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#PORTRAIT
 
nightview_____ PRO
1 month ago

Hello, I am hoping to get some advice from you.

 

I wanted to draw attention to the eyes and expression of the subject woman, so I shot with a low Focal Number.

At the same time, I thought I could express the softness of the petals, which is the subtitle of the photo.

 

This photo was not selected, but I have no idea why.

Please let me know anything that could be improved.

If there is a simple reason why it was not selected, I welcome your comments.

 

Nikon Z8 / Nikkor Z 24-70mm f2.8 S 

70mm F3.2 1/250s ISO2200 0EV

Processing tool is Evoto.

 
Edited: 1 month ago by nightview_____
Daniel Springgay CREW 
1 month ago — Senior critic

Hi and welcome First may I say what a wonderful model and pose Wow so relaxed and looking amazing. For my eyes and judgement I would have preferred the whole face sharp eyes, nose and lips aslo a small crop off the left to take away that distracting highlight. I hope this helps... Thank you for sharing.

Lucie Gagnon CREW 
1 month ago — Senior critic
nightview_____ PRO

Hello, I am hoping to get some advice from you.

 

I wanted to draw attention to the eyes and expression of the subject woman, so I shot with a low Focal Number.

At the same time, I thought I could express the softness of the petals, which is the subtitle of the photo.

 

This photo was not selected, but I have no idea why.

Please let me know anything that could be improved.

If there is a simple reason why it was not selected, I welcome your comments.

 

Nikon Z8 / Nikkor Z 24-70mm f2.8 S 

70mm F3.2 1/250s ISO2200 0EV

Processing tool is Evoto.

 

Hello nightview_____ and welcome to the Critique Forum.

I too was impressed by this beautiful model and close up portrait, Her expression is very vivid and alluring.

I am not a portrait photographer so  I cannot advise you on that aspect, except that I agree with what Daniel said about the sharpness that is lacking in part of her face. Personally, I also think that it might have been better if the purple/blue hydrangea would have also been in focus because it is right by her face. 

So all I did was to skew the image a little to get rid of the distracting black post and the flowers showing in the far left. Then I crop the  image to get rid of her fingers, which I didn't think were a useful element in the photo.

 

I hope these points are helpful to you.

 

Best regards,

Lucie, s.c.