Portrait C&C?

echoyjeff222 · Dec 20, 2011

Lost half my negatives during the processing, and I only managed to get one that I sorta liked.

Any critiques for next time?

photo guy · Dec 20, 2011

have centered more as you almost chopped part of her arm off. nice photo otherwise. black & white sure says a lot in photography, almost gives it more charactor

echoyjeff222 · Dec 20, 2011

anyone?

edit: thanks. yeah, i was trying to place her off center but maybe i did too much. thanks

Trever1t · Dec 20, 2011

Subject is appealing but the lack of contrast makes it rather a dull shot for my taste.

blackrose89 · Dec 20, 2011

Needs more contrast and her right arm is just a bit too close to the edge for me, but that's just me. But I do like the photo overall!

COLTSFANATIC1 · Dec 20, 2011

overall its a good photo, I love the B-W. just the minor crop adjustment and as stated by others the contrast. the photo does seem a lil flat

echoyjeff222 · Dec 20, 2011

Can't do anything about the arm, sadly. That's how I took it.

But, is this enough contrast now?

blackrose89 · Dec 20, 2011

Is it me or is it more green and white rather then black and white? I feel like there is a greenish tint. Maybe it's just me.....

echoyjeff222 · Dec 20, 2011

Yeah, I see it a bit. Maybe the editing is screwing it up? I had to scan it from the film copy as well to get it on the computer, so it may have distorted the pic. a little.

blackrose89 · Dec 20, 2011

May I have a go at an edit for the photo?

echoyjeff222 · Dec 21, 2011

sure!

blackrose89 · Dec 21, 2011

Here is my edit. My best effort to fix the contrast, color, and slightly soft focus issue. I'm pretty new to editing to feel free to hate it lol. The reason her rm is slightly cut off is I tried to straighten out the background. I can undo that if you want. I also tried to make the sky not look blown out.

RebeccaAPhotography · Dec 21, 2011

I'm one who really likes contrast in a bw photo. nicely done blackrose. Thats what I had in my head also.

blackrose89 · Dec 21, 2011

RebeccaAPhotography said:
I'm one who really likes contrast in a bw photo. nicely done blackrose. Thats what I had in my head also.

Thanks. A like a lot of contrast too. I could've done more, but I know extreme contrasts are not to everyone's liking so I tried to keep it inbetween.