a bw portrait

[Granddad]

Love the image but (like you and others) I found the arm distracting. I had a go at it even though it's very small. I re-cropped to put her left eye right at the upper right sweet spot and make it a little tighter, darkened the background behind her head a little and blacked out her right arm. Yeah, I know, different tastes and all that. Let's just say I liked your image enough to spend some time on it and I enjoyed doing it. Thanks for sharing. Your model is drop dead gorgeous.

 

[Gary A.]

Nope for me on being armless, but not a big nope. This isn't bad, but the arm gives a lot of balance to the photo in general and to the curtain in particular.

 

[Granddad]

Nope for me on being armless, but not a big nope. This isn't bad, but then arm gives a lot of balance to the photo in general and to the curtain in particular.

I see what you mean about the balance.... Hmmmmmmmmmmmm... I wonder....

*10 minutes later* A quick fix but... ?? ... Possibly with the arm just a little higher?

 

[TerrificShotPhoto]

Lovely shot. I like the necklace that gives some direction line to the shot

 

[mmaria]

Nope for me on being armless, but not a big nope. This isn't bad, but the arm gives a lot of balance to the photo in general and to the curtain in particular.

agree

Love the image but (like you and others) I found the arm distracting. I had a go at it even though it's very small. I re-cropped to put her left eye right at the upper right sweet spot and make it a little tighter, darkened the background behind her head a little and blacked out her right arm. Yeah, I know, different tastes and all that. Let's just say I liked your image enough to spend some time on it and I enjoyed doing it. Thanks for sharing. Your model is drop dead gorgeous.

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Nope for me on being armless, but not a big nope. This isn't bad, but then arm gives a lot of balance to the photo in general and to the curtain in particular.

I see what you mean about the balance.... Hmmmmmmmmmmmm... I wonder....

*10 minutes later* A quick fix but... ?? ... Possibly with the arm just a little higher?

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Glad you like the picture enough to spend some time on it but I like my version better

 

[mmaria]

Lovely shot. I like the necklace that gives some direction line to the shot

Thanks, glad you like it

 

[Granddad]

... Glad you like the picture enough to spend some time on it but I like my version better

Yeah, so do I really, I guess I was getting a bit OCD about the arm/shoulder.

 

[mmaria]

... Glad you like the picture enough to spend some time on it but I like my version better

Yeah, so do I really, I guess I was getting a bit OCD about the arm/shoulder.