Portrait shot – 2 versions – C&C welcome

• CJ76

  Participant

  November 24, 2011 at 7:48 pm

  Hi,
  Have one shot here – originally post processed by me, but later fixed by another lad – how he thinks it should be.
  C&C welcome – I’m curious about opinions. Thanks in advance :D
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  Allinthemind

  Participant

  November 24, 2011 at 8:15 pm

  Concentrate on face angle and lighting rather than processing. You have an interesting expression..

  Si
  Martin

  Participant

  November 24, 2011 at 10:16 pm

  no 1 works best for me… far too much post processing in no 2.
  Alexandra

  Participant

  November 30, 2011 at 11:15 am

  Have to agree with Martin. Second one just looks fake.
  First one is great. The only thing that i would change (when taking photo) would be moving the chair out of the frame.
  Other than that – very nice shot :)
  CJ76

  Participant

  November 30, 2011 at 11:29 am

  thanks a lot Alexandra – i didn’t notice chair – probably blondie moment :D
  CJ76

  Participant

  November 30, 2011 at 11:34 am

  thanks everyone for comments – all i know about postprocessing – few books and googling – was nice to get few opinions. Doing no.1 myself – tried to keep it as realistic as possible.