This was taken while the sun was starting to set and the light was disapering quikly, fortunatly Kriti here can stay very still, still like a fox. All that was done in post edit was crop, color enhance, action, desaturate red, gaussin blur, tone down via layer opasity, desaturate red again and save for web.
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for a portrait shot, this is very well done. the model has a good pose and a good environment surrounds her.
i'm not sure how well it fits the zen challenge. although it does seem peaceful, it also seems posed and rigid. using a person in the challenge might need to be done less formally.
the color is good, if a bit oversaturated. the face in particular looks unnatural in its tone. if i had to guess, i would say the soft focus is probably what really killed your score here. it's difficult to pull off well, and at DPC a lot of people just consider it "out of focus" instead and score accordingly.
The lush green foliage is a nice setting. But the model looks a little plastic in texture. I think for a Zen subject, holding a single leaf and looking with a single eye might have been better. Something which removes the majority of the background but ends up giving a richer viewing experience.
really? Not sure abouut the title...I like the shot, but I am not crazy about the soft focus...the composition is good...the title is really puzzling me...am I missing something here?
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