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Originally Posted by k9ofkaos
Jim, your own CC is totally valid, but I don't think they're as bad as all that. You have an excellent start on doing good portraits and you'll only get better.
BTW: I completely disagree with you about the hair behind the ears. I love hair and I don't like the hair behind the ear look at all, but that's just my preference.
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Thanks Mojo ... appreciate the kind words! I keep looking back to the first one and wondering, if the image would look better with the hair tuck. She is very pleased, so that will suffice for now - just don't want to fall into that trap of good enough
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Originally Posted by PetersenPhotography
Great job!!
The hair thing isn't a problem for me in #3 - that's my favorite one of the three. I think the head was tilted too much in #1. Personally, I think #2 is cool, chopped hair and crop room aside. It's very imposing - makes her look like a force to be reckoned with on the field!
The only nitpick on #2 would be that her feet are not symetrically angled. Since you've got her square to the camera and dead center, the symmetry discrepancy is apparent. The other thing, now that I'm seeing it, is that her knees are not angeled symmetrically either. That's hard to control with a person in front of you, of course, but you said to "have at them".
I doubt I could have done as well as you did - please don't take my comments as anything other than me trying to learn by observing and putting my thoughts down. I think this is top notch stuff!
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Nic - Comment all you want. That's probably why i love this site so much. Real honest answers withOUT a bunch of know-it-alls trying to rub your face in what you did wrong.
As for the leg symmetry ... over thinking on my part. Jumped back and forth between symmetrical and moving things out of place to try some sense of motion or action .. or .. who knows what I was thinking. Force to be reckoned with .. may post the "outakes" of her flexing and the full length bench with my 36v DeWalt drill over in the snapshot area.
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Originally Posted by harryd
Jim it sounds like you and I are doing the same thing, I see my mistakes but not before I shoot them. You are doing great and so glad your hear learning with us. Never worry about posting and keep on learning with the rest of us. I know I learn more from my mistakes that my successes.
BTW; Love the avatar,
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Harry - LOL - exactly what I was thinking when I was composing the OP. Why the hell can't I do this as I am going?
Thanks to all of you for being honest and forthright!