Cathie Maree, Married mother of 2 Grown boys, and has a fashion beautique on the water front. The day of this shoot was not feeling the best with a head cold, and like the trooper she is, agreed to do the modeling for me, thank you Cathie Maree.The background is of vessels on the marina and fitted in for the shoot.
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Brian, I think that you were robbed on this one. If there's a little noise on the hair so be it but that's not enough to bring this beautiful image to a sub 5 score. As for the expression, well it's natural and real for someone to look as she does. I've shot plenty of models and head shots and I have plenty of photos with similar facial expressions. I do find this alluring :) Keep up the great work.
The score on this is truly appalling. This is a gorgeous picture showing the true beauty of a woman. Really nicely done, Brian. By the way, I can't see the noise at all on the monitor I use to edit, but I can on my laptop which is a lot "brighter".
I don't understand why there's so much grain in her hair. Other than that, the depth of field is very good, and I find this a very good sample of glamour.
Seriously, not sure what happened here, but there's a ton of noise in the hair (underexposed and brought up in post maybe?) and the eyes/mouth (lower lip) seem to be selectively sharpened a bit too much.
Regarding the composition...I can't really get comfortable with the angle/lean.
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