Great pose. And the point of view is excellent
I think blacking out the background on the sides was a good move. I'd like to see some of the highlight detail brought back.
Another thought. Do you think this would also work well with a square crop?
I worked hard trying to bring back the highlights but unfortunately its an old image that I had already processed so there was no saving it. As for the square crop, I thin you might be right that it would look somewhat more symmetrical.
Tyler,
What do you use to process the image? Maybe there is a bit more recovery than you think. I just reprocessed an older image with blown highlights in LR3 that became more than acceptable in LR4.
Scott
