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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rick M" data-source="post: 148413" data-attributes="member: 4399">I think if you really want to keep the lady in the background, you might try an 8x10 crop (horizontal, removing dead space on the right). This would eliminate the dead space to her right and bring him in a little more. She is a bit of a secondary subject, without her, a portrait crop would be better in my opinion. I like the sotfness created by the low DoF, but would prefer his face is fully in focus, a bit sharper, perhaps f1.8-2.8 (ya, I know, you really want to use that 1.4 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). I think you pulled off what you wanted in an artistic sense, it is very interesting. Again, posting the data really helps everyone. Nice work.</blockquote>