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wich image to enter to a contest
Posted By: devisor, 05-19-2009, 09:20 AM

its a portrait contest

this one




or





and here is the competition

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05-19-2009, 09:46 AM   #2
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The first one is the keeper for me.

The second one I like, but the body "skin" grab my eyes instead of keeping them on the face (or even the whole model).
05-19-2009, 01:37 PM   #3
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First Photo

My 2 cents aren't worth much, :-) , but I also like the first photo better - just more interesting to me. The other is too much of a "pose" to me. Good luck!
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#1 for me...
but if #2 had eye contact it would have been the one.

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Hey Eric,

I've been to quite a few photo contests as well as being a judge at 4-5 of them now.

Your first image is the strongest but depending on the judge the minuses are going to be the following:

-centered subject (not my idea, I love breaking that rule myself)
-close crop to the right knee
-visible post processing (the eyes look dramatic, but unrealistic)

The last image is still amazing but here are the few points that may come off of it:
-missing right arm... (it's again something that is great to break the rule on but judges look at it as a mistake)
-Hair in the face (I can't tell but there seems to be lots of stray hair climbing on the edge of her face, but it may be just the small image or compression.
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#1 is far more interesting and 'real'.
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QuoteOriginally posted by kevinschoenmakers Quote
#1 is far more interesting and 'real'.
+1! !

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I like the first one but would love the skin texture more emphasised...
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#1 is the one for me

Best of luck.
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beauty and the beast. and I hate to vote against beauty. I'd go with number 1
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agree with the crowd, #1.

It's flaws are minor, codiac2600 has excellent summary. I might play further with tones, both contrast and colour.

#2 has some distracting elements in the background, especially for such a tight crop to the model. When I have been in position of judging, the first pass is always look at background to see how aware the photographer is of all elements within the picture plane.
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#1 for sure. JIM
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Without a question, the first one. Good luck,
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Number 1 is No. 1
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thank you all for the replys.. will be fun to see how it goes Number one is entered..

for those that is interested, the other entry can be watched here:

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