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Doug,

Lovely shot !! Could be a great cover for any women's magazine :)

The only question - do I see it badly or eyes ARE slightly out of focus ? Since hairs are ok and flower is ok, but eyes look somewhat blurry to me.

Great shot, really like it :))

Dennis

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I love this photograph. Very nice concept. I just wish she didnt have that awed look in her eyes.
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Denis, thanks. the eyes are as sharp as anything else, so it must be just the jpeging process that's making them look blurry. Nabarun, I have others. I mean, I haven't fully edited through the shoot. This one jumped out at me, though, but mostly because of the eyes. I'll continue my deliberations with your comment in mind. Thanks.
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Nabarun, I'm just finishing inspecting the other shots and I think there might be one that I like a little better for several reasons, one of which is an ever so softer arch in the eyebrows, although somehow her expression is a pinch more intense. What I had to think about, aside from her eyes, was the position of the flower, whether or not it was centered, loose strands of hair, the line of her blouse around her neck, the shoulder line, and the length of her neck. In the above capture, which I'll call shot A (A for Above), I've already corrected a slumped left collar and some stray hair. I think I did pretty well on the collar, although it might look more obvious now that I've called your attention to it, and the hair is good too. Shot B has a firmer collar, and in fact, might be the collar I used to correct the collar in shot A. I think shot A wins with regard to the appeal of her neck because her chin just forward slightly more than it does in shot B. With regard to her shoulders, in shot A her hands and arms are folded on a posing surface and are just below crop. This bunched the fabric of her blouse on the right (her left), which I also corrected. In shot B, her arms are at her side, which angles the slope of her shoulders (perhaps too much) as opposed to being nearly horizontal as they are in shot A. There's more hair mess to clean up in Shot B, too. I really don't like post processing hair.

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I'm going to go ahead and complete the post processing on shot B, but I'm not really convinced (yet) that it's better. It may turn out to just be different, but equal.
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Very nice Doug. I could see it being used in a print ad. The color choice of the flower complements her eyes, hair and skin tone. Lovely model too, by the way
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