Thanks, Igor. Cutting off heads is a bit of a fashion, somewhat popularized by film and TV and largely necessitated by the landscape orientation. An overriding principle is to keep the eyes in the upper one third of the frame, and the closer you frame the more head is going to get cut off. And too, when the background is crappy I automatically frame closer to exclude it.
I have many other variations of this one, some with no head cropping, but I particularly liked her expression in this one. I generally prefer smiles so you'll get your wish shortly. :-) On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > Bruce, > > This portrait is even better than the previous, especially light-wise. > I like the light, and I didn't even notice the creases until read > Larry's comments. The blue nail polish didn't distract me. > > But, from the very first look, I have been distracted by the top of the > head cut off. > Also, the two fingers on the left hand would've been better inside > the frame.. > (I remember, there was a nice website showing what is OK and not OK with > respect to cutting off people in photographs, - primarily limbs). > > Sorry, the chopped-off head still bothers me. - The head should be > complete, or a more drastic cut has to happen... > > Best, > > Igor > > > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 08:59:34PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: >> A straight-forward "studio" portrait of my niece, Sophie. Shot on >> location in my sister's living room (she's a champ to put up with me >> rearranging the whole thing). >> >> http://flic.kr/p/fy42fh >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
