elise

• ilya1963

• Oct 14, 2010

Elise is beautiful , I am not sure if the hand out of focus infront adds anything , light is nice ...

 

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  thicktheo

• Oct 14, 2010

yeah, the hand doesn't really add anything, you are right. didn't think about it as much as I should.

 

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  guitstik

• Oct 14, 2010

I like the hand out of focus, it shows the narrow DOF and draws the attention even more to the face.

 

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  thicktheo

• Oct 14, 2010

yeah but it doesn't hold anything and it doesn't "rest" on anything - it would be ok if I had the other hand (that's underneath this one) in the frame... anyway, it's just a photo - got another session scheduled with Elise soon enough - will pay more attention to detail next time.

 

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  guitstik

• Oct 14, 2010

You might try holding the camera in the portrait position instead of landscape that would give you a central orientation on your subject and brings more of her into the frame and less background.

 

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  thicktheo

• Oct 14, 2010

naaah, me and "portrait" orientation do not go well together (that's why I'm stuck in 6x6 for so long). ;-)

 

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  artonpaper

• Mar 23, 2011

This a great shot, why all the nit picking? Straight forward, unpretentious. I dodn't even notice the hand before I started reading. The look on her face,, she's not just pretty, she's alive.

 

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  thicktheo

• Mar 23, 2011

nitpicking is didactic - it's a good image, but it could be even better.