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dmacmillan wrote:
I love the direct look and slight smile!
One of the hardest things to do in portrait photography, especially when you have a lovely young lady as your subject, is to look beyond the subject and see the background. I see you stopped down from wide open (f4.0) to f5.6. It is easy to see a nice blurred background when composing and forget the background will be sharper at shooting aperture. I'm a big proponent of using the DOF preview button as a quick check. There's lots to think about and do in the short span of grabbing a candid. You have to practice enough that it becomes instinctive and happens instantly.
In this instance, she has a tree growing out of her head. Sometimes just a slight change in camera position can help. For instance, I see foliage on the right of the frame. It may be that changing the shooting position by a step or two to the left would have given more greenery and gotten rid of the branches against the sky. If possible, it would have also eliminated the busy-ness in the lower left of the frame.
Kent did a good job opening up the eyes. I think some work on the background, including some darkening, blurring and cloning would help concentrate attention on the subject. The photo is certainly good enough to warrant the effort....Show more →
Doug,
Thanks for the detailed comment and suggestions. I was a bit surprised no one else commented on the tree out of the head. I know it is less than ideal and I should have noticed it in shooting. I As you said, it was a quick candid; I was captivated by her beauty and smile and really need more practice and to slow down.
Scott
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