This is my nana I did a huge photo shoot with her .. I love her .. I love her age and her wrinkles and because of those I respect her hugely. This picture is to show her more serious side ... taking into account the 14 kids and the huge number of grandkids and 58 great grandkids and 10 great greats ... she has lived well.
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Lots of people mentioned that this is over sharpened .. so I thought that letting people know that the only sharpen used was once the picture was reduced. Those wrinkles are real!
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There are just a few things I see here that could use a little tweaking. The lighting is what I think kept this photo from scoring higher. The light on the her right side is too harsh. I am assuming this is natural light coming in from a window. It may have helped to partially close a shade, or position something in between her an the light to lessen it some. Another option would be to lightly use the burn tool in post processing since this was an advanced editing challenge. I like that you have two light sources and that they are not equal in strength. The lighting on her left side is much softer and has a more comforting feel. Adding some fill flash would help brighten up her eyes, which seem to be a little dark. One final nit-pick would be the cropping. The edge of the frame cuts out some of her hair. This makes it feel cramped. Allowing the background to completely surround her head would help with this.
You had a few comments where people said you over sharpened. I really think you did a nice job with this. People's eyes may have been drawn to her lips and chin, where the wrinkles are more pronounced, but looking at her cheeks tells me that this really is natural. Another thing fill flash may have done is make the wrinkles a little less pronounced.
Her pose is wonderful. She seems quite relaxed and comfortable. It makes me feel like she has just finished telling a story of one of her life experiences, and is now looking at me to make sure her point sinks in!
Wonderful image and capture of Vera - her face lends itself to all kinds of stories. Only issue I have is that the image is just way too oversharpened (IMO). I would have liked to see a slightly softer side of Vera. Nice lighting and good comp!
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