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Comments and critique welcome, if you have time.

Thanks.

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Chris
Lofou, Limassol
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Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM, Canon EF 35-80mm 4-5.6 III, Canon EF 50mm 1.4 USM, Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC

If you placed the subject a bit more out of center, cropped a bit of the bottom of the image out and perhaps sharpened it a little less, it would do wonders I think!

Otherwise, very nice - and also, a black and white version maybe?

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i agree black and white...with a lot of burn....

should be awesome.

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i'd like to say hello to poor bokeh(door frame in focus), burns on hair, and bad composition. You have a good model, all you need now is good place, light and some skills with you can pic up reading some Gordon's txt. And like guys said B&W somehow, sometimes it works well with older people

Hm..I'll have to disagree about the compostition part of magic's reply, it would be perfect if only you met the other two, background and b/w. Although the b/w is a personal taste thing, it would go perfect with this shot...all in all, I think the composition is nice!
Maybe you could even blur the shot in PS? Dunno..

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Many thanks for all your comments.

I've had another go - cropped and made B/W. Not sure what is meant by 'more burn', though !

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Chris
Lofou, Limassol
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Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM, Canon EF 35-80mm 4-5.6 III, Canon EF 50mm 1.4 USM, Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC

Nice job.

Check out this tutorial: Dodging and Burning in Photoshop

http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=30

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Many thanks - I'll check that tutorial.

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Chris
Lofou, Limassol
Cyprus

Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM, Canon EF 35-80mm 4-5.6 III, Canon EF 50mm 1.4 USM, Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC

I disagree with the out of centre remark, the rule of thirds does not apply when you have such a strong image.....

Centre image crop and and turn to monochrome = PERFECT!

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I like this one alot better with the B&W, cropped...and the closeness denotes an intimacy...a closer look at this girl who has a little stand-offish look to her...so, to my eye, for whatever reason, I like the way she is placed in this B&W study. I hope that you will take this photo and do what Mitchell says, with the burn tutorial..and then re-post. Would be fun to see how it turns out...

great subject, and a really nice capture, too

patti

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[$0.02]Personally I think that if you want to go the monochrome way Sepia would be the preferred choice. It softens the rather harsh contrast and gives it a warmer tone.[/$0.02]

Ben