Vintagevista
Posts: 8,884
Sun City, California, US
You have better already - but number 2 is the better one in my mind. You fill the space well - and the first one - there is little that the scenery adds to the image - so why have it? if it does not enhance you and your pose?
Vintagevista wrote: You have better already - but number 2 is the better one in my mind. You fill the space well - and the first one - there is little that the scenery adds to the image - so why have it, if it does not enhance you and your pose.
yes, there seems to be a consensus on this although I do like the location too, thank you very much for leaving critique, Arya x
Although the tighter crop is appealing I prefer #1 with that great curvy line through the body from head to toe. I'm also enjoying the bit of setting I get, it adds a nostalgic and exotic touch.
Tangent Pictures
Posts: 43
Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
#2 as well, though #1 could have held the merits of composition and full body. But it's clogged with randoms bits that compete with the model for attention.
While in #2, the nice bokeh bkg draw us to the model. And back, and back again...
Scar: Photoshop > Clone Stamp Tool (S) - isn't life simple, *sometimes*?
S A L I N G E R wrote: My preference is number 2 too. Makes the image more about you than the space you're occupying.
This.
(though I also agree that it might be nicer without the lines on the stomach area, whatever their origination. They're just distracting. This is the same reason why some people shoot "strip" sets in reverse, so lines from tight clothing don't show.)
You are shooting DX aren't you? The background is very busy and it is way too sharp. One of the biggest drawbacks to DX is you are forced to work with lenses of shorter focal length, and therefore, greater depth of field. In order to get soft backgrounds you have to work with larger apertures. Since most people who are shooting digital are using slower zooms, you are forced to go with smaller apertures, again, with greater depth of field. Also, I find her face too dark, it could stand a little lightening too so it matches the tone of the rest of her body.
All is not lost though, it can be fixed in Photoshop by selecting the background and using the box blur tool. Just make sure you don't hightlight right along the outline of the model or it will blur that too and ruin the image.
Scott T Murphy wrote: You are shooting DX aren't you? The background is very busy and it is way too sharp. That is one of the biggest drawbacks to DX is you are working with lenses of shorter focal length, and therefore, greater depth of field.
All is not lost though, it can be fixed in Photoshop by selecting the background and using the box blur tool. Just make sure you don't hightlight right along the out of the model or it will blur that too
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