Too Bright?

[Ginger Pixie]

How bright is too bright? Is this too bright?

Any comments / general crit appreciated. Thanks.

Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 70 mm
ISO Speed 100

Off camera flash fired from right on 1/4 power.

[hasnatkool]

Hi, I am not very much professional but still I have an opinion about this pic that is:

1-Aperture control at the right hand side is not good. and brightness is quite high is the overall image.

2-Object positioning is not as per required. its better to have it in portrait style.

Regards,
Hasnat shah

[Bruce A]

If you could tone down the background exposure a little (especially around the left side) using an exposure layer and brushing back your subject I think would improve what I think is a pretty good shot. A portait crop using the thirds rule on his right eye might also be a good move.

Hmm - after looking at your images on your Flickr page I don't I should be giving you advice - some very nice work.

[Ginger Pixie]

Originally Posted by hasnatkool

Hi, I am not very much professional but still I have an opinion about this pic that is:

1-Aperture control at the right hand side is not good. and brightness is quite high is the overall image.

2-Object positioning is not as per required. its better to have it in portrait style.

Regards,
Hasnat shah

Thank you very much for your thoughts, much appreciated.

Could you tell me which aperture you think I should have used please? I did want it to be bright, the idea being that the background looked more like ice and less like sandy rock. But evidently I have overcooked it.

Same on the object positioning, I wanted the background, which is why I shot in landscape mode - I have much tighter crops for other pics.

Originally Posted by Bruce A

If you could tone down the background exposure a little (especially around the left side) using an exposure layer and brushing back your subject I think would improve what I think is a pretty good shot. A portait crop using the thirds rule on his right eye might also be a good move.

Hmm - after looking at your images on your Flickr page I don't I should be giving you advice - some very nice work.

Hi Bruce, I thought since her face hit the rule of thirds and was on a diagonal that it would work... If any one has an opinion on a better composition that includes the background I would be interested to hear.

Thanks - but I appreciate all comments and advice, I want to improve and I still have a long way to go!

[sachin_ss]

Hi Ginger Pixie

I would go for a crop out from the left. Since the right white has some details, it is not giving a feel of too bright! I like the pose