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A couple of portraits

Postby Alex on Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:02 pm

A couple of portraits taken at a shoot I did a few weeks back.

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Thanks for looking,

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Re: A couple of portraits

Postby barry on Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:40 pm

Alex, I like #1 however I think if you cropped the bottom quarter of the shot it would look better. The reclining pose looks a bit funny to me.

As for #2 to me there does not seem to be any focal point.
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Re: A couple of portraits

Postby Alex on Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:07 pm

Thanks for your comments, Barry.

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Re: A couple of portraits

Postby zafra52 on Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:25 pm

I agree with Barry. Crop it from the end of her hair removing the bottom part.
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Re: A couple of portraits

Postby Alex on Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:05 pm

Thanks for the suggestion guys. I have tried it and it just didn't look right.

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