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Old 08-09-2010, 04:37 PM
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I love this photo, but would like some cropping ideas, I have not done any post production on it yet. May bring up the pink and reds some and may be just a touch on the greens. What do you think???




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I love the subject and the composition. It looks pretty dark on my monitor, I would bring up the exposure/add some fill light to it.
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Old 08-09-2010, 04:54 PM
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I would first upp the exposure quite a bit, then add a soft light filter to saturated colors and bump the contrast, lastly a tighter crop. cute pic...
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As for cropping, I'd be inclined to try a vertical crop.
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The tilted frame along with the tilt of the subject makes her appear to be falling over and out the image. Double tilts don't work unless the camera and subject go opposite ways, otherwise it doubles the angle.
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