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Old 11-13-2008, 02:30 AM
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I took this photo of my friends daughter and wanted some suggestions on how to improve it . I did some PP with lightroom and im not sure if its too much.



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Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/78)
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Old 11-13-2008, 03:49 AM
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Love the eyes and expression. The background looks fake to me. My eyes keep going to the hotspots over her head. I do like the framing of the trees but it would also be good to see her right arm a bit more. I don't know what the original was like, so can't make a judgement on the PP other than to say that I can see it on the edges especially.
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Old 11-13-2008, 04:30 AM
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She's a beautiful girl and the picture is nice. I think the biggest issue is the hotspots.
To make this picture work, I suggest adding a fairly tight vignette.
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Great capture, but the background does take away from it.
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