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Challenge: Framing VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: St James Church , Dandenong, Melbourne,Australia
Date: Aug 24, 2014
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/3200
Date Uploaded: Aug 24, 2014

This gentleman is originally from south Sudan. His name is OUYEM. His family and himself migrated to Australia and now live in Melbourne, Australia. Ouyem is a very active member of our church in Dandenong, Melbourne Australia. He left a very volatile land in search of a peaceful life and hence the caption. Ouyem and his family have enriched our lives and I thank GOD for the creation of beautiful people all over this world of ours.

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09/01/2014 11:26:04 PM
Greetings From Critique Club

This is a very handsome and *human* portrait, not artificial or idealized at all. And that's a major plus. But there's one thing in particular, in post processing, that you could do to make it dramatically better: you need to magnify the image so youi can work on the eyes and make them lighter and snappier, especially the model's right eye, which is lost in shadow. This doesn't have to be extreme, but eye contact is everything in this sort of portrait.

Beyond that, you could have improved it in the shooting by moving your POV just enough to the right to lose that window between the trees, which is sort of distracting. Or possibly just crop this image to a square and lose all the distraction.

He IS a beautiful man, and it shows. Thank GOD, indeed :-)

Robt.
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09/01/2014 08:14:29 AM
Nice natural portrait.
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09/01/2014 01:28:58 AM
This is a timeless image. Thanks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/25/2014 09:50:30 PM
Good use of framing, and a nice portrait overall
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08/25/2014 10:06:46 AM
I really the the serenity of this picture and the way the subject is surrounded by the trees; and I like the way they are focussed differently.
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