Tried very hard to coax my technician out of her shyness ... this was the result. I love the sly smile that I was able to get out of her.
We were both novices at this - she, ' modeling' for the first time, and I doing somekind of 'formal' portraiture.
Tech: NeatImage, duplicated layer, then gaussian blurred the duplicate, then adjusted opacity. Not sure what the ISO I used, but this was handheld using VR lens. Lighting is composed of two ordinary bulbs from the side.
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Lighting: The lighting is good, but seems to have a bit of a color cast. The soft-focus is a bit much for me.
Pose: conveys the emotion well, but I would not have cut off her arm.
Background: works good.
Very cute composition. The pose does make her look 'shy'. The focus though IMHO is way too soft. Nice lighting to bring out the depth, just needs more focus.
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I like her pose and expression and also like the soft, unfocused look of this image. I also like inclusion of negative space. Lighting is good too, and I especially like her red/brown hair color near to frames edge. Skin tones appear too green.
Good time to use a soft-focus technique, and I like the colors. I personally like the negative space, but it would probably be stronger as a "portrait" if cropped from the left to about the center of her arm.
Nice soft lighting...but the focus or gaussian blur is a tad too soft for my taste. The portrait itself is nice, with pleasing tones and nice composition. :o)
The light seems a bit off as it has created hot spots on the right of the frame above and below. I think you were going for soft focus, but it looks more out of focus than soft. She looks pretty.
I like the soft focus. It isn't out of focus. Good expresion. Nice background. Light on the right seems a bit bright (in the background). But overall, very nice.
Stunning colors! The soft focus works well, but may be a little too much. Takes the subject to the point of "bad focus." Like to have the areas near the eyes with some detail.
I understand what you've done here, but I'm afraid a lot of people will call this out of focus . To me, it's a beautiful shot, exemplifying the "rule of thirds". The softness/blur works with her expression and the title. Beautiful work...
I sould said that i like the softFocus a LOT.... but i used to put it at 30% because it seem too much (to me)... you composition is effective, i like the color o lot (make me think to use gel more !) and the face expression is amazing... just a little yellow cast in the face... a9
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