Eleganceby
mia67Comment by Artifacts: Positives:
Elegance might not be the first thought that comes to all viewer's minds (Quiet confidence comes to mine) but this is a classy portraiture that greatly flatters your model. Nice pose and angle. Must be her 'good' side. ;)
Technicals:
The non-descript background works well to highlight the model. Though not dramatic, the lighting is perfectly fine. Focus is a little soft, particularly around the eyes and mouth. Overall, though, this is done well.
The Challenge:
Obviously meets the challenge. In a challenge that is so easily met the technical differences and added viewer interest items generally set the top scorers apart from the rest and yours probably suffered a little bit as a result. But if it were taken as a customer portrait in the 'real world' it is quite acceptable.
Don''t know about the inclusion of the two straps. Some stodgy voters not up on current styles might consider that a little slutty.
Suggestions:
You might try using the sharpen tool (be careful because it is easy to screw up with it) to increase sharpness of eyes and mouth. The eyes are always the main area of attention and you want them to stand out as much as possible. Also, a little extra sharpening on the hair might make it better to.
A current portrait style is to crop off the top of the subject's head and offset the face from the center. You probably saw many examples of that in the challenge. It directs greater attention to a model's face and gives the face greater image real estate within the frame which is always a good thing, particularly with a model as attractive as yours. You might want to try that style crop and see what you think.
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