Still learning

[AngeloDefensor]

Hello everyone, this is my first post in this forum, im a beginner in photography and still learning the settings of my camera. Id like some inputs from u regarding this picture of my friend.

Exif data
Camera Canon EOS 500D
Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture f/10.0
Focal Length 48 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash external flash

How is the exposure, skin tone, composition & sharpness..thank u

[sheila3]

Well I will try and critique. Still not real comfortable giving critique because I still have much to learn. But here are my thoughts. I like the composition but I think I would have cropped just under her arms. The bottom half of her hand/wrist is bent in a way that is distracting to me. I feel it is sharp. Lighting looks good to me but I dont work with flash. I do notice a few greyish spots beneath her lower lip (picture right). Perhaps a cast from her shirt? Anyways overall nice shot.

[Bruce A]

I like the shot very much. The framing/comp is fine except I agree with Sheila, I would crop it just a tad below the silver cuff buttons of her right arm to devoid any of the distracting partial hand and flesh below. Lovely model and well executed portrait. That's my amateur 2 cents worth.

[wulf]

Cut it off higher and I think it would be great. However, her midriff looks odd. Because of the angle she is standing at and the darkness of her clothes, it looks weird. I imagine she is fairly slender but it looks like an overhanging paunch. A longer top or a different pose would work but, for this shot, I would definitely crop higher to side-step the problem.

Wulf

[Tito87]

I agree. The bottom part of the image is quite distracting.

[AngeloDefensor]

thank you very much for the brilliant inputs guys. I still have so much to learn in portraiture.