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05-07-2012, 08:32 PM   #1
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Hi, what can I have done better in this shot?

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05-07-2012, 08:40 PM   #2
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Be half a step back so you captured all of his head?
I'm being overly critical. You've caught a wonderful expression on his face. It tells a story, although you could fill in the details a multitude of ways.
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Great shot of a handsome young man! My only add would be I would have liked his hair at the front to have been in sharper focus (smaller aperture perhaps), but maybe that's just the light reflections softening it??! Other than that, it is a great portrait well captured!
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Thank you!

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Cutting the top of his head is not a big deal, lighting on the face is great as is his expression.

One thing you could do is burn that light reflection? behind the railing on the door or even better crop just past the door.
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Wonderful capture and processing. I agree about the distracting glow in the door frame. One way to eliminate it would be to convert the image into a 4:3 format. You could also correct the tilt so that the stair handrail bars are vertical but that means removing more of the head top, which is no problem IMO.
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You broke one rule of portraiture that says no lines should be behind or going into a person's head. The railing line distractingly leads into the head.

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K-9 yes I agree but, it is easy to accomplish when a portret is posed, when it is spontaneous in the moment, it is a bit harder to obey the rules.

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QuoteOriginally posted by K-9 Quote
You broke one rule of portraiture that says no lines should be behind or going into a person's head. The railing line distractingly leads into the head.
But this could likely be fixed by cropping tight to the side of the head, to make the photo into a portrait orientation. Until you mentioned this rule, I didn't even notice the background. I'm drawn to the child's eyes, and I want to know what it is that has his attention. Like I said before, a great story photo - there is so much more going on in the scene than can be seen in the photo itself.
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QuoteOriginally posted by vrubel Quote
K-9 yes I agree but, it is easy to accomplish when a portret is posed, when it is spontaneous in the moment, it is a bit harder to obey the rules.
True. Just a little higher with your body or camera though may have avoided it.
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Thanks K-9, I'll try that next time.
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I dont agree about the railing in this case. It is perfectly framing his head top and bottom, and also matching the angle of his sight. It leads me to his eyes.
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QuoteOriginally posted by MSL Quote
Until you mentioned this rule, I didn't even notice the background. I'm drawn to the child's eyes, and I want to know what it is that has his attention. Like I said before, a great story photo - there is so much more going on in the scene than can be seen in the photo itself.
Exact same thoughts. To my eyes, the railing doesn't get in the way of the story.
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Hi Ian , IMO no change needs to be made in the shot , on my initial glance at the the Photo all my focus was on the boys face and more closely his Eyes. the door or the hand Rail is jiust a Blur and I dodn't even notice them , it's part of the background.
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Very nice shot. I love the feel of it
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