Another fine portrait Bruce! I would bet that the model is pleased with it.
I’ll mostly echo others’ comments: - square crop might be better, but oh well. Though I understand that photoshoppery can be used to add e.g. blank space on the sides of this shot. - shadow under the nose is a bit too dark, but oh well. I understand the tradeoff with cheekbone shading. - it is a slightly ambiguous pose and expression. I usually prefer photos without captions - let the viewer see what he/she sees rather then tell them what they are looking at. In this case, if captioned, I think “Reflection” might be better - a label for what she is doing rather than a label creating a story or sorts about why she is reflecting. On the other hand, I like the pose. I think it looks natural, and I disagree about her right hand - I often sit that way leaning into (the hidden) part of my hand. I never would have thought twice about it in this case if I hadn’t seen Bill’s comment. However, I think a person's elbows are not particularly attractive, and your model has two of them right there catching my eye. Not sure what could be done in this case except maybe to dull the shine on her right elbow and, if image manipulation is to be part of the equation, desaturating the red in her elbows just a schoch to lower the color contrast with her arms. Just a minor nit… stan On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:33 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/88382325347 > > Comments invited. > > -- > -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. -- 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.
