Nora 1913

I had to crop this way down from the original capture to eliminate a lot of

unwanted background, and I had to spruce up loose strands of hair

because of wind. Is this final result ok?

Very nice monochrome-type image, with the green in the field picking up the green in her eyes. Very good expression. Maybe would have left a little more of the top of her head/hair in, but still a striking picture.

It's a nice one, yes. But it would be cool to see what other cropping possibilities you may have had, because it's a little tight here, imo. Now here's another suggestion: that red one side and green on the other side attract a lot of attention: why not simply desaturate these background areas ?

Doug, am I going blind or is this a little soft? I like the idea of desaturating a little too.

It's hard to comment without knowing the original frame but as it is (leave the background, which you tried to avoid) this looks quite a natural shot with good tonal balance. Regards...

My issue is with her pretty eyes ... I think you missed the focus slighlty. The crop is not an issue for me.

desaturaing might be an idea worth considering. It's a little soft, yes. I'm not sure why (camera shake, missed focus, ?).

Don't worry. I'll be the first to say it: I need to work on my background selection.

EXIF data says ISO 200 f/10, 1/160th, 24-70 zoom. She was moving, but hit her poses and held them. I think I was shaking with excitement, so it's probably my fault. I don't think it's too far out of focus to be unusable, though. If I had to choose, I'd prefer this over all camera shake out of focusness than having missed the focal point.

Your bg selection might need some work but your model selection certainly doesn't!

Its obvious she can't take a bad picture...nice portrait...I think though that the other two you posted today are nicer.

Mr. Burgess, I love your portraits - this one in particular. I'm a VA amateur photographer (in the Roanoke area) - and it's inspiring to see great work!

 

Thanks,

Jared

thanks for all these comments.