My Mother
This was taken without a tripod and with auto settings on the camera as she did not want to wait for me to spend time adjusting settings
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I agree that it looks stretched. The original version was horizontal, when I rotated it the image was "squashed". I tried using the "free transform" tool. I've never had this happen before in an original image. I've used it successfully in many other shots; any suggestions how I could have edited it better?
Lovely smile. Unfortunately, the lighting is harsh and is very un-flattering.
The photo almost looks distorted.
Possibly standing further away from the subject and using a bounced flash might help both the over-all photo and the distracting lighting.
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