mark_harrington1

Looks a little too processed on the skin. Face should be lightest part of image. Not attractive to look into model's armpit.

Overall the background is interesting but too sharp and the pose looks too static and contrived.

Hope it helps :)

 

Any suggestions or comments appreciated.

Hi Jim,

I'm not seeing the hint of HDR, although HDR is not the best choice for people, especialy women. I would recommend removing the armpit wrinkles and tightening up the muscle droop on the opposite arm. Generally its not a good idea to crop at or near a joint as it looks, as in the case here, like the person is amputated. Generally you would want to crop mid limb if possible. I would blend in the cast shadow from the flash that is visible right next to the wall. Although it is very light, it is distracting and an obvious tell that flash was used. I would clone out the slight tuft of hair on the bottom lobe of the breast. Clone out the building seam above the model's head. lighten the eyes and rather than the pinpoint of the small flash unit drop in some catchlights. You can do this with a small white brush and then blur and fade opacity it will look fairly legit. I don't like the pursed lips, and I would remove the blemish/mole on the convex curve of her chin. Clean up the blemishes on her upper forehead/temple, clean up the deep shadow under her lip and the shadow line under her chin/neck. Clean up the hair imperfections on the top of her head.

Mark

Please let me know your thoughts on this image and any

suggestions for improvements.

Thanks!

Would love to know your thoughts about this picture; what works and what

can be improved on.

Thanks

Very creative. Excellent light and composition. Would love to see more from this series.

Great Job!

Too much negative space for my taste. The picture also seems soft.  I get that you're showing scale but I would have preferred to see the boat in a vast ocean, or at least the sun/moon/clouds in the sky... Now if you wanted to place some text and make this a travel poster or seafood menu, I guess I'd have to rethink my position.

This kind of reminds me of a futre fossil. It's kind of a commentary on pollution being set in stone. A little low on the contrast, perhaps you could title it and make the coloring more like stone and see where that gets you.

Constructive criticism appreciated.

Please share your thoughts and suggestions.

 

Mark

I'm constantly looking for ways to improve my images. I would like to

know how you see this image - Beginner, Intermediate or advanced

photographer. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Mark

What's the message? I don't like the picture at all. There seems to be either a drunk or overwhelmed person sitting in the chair, the man immediately by the bride seems to be there without a purpose and the bride is too tightly cropped for for the scene. This to me looks like a snapshot. The house and yard are not very attractive for what should be the bride's best moment. I know not everyone has money and such, but the bike in the door with the construction cooler just annoys me. The background should be blurred, unless you're trying to focus on the woman in the chair, at which the bride should be blurred. The picture could have been timed better to wait until the man exits the scene, or you could have tried to change positions. Again, not a very attractive picture which looks to me like you just held up your camera and pushed the shutter button.

Chin down, open aperature to help blur background (soad rack is growing out of her head). Not so posed would be better.

Light contrast is too high, and separation between background and hair would add a little more depth.