C&C welcome: A wildlife photographers attempt at people shots.

[Raj_55555]

The title is self explanatory. These shots were all taken using canon sx50 point & shoot in natural light, handheld with flash off. In #3 the blur was added in photoshop, does that look wrong?

#1

#2

#3

#4

 

[Raj_55555]

Maybe I should just stick to the nature & wildlife forum.

 

[Trever1t]

Ok that last one is good. I went from landscapes to portrait photography. My love is really landscapes but people are interesting too. It takes time and practice, don't give up.

 

[Designer]

First two portraits are pretty good.
#2 needs more emphasis on the subject, and lose the tilt.
#4 Is the best of the group. This shot almost tells a story by itself, and with perhaps a fitting one-word title could make it complete.

 

[Raj_55555]

Ok that last one is good. I went from landscapes to portrait photography. My love is really landscapes but people are interesting too. It takes time and practice, don't give up.

I'm making a conscious effort to shoot people these days. It's fairly new to me, and unfortunately doesn't come as naturally to me as shooting animals does. Thanks a lot for the words of motivation Trever

 

[Raj_55555]

First two portraits are pretty good.
#2 needs more emphasis on the subject, and lose the tilt.

Thank you so much, exactly the kind of critique I was looking for. Would you say this is better for #2? I always find correcting tilt the toughest job for me.

#4 Is the best of the group. This shot almost tells a story by itself, and with perhaps a fitting one-word title could make it complete.

I had the most patient subject any photographer may have, myself. I took my time with these shots, the camera was set on self timer on a rock (I forgot to mention this in the original post) and took quite a few shots. Not really going to share this pic publicly outside this forum, but wanted to know the professional feedbacks. Thank you so much for your response. BTW any ideas for a creative title for #4?