This was an outtake for the portrait challenge. It is a drop dead gorgeous picture of Em and I adore it and since I didn't have anything I preferred from this month for the free study I decided to enter it.
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This is definitely a gorgeous picture of her, and I definitely like the composition and am highly impressed with the lighting that you were able to achieve with this shot. Good job!!
Great use of the plant to add interest to the portrait. The lighting is great with the strong high backlighting and I guess a reflector to really brint those eyes to life? Great expression and perfect DOF for a stunning black and white portrait
This is simply stunning. The model is very beautiful, which always helps the photographer, but it is also a shot that is beautifully executed. The use of light is really good, as are all the technicals, but it is the styling that marks this out for me - lovely.
I really like the idea behind this shot, but it appears (to me) that it was squished. I don't know if it's the angle, my monitor, my eyes or what but it looks like the vertical aspect has been squished down. I could be wrong, but that's how I see the image.
EDIT: I've looked at this on another monitor and the squishiness referred above was specific to the other computer. On this one I don't notice it. Sorry. Now that I see it on this monitor it is great.
7 - Very nice image - lighting, model, make up, clothing, hand pose, glance, eyes, hair - especially with the natural sunlight. I like the flower elements too, very nice and feminine, without (apparent) softening too, which works well. Biggest issue for me is the overall balance and cropping. Either both shoulders in and more space (obviously) to the right) else a slightly tighter crop on the left.
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