Allllllllllrighty then, here we go... first, the good things: I like the blur you put to the background here. That colour shirt is good, it compliments you. Lighting is nice and soft where it is hitting the subject. This pose is excellent.
Your lighting is at a good angle but it is causing a tad bit of shadowing under the chin... Now, to get some light under the chin try either something white or a reflector on the ground just left of the camera and angle it toward the subject by putting something under the backside... also, you might want to tweak down the reds in post processing just a hair, you look a little warm... It will make it easier to tell if your colour is off by getting something white near an edge of the photo where it can be cropped out after the fact. The glasses shade your eyes a wee bit too much and take out the catchlight possibility... not terrible but it does hamper the photo a bit... Your focus seems a bit soft because I can't see your eyes also... try an Unsharp Mask with the following settings: 200, 1.0, 0 to clarify it a little bit, then after resizing, hit it with sharpen one more time just before you save... you will be surprised at the difference.
Okay, that's it... you may respond here or in the thread. Remember, I am trying only to make challenge entries better for us all and I look forward to reading what the rest of you have to say :) |
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