Portrait shot – 2 versions – C&C welcome

[CJ76]

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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2.

[Allinthemind]

November 24, 2011 at 8:15 pm

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

Si

[Martin]

November 24, 2011 at 10:16 pm

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

[Alexandra]

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]

November 30, 2011 at 11:29 am

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

[CJ76]

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.