In response for your request for comments on this image: In my opinion, the extreme closeup is not flattering to her. She's beautiful, and the other pictures in the series are great, but here you can't see that. I'm sure she's fully expecting flattering studio shots. Having sent her this may have surprised her. You can see every detail in her face, every hair, and every imperfection, and I'm almost certain she's looking at those details, rather than the artistic merits of the processing job.
As for the particular job done here, in my opinion selective desat is overdone, and must be done really well, or uniquely, to work. Here she just looks sallow to me, and her eyes look bloodshot. Again, it's not flattering, which is fine if you're going for a particular emotive feel, but I don't think you are. It's my opinion that the processing should support both the photograph and the subject matter, and there are hundreds of examples at this site where that's done to great effect. In my personal opinion only, I just don't think this works well here. If I were to continue with this shot, I would probably work the hell out of it, and find a reason to highly edit such a tight shot to get a definite mood out of it (and I'd probably overdo things in the process).
Having said that, the other pictures in the series are really excellent, the lighting is spot on, and it's clear from those pictures how beautiful she is. She should be very pleased with those. |
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