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by eschelar

Comment by Melethia:
The only hazard to shooting with this angle is making her look impossibly thin. Though I suspect she is really slight in build anyway, and that she'll love that this makes her look tiny! I like the cross-diagonals - the line of her body crossed by the wood pattern.

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by eschelar

Comment by eschelar:
i think I agree that the hands are perhaps a bit too bright. This is the value of second opinions! thanks!

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by eschelar

Comment by eschelar:
Again thanks, her nose is that way naturally, that's just the way it is.

The blue cast is deliberate. I think it looked nicer with a cool early evening type feel, so dropped the color temp and overall brightness a tad.

The face is touched up and worked a bit, but it's all skin work, no shape changes.

As to her hand being out of focus. That's the 50mm f/1.4. DOF is pretty shallow. No artificial blur was used, the plane of focus is as shot. The blur in her hair above her hand is similar.

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by eschelar

Comment by eschelar:
thanks. Her face is actually a few shades lighter than Molina's. Also, the Taiwanese value light skin as beautiful much more than we do. I find Molina's lovely shades to be far more attractive, but they think she's too dark.

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by eschelar

Comment by dtremain:
Very nice capture & processing. For posing, IMO it would be better to not have her right hand in the shot, and to move her left hand up the tree a bit. IMO, her right hand is in the main focal point of the picture, but it is "in front" of the main subject (her face) and OOF.

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by eschelar

Comment by dtremain:
In the preview, this looked like it had a bluish cast. Looks OK in the full-size version, though. It also looks like you have an editing problem running down the length of her nose - over highlighted, artificial selection. It looks like a similar problem above her jawline back towards her ear, but not as intense.

This is a very nice capture of a very attractive young lady. Please tell her I said so.

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by eschelar

Comment by dtremain:
Her right leg is what I mean by a position that looks awkward / painful. I like the highlights in her hair. Her expression appears relaxed and natural. Again, a very different angle. The angle makes her head look huge, and her body tiny. Yet, you've made it work nicely.

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by eschelar

Comment by dtremain:
A different angle without looking painful or contrived. Wish her smile was a bit bigger / more spontaneous looking. Overall, a very nice, complimentary capture.

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by eschelar

Comment by smardaz:
enjoy the playful feel on this, although the foreground elements (the hands) seem too blown out

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by eschelar

Comment by smardaz:
i think be cause the hand is in roughly the same plane as the rest of her i dont like that it is blurred, i was about to say something about the color looking a little washed out then i read your description