self portrait

My first time taking a shot of myself... Not experienced with photographing; wanted to know how I did:

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er......... wheres the top of your head??

You need to get your full face in the frame for a portrait mate.

If this is how he sees himself... it works.

Jakkin wrote in post #2494143
You need to get your full face in the frame for a portrait mate.

seriously, I never knew this. now I know where I've been going wrong

You totally don't need to get the top of your head in the photo if you don't want... but you should try for a tight focus on your eyes, at least the right eye. If the focus was on, I'd appreciate the photo a lot more. I like the overall blue tone of the photo.

I like the lighting. I agree about the focus, however, I've never read anywhere that there is a rule that states you need to have the top of your head in the frame?

Reminds me of an old saying. "How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? Twentyone, one to change the bulb and twenty to say they could have done it better!"

The focus, white balance and composition are off. Keep trying!

how is the composition off? i think just the focus in the eyes would have made this pic even better. but it is weird to see that you have a catch light in ur left eye but slight in the right eye. i guess maybe there's just too much light for it to shine like the left eye.

For a 1.6 second exposure, that came out fairly well...that is a rather long time for a subject to try to remain stationary....improved lighting or flash would help dramatically in sharpening up the image and reducing motion blur.