portrait for critique.

The pose, the angle, it's great. However the skin tones don't looks quite right (yellowed on the right side?) and a smile would have been the icing on the cake. Still, I really like it a lot. Then again, I'm a sucker for UWA portraits ...

haha....totally feel you on the skin tones.
thanks for the crit.

-brad

I'm usually not a big fan of the "top down" shot but I kind of like this one. I agree about the need for a smile but other than that my only critique is the cutting off of the toes in the crop.

phxflyboy

I am so glad others said it first, but I intended to say the photo was too yellow. Not to be taken the wrong way, hopefully.

A smile would have improved the face value
Toes are cropped but may not get noticed.

It is a non - traditional angle - but looks like it is working.
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Bakul Vyas
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Love the photo. I really don't think a smile would improve it any. I like the enigmatic, neutral expression on the subject. It adds a little bit of mystery.

Hi,

Nice prospective however… since you asked for a little critique, here you go.

I really do like the perspective, shooting down hard from over head, nicely done.

What I don’t like is, you attempted to center the model (which is fine) however; she’s slightly off center, more space to the right than the left and you created a great deal of “conflict” by just cutting off the toes.

Either crop out the feet entirely or show the feet but, just cropping off the toes, creates “conflict” with the edge of the image.

I do not agree with the others that stated she needed to smile; sometimes an unemotional look can express many moods.

I do agree that the image is a little too yellow or more specifically, lacks punch and contrast. If you were going for a more ‘drab’ look that’s cool but, really make it drab and dull, (rainy day, misty or foggy day, sad look, etc) if not… add contrast; it’s that ‘in-between’ kind of drab but kind of lacking contrast that is a little off.

Lastly, you are definitely there… just watch the cropping a bit and try a little more to capture the mood and you got it!

One tip I might toss your way is… set the aperture at F/2.8 and focus on her eyes, you’ll have her face sharp but the rest of her will fad off into blurriness, and the background will be blurred out, that might give you a more pro look over all.

Anthony
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great crit....thanks for all the great words.

-brad

You may be able to rotate slightly CC and re-crop to re-center the feet without affecting the face too much.

Also, there's something distracting just to the left of her eyes (viewer's perspective) - clone over that for sure.

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I really like it.

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love the perspective, the look and feel. ditto what has been said about the crop, wb etc. But a really lovely shot.

cheers

phil
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