Response to Dramatic Portrait (Response #158)

Uploaded 818 Days Ago by Flatline - 5 comments

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shashin said 817 days ago:

I don't really get a feel for the subject from this. It might have been more effective if we could see her face. Her fingers seem a bit over sharpened as well.

Patrick said 816 days ago:

Hiding the face works for me, it just adds to the atmosphere of this portrait. Just goes to show in a successful portrait you do not have to show the facial features.

CaptureThis said 814 days ago:

This is nice, but since no facial features at all are visible, it doesn't show any emotional component to me. Except for the painted nails I couldn't even tell for certain if the subject was male or female.

dawn said 813 days ago:

I could see this as a stock photo that would be used in a variety of instances. I'm not too keen on the framing. The tone and quality are lovely.

Flatline said 813 days ago:

Shashin, I'm so embarrassed. I was wondering if anyone was going to catch it. The oversharpening is totally due to my lazyness. I had it on my blog, but needed to resize it for Weekly Shot. So instead of going back to the .psd file, I took the .jpg from the site, resized it, and THEN resharpened it. After uploading it I realized it was totally oversharpened. Her hair looks terrible compared to the way I intended it.

Thanks everyone for commenting. Hopefully I will get some more ratings in the next few hours to see what my average talley is.

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