Feel Free to Judge

[mitchcook]

well hey nascar fans


Don't have the exif on me... but go ahead, let me know what you think.

[Laurenbiz]

What exactly are you wanting a critique on?


Critique Forum Rules

[mitchcook]

Composition, focus, pose, location, Colours, post-processing of skin...
I'm very open ended. If something looks unnatural, or if you would do anything different, tell me!

[carlyfan]

Well, you wanted it, so here goes.

My first though on opening it up bigger on your site, was "wow, it looks like it was cropped a lot and thus lost a lot of quality." Then I read the text and found out that you did crop a lot. Was it really necessary? Could we see a uncropped version? I just think the loss of quality is a killer.
I like the composition in general, but the arm on the right side feels weird to me. Also, her skin looks processed. The focus looks good to me; maybe just a little soft because of how zoomed in you are.
I hope this doesn't sound too harsh. And I really hope there is nothing severely wrong with the rest of the image that made you crop so much, because I think I would really like it.

Lisa

[mitchcook]

It's not a severe crop because I didn't like a part of the image or anything, it is meant to be different, a different look at a good image.

[autofocus]

I like it Mitch except for the arm...don't think it adds anything to the image as tight as it is

[MrJones]

I agree with the rest about the arm and I'm throwing in the chin as well.
I don't mind the tight crop but the chopping of the chin really kills it for me. seems unnatural.

[LenDog]

You're carrying a 5D MkII and "don't have the EXIF on you"?

[mitchcook]

I'm sorry I guess I should have explained further. I uploaded this specific phoyo (to deviantart) with the exif data removed. When I made this post, I was not at home, so I did not have access to the version with the exif data?

[TBrown00]

I find her arm to be distracting and the eyes/skin seem a little over processed to me.