James Markus wrote:
Daniel, I like this image. I like the catch lights, and the mouth agape. The crop is very tight which is one thing I would change. The reflector adds to the shadow details, and creates a better light/dark ratio - IMO. The drape could have been folded once, because the splash of color draws the eye to her chest and away from lovely Mycah's face and eyes.
Thank you James. I have to agree with you on the splash of color from the red top. I'm on the fence about the crop; I love a tight crop and I love the way the composition is balanced between the top left corner and the bottom right corner, but I agree a looser crop could have been better suited.
DanielScott wrote:
It's all good. Funnily enough I foresaw something like this happening which is why I made a point to be clear about that detail when I first made the post.
Serves me right for not reading
I actually like to look at image without the dialogue to see how it "hits" me organically.
Nicely done, notwithstanding minor niggles others mentioned. The thing that jumped out to me was the difference between the sharply defined upper catchlight and the blurry lower - even though they are on the same focal plane more or less. That's just something my brain couldn't process. Maybe it's just how it came out though? No matter. Lighting and skin tones are good!
KE_Photo wrote:
Nicely done, notwithstanding minor niggles others mentioned. The thing that jumped out to me was the difference between the sharply defined upper catchlight and the blurry lower - even though they are on the same focal plane more or less. That's just something my brain couldn't process. Maybe it's just how it came out though? No matter. Lighting and skin tones are good!
Thank you. I imagine the bottom catch light isn't as sharp because it was reflected light as opposed to direct light from the flash.
