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Sep 08, 2008 12:41 |  #1

Trying to figure out if it's worth printing or how to improve it.
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Sep 08, 2008 12:45 |  #2

I thought it was a little dark, or is it my monitor?


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Sep 08, 2008 12:47 as a reply to  @ hawkeye60's post |  #3

If we are talking about your wall, only you can answer that.

If it was my wall, I'd like a little brighter and a little tighter on the crop.


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Sep 08, 2008 21:37 |  #4

hawkeye60's version is a considerable improvement. Now all it needs is some careful cropping to get it back into the realm of standard aspect ratios, such as 1.5:1.

My preference would be to keep all of the rock and lose some of the tree. That will still keep her about the right amount off-center.


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Sep 09, 2008 06:34 as a reply to  @ Robert_Lay's post |  #5

Made it lighter with a tighter crop, used devine proportions (1:1.618) with face in center of curve.
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Sep 09, 2008 07:00 as a reply to  @ chauncey's post |  #6

Much better, i like it.


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Sep 09, 2008 14:35 |  #7

Nice crop Chauncey.


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Sep 09, 2008 15:50 |  #8

I personally don't care for this photo to much. I think the rock for me breaks my interest on her. If you can reshoot I would if not it stil an ok shot for a simple 4x6 but for the wall sorry i don't think it's worth it.


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Sep 09, 2008 23:05 as a reply to  @ michillebaker's post |  #9

The reworked version is much nicer. I think that it would help to blur the background so that it is not competing with the subject for the viewers attention. It could be done fairly easily in Photoshop, but it would be even better if the image were shot again with a larger aperture. Of course, it depends on how close the background actually is to the subject.


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