i asked my mom's yoga instructor if i could photographer her today(the last day this contest is open) and this was my favorite photo out of the whole batch. i thought it looked quite good in black and white, but it makes her eyes look very dark.
let me know what you think
comments please
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i really like the angle that you have gone for here, the close crop and the blur work wonderfully to go with the sharp crisp details of her face, well done 9
Very nice composition and I like the depth of field that you have used together with the gentle black and white conversion
The curtains are a little busy and distracting, but if you were going to use these as a backdrop it might have been slightly better if you had cropped down a little to lose the point where the curtains and the ceiling meet
I like the idea of this shot, but the backgroud isn't quite right. Cropping out the top so you don't see the top of the curtains would help and would also focus attention towards the face/pose.
The large blurred section in the foreground doesn't work here I think. Blurring large objects in the foreground is really hard to pull off though. I like your concept, but compositionally it could be a lot stronger from either closer in or further away I think
I do think that the expression on your model's face conveys the sense of peace attained through the practice of yoga. Unfortunately, I'm distracted from the face by both the background (especially the gray triangle at the upper right) and the large OOF hand in the foreground. I think the image would be much better with much closer cropping around the model.
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