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Old 05-19-2009, 11:55 AM
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Question very beautiful woman

I am going for the sultry dark look this woman possesses. I want to capture her beautiful eyes and give a deep look to her.



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Old 05-19-2009, 05:46 PM
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I like the angle of her face/body, the soft focus on the skin and the depth of field -- it does a good job of capturing the feeling you are going for. I'm wondering if it would help to clone out the bit of her right arm that is showing -- having that bit of brightness so close to the black draws your eye to it which I find a bit distracting. Also, I think if you could just slightly brighten the hair on the back of her head and just above the dress so there's just a enough light to get a hint of detail -- I think that would compliment the dress while drawing the eye into her face.
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Old 05-19-2009, 06:09 PM
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She's beautiful indeed!

I'd give her some more room to look into, as the photo is a bit claustrophobic now.
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Old 05-19-2009, 10:30 PM
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Yup...you nailed this one. Did you happen to get a pix of her looking at ya with her head tilted just a tad? I'm breathless
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She's beautiful, and you did a beautiful capture...very nice lighting. Just a little nit, while you're cloning out that little piece of arm you might want to consider also doing it to the red flower. Red's such a strong color, it will always draw your eye to it....But I'll say it again, beautiful subject, beautiful job

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