my favourite photos Jessica in the garden

very nice and lovely image!!!!

Critiques please.

your colors are right on as is the exposure. Good work.

Very nice lines and colors.

Out of the four submitted, I like this one best. Great pose, good, vivid colors. Beautiful. 7/6. Your other shots of this model are very good too, this one just caught my eye quicker. ;)

Very nice color, and the way you cropped the photo works well.

Wonderful Alec!

Busy background, colors competing with the model - this shouldn't work, but it does. Nice expression and pleasing composition.

Alec, I could almost tell which lens you used. :D This is a very good one.

Wow Alec! She's gonna love this one! you gotta print this one for her. the best of jessica i've seen so far. you could redo a bit of cloning on the top left corner. neverthless, 7/7 in my books!

I agree with the comment that the background is sort of busy, but the red tones of the kimono and the lip glossy make her stand out of the green with no problems. Same applies for the fern she is holding.

 

I like the way you composed whis, with the line of the hair complementing the line of the fern and being pratically continued by the black border of the sleeve. As I've been following the series of attempts, you are definitly pulling more and more out of the lens-model-camera iterative experimentation.

 

I have two remarks, though, which you might fix off-line. The eyes have a bluish cast, which is odd, and the white shirt is too distracting: it's the brigtest colour in the scene and this should not be. In syuh a shot you've the potential of having as brightest patches both the smile and the eyes, what should be the attraction for the eye, not that shirt.

Thanks everyone for contributing. I must admit this was a rush job which is why the cloning is obvious. The light was too strong in the background and there is a bluish cast on her eyes due to the blue glass. Composition is OK though.

I was also about to suggest that the background was too busy.. but you needed to have a slightly higher DOF to keep her hands in focus. Like it.

Very nice portrait.

Nice framing.

Another great one.

The colors are eyepopping. The composition is wonderful and the smile on this lady's face is very engaging. Great job!

Nice shot, congrats...

First-rate composition Alec, the light is perfect, 7/6

I played with it just a little -- bringing down green and blue, maybe I over-did it like I usually do. Anyway, just for fun. Hope you don't mind. :D

HI guys, thanks for contributing. Looks good Ray. Of course I don't mind.

Nice shot. Is it possible to bring out the texture in the hair as well? she has pretty nice flowy hair

Wow is this charming!

I agree with Matt on hair. Of course this is beautiful though.