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This is one of my first, if not my first, serious attempts at portraits, I took this at a festival in my hometown with a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 of a friend of mine which I was trying out cause i was planning on buying it from him...

I would pretty much appreciate all feedback, especially concerning framing and monochrome conversion, among any our thing that you think might help me, thank you !

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Old 05-23-2011, 01:09 AM
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I think it is a beautiful picture. Like the conversion. Composition is good. Only thing I can see and this is way nitpicky is that it would have been nice if girls hair wasn't falling towards her mouth. But really nice shot!
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Old 05-23-2011, 04:16 AM
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I feel like its a little tight on the composition... but its a nice candid photo for sure
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Old 05-23-2011, 05:54 PM
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I like it. Composition is tight, but for me that just insinuates closeness which actually adds to the point of the shot. =)
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Old 05-25-2011, 11:01 PM
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Thanks alot everybody, I really appreciate your help
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Old 05-26-2011, 09:10 AM
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Yeah, the image feels a bit tightly cropped for my tastes as well. I would have liked to see more space below the chin of the girl on the left and a bit more space to the right of the girl on the right.
I like the idea of making this b&w, but some of the skin feels a bit blown out to me. Maybe you want this "high key" look, which I get, but i think you can achieve it and still have it be a bit less blown out.
In the end, it's a nice happy candid shot which I'm sure they'll be happy with.
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