amonline wrote:
Things I would have done differently... I would have ensured it was symmetrical and straight when I shot it. I also would have exposed the outdoors correctly or only slightly overexposed and supplied correct light level from flash for the true subject. The pose seems fine for what you wanted to achieve.
I think you had a great opportunity for a great image. It just seems you didn't take the extra minute to get the best result you could have. Just IMHO.
Chris Beaumont wrote:
What is a "correct light level from flash"? Seems like a highly subjective thing to be making definitive judgments on.
I'm all for taking advice and learning, but it's a bit off to say I got the photo wrong because i envisaged it differently!
I never said the photo was "wrong". It's not my place to even judge. I said, "things *I* would have done differently...".
I simply meant the correct level of exposed flash for the subject with the different ambient exposure *I* mentioned. I didn't say anything about *your* flash usage.
I think you got a little defensive. Relax and read what people write first. What I wrote was very much the lighter side of C&C. Take it or leave it. It was just what I would have done.
Would have shot it from a higher angle to de-emphasise the leg and bring the eye more to the face. That and the arm on the right side down on the leg, again, leading the eye in more to the face and then out to the direction he's looking at.
