robwilson

Hi Graham,

She's a lovely subject especially when put together with her camera.

I wish you'd avoided the blown out highlight above her head, but that's not always possible.

My 2p worth on your two versions of this shot is that perhaps you've gone a little too extreme on both for me.  The soft focus is, perhaps, just taste on my part.  I don't really like soft focus portraits in general.  So, feel free to ignore me! ;)

I am assuming that you've used Silverefex pro on both.  I think here you've pushed the structure a bit too much.  The wrinkles around her mouth draw attention rather than the eyes which is not really what you want from the overwhelming majority of portraits.

So, my suggestion go somewhere between the two. 

I do hope that's useful!

All the best,

Rob

Nice colour, but the door doesn't really look very ancient to be honest!

I was thinking 'iron door circa 1987' myself...

Thank you for any thoughts.

Cheers

Rob

This is bird poo, isn't it?

I should make endless cracks about it being a 'crap' photo, etc, etc, etc, but I won't.

It's actually a really good image!

Good stuff!

Tony,

This is lovely!

Well done!

Rob

Thank you for your thoughts.

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Rob

Thanks for any thoughts.

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Rob

I think this is my favourite of the day so far.

:)

I like this as well.

This is a cool composition!

Well done!

I like this.

It's original and effective!

Well done!

:)

Thanks for any feedback.

Cheers

Rob

Thanks for any feedback.

Cheers

Rob

Fortunately we are considerably less anal about our flag in the UK.  Of course, the Union flag is also a far more attractive piece of design than the flag of USA, and is more easily producible in a situation like this.

This is Britishpatriotastic!

Thanks Jim!

I guess I find it rather depressing that this photo rates below 5.  I honestly don't know what you need to do to impress on Photo.net.

I guess it probably involves a nude model or an oversaturated landscaped.

Anyway, I think I'm out of here.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Cheers

Rob

Thanks for any thoughts.

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Rob

Thank you for any constructive feedback.

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Rob

Thank you for any constructive comments.

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Rob

I think that this is a very fine shot and deserving of far better ratings than you have received.

It is beautifully composed with a lovely use of muted colours.

Well done!

Cheers

Rob

Thank you Rick

That's very kind of you.

:)

Thank you Aileen!

That's most kind of you.

:)

Thank you for any constructive feedback.

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Rob

Thank you for any constructive thoughts.

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Rob

Thank you Benjamin.

It's actually at a temple in Bali.

Cheers

Thanks for any constructive thoughts.

cheers

Rob