Homecoming close up

[cookincanuck]

As a favor to a friend, I took a few pre-homecoming dance pictures of her daughter. This close up captures her corsage and beautiful dress. My question is this: would you change the composition at all? Should the flower be a little lower in the pictures? Also, I was trying to get the flower to stand out from the detail of the dress. Would you change anything in the exposure or DofF? Thank you.



Canon Rebel Xsi
24-70mm lens
ISO 200
Focal length 42mm
Aperture f/4.5
Shutter 1/80

[windrider86]

its composed very nicley. The hair bothers me tho.

[cookincanuck]

Thank you. Yeah, I was wondering about the hair. I might try to crop that out.

[millephil]

HOW ABOUT CLONING THE HAIR OUT, oops, cap lock.
tell ya what might be good, turn it b/w and selective colour the flowers.

Phil

[windrider86]

What program are you using? I'd think twice about cropping it as it will throw off your composition, which is great.

[wyndhydra]

It is a nicely composed shot, great idea. I would suggestion two additional changes in addition to the previously mentioned hair. I would clone out those vertical lines in the background, as they seem to give the impression that she is crooked, although that is not the case. I also think that there might be a greenish color cast on the right from that wall that is throwing off part of her dress a bit and removes some of the impact that the greenery on the flower adds.