the eyes slightly out of focus?

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Comment by wavelength:
Try this: in Photoshop, copy main layer to a new layer, gaussian blur at about 5-10 or so (I'd need to play with it full size to know for sure) set layer blending to Soft Light. Pick the eraser, delete the eyes of the second layer to let the eyes from the original layer show through.

Sharpen the first layer at 100%/.5pixels/0 threshold, or to taste. This will make the eyes pop out. Crop the picture to portrait with the face in a thirds position, upper right. If you don't know what thirds is, go to photoinf.com.

Go to Layer/new adjustment layer/levels. Pring the rightmost slider over until it's at the bottom of the curve just into the black to brighten the background away from gray.

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Just trying to help, hope that's how you take it. Also, you may need to check your monitor calibration, this looked really dark to me.

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Comment by mecfcosta:
It's a bit dark...Try working with lights.

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Comment by DigiFotoBuddy:
I am trying to comment on any picture I vote 4 or less. I am not professional photog by any means, but trying to justify my scoring with the hope that it helps.

Lighting is not good enough for the portrait. The face looks little bit OOF.