Picture for review

amber.martin · Jul 23, 2010

ok, im ready for the wrath! lol. As i said in my intro, im quite serious about making photography a full time career. I need all the constructive critism you have! this is from a shoot for a friend.

BuS_RiDeR · Jul 23, 2010

I think that the background is a bit to bright and distracting....

Also, I feel that this image might look better as a portrait... Something like...

IceEateer · Jul 23, 2010

That's a really good crop.

Robin Usagani · Jul 23, 2010

Your original version would work if he was looking to the right. Nice photo though.

amber.martin · Jul 23, 2010

his head turned! i never thought of that! we were planning a reshoot so maybe ill try it and see how i like it

thanks guys! oh and i do like it cropped too, i was trying to think "outside the box"

vtf · Jul 23, 2010

I actually like the background, I think it fits the picture well. I would not crop it as close a BusRider, I would've left the shoulder in the shot.
It seeme a little soft, maybe play with the sharpness some.

vtf · Jul 23, 2010

I hope you don't mind, some selective sharpening and feathering. Alittle more I might be able to bring his eyes out if the picture was bigger. This small file size makes the detail stuff much harder. Just a tiny bit of touch up.

vansnxtweek · Jul 23, 2010

Awesome crop and awesome edit! VTF your always doing some good touch ups. This pictures looks paramounts better after cropping it. I don't even care if I used that word wrong hahahah.

vtf · Jul 23, 2010

vansnxtweek said:
Awesome crop and awesome edit! VTF your always doing some good touch ups. This pictures looks paramounts better after cropping it. I don't even care if I used that word wrong hahahah.

Thanks, the key is to is to know when PP begins to be too much. I myself am still learning this.
One has to take a good shot first before PP can even be thought of.
We'll see what the OP thinks.

amber.martin · Jul 23, 2010

wow! thanks for the help! that REALLY looks good now. cropping it is a must im seeing! and i do like the sharper image! before i give him the pictures, im def going to go through them and sharpen them up a bit, maybe do cropping as well

but your overall opinion? think it has good bones, the technique? i cant thank you guys enough for your opinions!

KmH · Jul 23, 2010

amber.martin said:
wow! thanks for the help! that REALLY looks good now. cropping it is a must im seeing! and i do like the sharper image! before i give him the pictures, im def going to go through them and sharpen them up a bit, maybe do cropping as well but your overall opinion? think it has good bones, the technique? i cant thank you guys enough for your opinions!

What does the color version of your photo look like?

You want to avoid cropping if at all possible.

When you crop you are throwing away pixels. NOT GOOD.

Get the framing right in the camera, so you don't have to crop.

You just need to be mindful of the size an image will be printed because most dSLRs make photos in a 3:2 aspect ratio but you may want to print at 5:4 or 7:5, or 1:1. To accomodate the other print aspect ratios you need to leave room in the frame specifically for cropping. It's called 'shooting fat'.

misstwinklytoes · Jul 23, 2010

I think you did a good job. I think it would look better if he was facing slightly right and maybe even looking with his eyes back at the camera, but that doesn't mean I don't think the pic looks bad by any means.

amber.martin · Jul 23, 2010

KmH said:
You want to avoid cropping if at all possible.

When you crop you are throwing away pixels. NOT GOOD.

Get the framing right in the camera, so you don't have to crop.

You just need to be mindful of the size an image will be printed because most dSLRs make photos in a 3:2 aspect ratio but you may want to print at 5:4 or 7:5, or 1:1. To accomodate the other print aspect ratios you need to leave room in the frame specifically for cropping. It's called 'shooting fat'.

right, i just should have zoomed in more then, right? im aware of the pixels, i was just thinking for displaying online. ill just have to be conscience of it on my next outing

good thing hes just a phone call for a redo! haha

Derrel · Jul 23, 2010

amber.martin said:
KmH said:

You want to avoid cropping if at all possible.

When you crop you are throwing away pixels. NOT GOOD.

Get the framing right in the camera, so you don't have to crop.

You just need to be mindful of the size an image will be printed because most dSLRs make photos in a 3:2 aspect ratio but you may want to print at 5:4 or 7:5, or 1:1. To accomodate the other print aspect ratios you need to leave room in the frame specifically for cropping. It's called 'shooting fat'.

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right, i just should have zoomed in more then, right? im aware of the pixels, i was just thinking for displaying online. ill just have to be conscience of it on my next outing
good thing hes just a phone call for a redo! haha

"right, i just should have zoomed in more then, right?"

No...you should have rotated the camera to portrait orientation in the field, when you took the photo...