Square Jaw Photography wrote:
I personally find it "meh." Just personal preference. Sorry to sound harsh. Reason being, I don't find it personable enough. She's facing more to the right than I would like (personal preference.) Here feet are also cut off. I like the depth-of-field, but I would like to get closer to her (again, personal preference.)

Shes in a grace yard smelling a flower.

Thanks ~ MR

Mark wrote:
Not bad, but a shame it's over exposed.  I question including so much of the "step" on lower right of the pic.

The original wasn't over exposed.  The photo has a soft light effect applied in post.. maybe I went to bright?

Thanks ~ MR

Rik Williams wrote:


Personally I don't like it.
The framing, angle and crop are all poorly chosen. It has the feel of someone who has only just begun to understand a little about composition, but still managing to get it wrong. The contrasting visual themes do nothing but dig the hole even deeper... Not to mention the feet (what feet)
Those gravestones are beyond a simple subliminal suggestion and far more like a metaphorical train wreck.
Just look at how distracting the row of stones running through her head are.
And last but not least the treatment is shocking, atrocious and amateur at best. I'd go as far as to say its the last nail in the coffin

Overall I'd give it a 3/10, but only because there's a well dressed pretty lady in its content.

Sorry, but for what it's worth, that's my honest opinion.

Thanks ~ MR

Shy L wrote:
Focus is a little off, and it would have been better to change your position or focal length a little to get that headstone (?) out of the corner.  I'm not a super big fan of that processing with the bright/cheery colors of the dress & flowers [on this note I think you've got some color/tonal harmony issues here] but otherwise it looks well applied.  The blown spots need some attention, though.  I would do a test print 8x12 to see how the processing translates.

Thanks ~ MR

Images by MR wrote:

The original wasn't over exposed.  The photo has a soft light effect applied in post.. maybe I went to bright?

Thanks ~ MR

I think it's a tad too bright myself, but it's not a bad photo..more of something that could be used as a stock photo in my opinion.

Images by MR wrote:
The original wasn't over exposed.  The photo has a soft light effect applied in post.. maybe I went to bright?

Thanks ~ MR

Will Snizek wrote:
I think it's a tad too bright myself, but it's not a bad photo..more of something that could be used as a stock photo in my opinion.

Thanks ~ MR

MainePaintah wrote:
Good idea; cute girl smelling flowers.

Bad execution; At first I thought those were beehives in the background with her smelling a flower in the foreground, and I expected bees in the flowers when I blew up the thumbnail.

When I realized that it was a cemetery, I wondered where the headstone were and why the one at her feet couldn't be placed somewhere else in the photo instead of chopping off her feet.

I do like the high key lighting, it just doesn't fit in a "graveyard theme" in my opinion.

Thanks ~ MR