What do you think of this portrait?

OdiN

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Yeah I darkened up the pillar some.

You're right, I should darken it a bit more.

50mm f/1.4 - available light. I love that lens.
 

jpeyton

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I like it. :thumbsup:
 

virtuamike

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Arms are in awkward spacing, pushed away from her body but weird seeing them crossed. And it feels like she's sliding down the pillar with her hair crunched up and positioning of her legs. The posing could be more comfortable and natural.
 

healthier

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Very nicely taken shot. The picture was taken in the evening, so reflextions are so clear.
 

OdiN

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Originally posted by: healthier
Very nicely taken shot. The picture was taken in the evening, so reflextions are so clear.

Actually it was taken mid-day.
 

OdiN

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Originally posted by: virtuamike
Arms are in awkward spacing, pushed away from her body but weird seeing them crossed. And it feels like she's sliding down the pillar with her hair crunched up and positioning of her legs. The posing could be more comfortable and natural.

Funny thing is - I did not pose the shot. She just leaned up as she naturally would. And her arms aren't really away from her body.

I have a few others that may work, I might reprocess them and post.
 

ElFenix

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at first i thought her arms were away from her body, but after closer examination she's turned a little toward the camera. the gap between her arm and her breast and because her hand looks like it's floating away from her black shirt does it.
 

OdiN

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Yeah I've always had a problem with that one hand...and I'm not sure I can fix it. I've tried. That's the only real problematic thing that I have with it.
 

soydios

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I think that the legs are fine. If you were to take the exact same or a similar shot again, have the model keep the hand flush to the side of their ribcage so it doesn't look astray, and make sure that there's no gap between arms and body to see the background through.

For lighting, you can either burn the subject in Photoshop, or use a diffused reflector or diffused daytime fill flash coming from the same angle as the rest of the light. Either way, it would be preferable to have the subject pop more than the background. It's nice to be able to see the background, just with less emphasis.
 

OdiN

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I think some vignetting will do that soydios. Or perhaps a different crop. I like the setting though.
 

Deadtrees

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It'd look good as long as it's small. When bigger, the sudden loss of color/gradation on the right/lower side(from my perspective) on the cheek wouldn't look good.
 

jamesbond007

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Nice frame! It looked a bit green on my (calibrated) monitors, so I adjusted the colors and added an orange cast to the image to warm it up. Adjusted the levels and manually vignette some of the areas to detract initial focus from the eye. Moderate USM.

My Edit

Please let me know if you'd like me to pull the image - I hope you don't mind! :)

Thanks,
~Travis