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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 339821" data-attributes="member: 13196">I prefer #1. To me, the third photo renders her skin tone a little too dark. It doesn't look like it would be her natural color. In the second one, her hair is a little too light. Compare the hair in the first photo against the hair in the second. Although there is more hair detail in the second photo, the overall color of the black seems to be slightly washed out. Not sure if you could take photo #1 and dodge (lighten) the hair just a tiny bit to bring out subtle highlights.When it comes to portraits, there are a variety of techniques and styles that are possible. Personally I prefer females (especially babies and children) to be a little soft with less contrast. I don't mean out of focus soft...just not overly sharp. I prefer the emphasis on sharpness when it is appropriate to depict portraits that are more gritty--such as age lines and/or wrinkles depicting a hard life or having texture emphasized. If the portrait is a male worker wearing a hard hat, I'd probably emphasize the sharpness and contrast more. Just my preference but not everyone will agree. But #1 is the one I like the best! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 339821, member: 13196"] I prefer #1. To me, the third photo renders her skin tone a little too dark. It doesn't look like it would be her natural color. In the second one, her hair is a little too light. Compare the hair in the first photo against the hair in the second. Although there is more hair detail in the second photo, the overall color of the black seems to be slightly washed out. Not sure if you could take photo #1 and dodge (lighten) the hair just a tiny bit to bring out subtle highlights. When it comes to portraits, there are a variety of techniques and styles that are possible. Personally I prefer females (especially babies and children) to be a little soft with less contrast. I don't mean out of focus soft...just not overly sharp. I prefer the emphasis on sharpness when it is appropriate to depict portraits that are more gritty--such as age lines and/or wrinkles depicting a hard life or having texture emphasized. If the portrait is a male worker wearing a hard hat, I'd probably emphasize the sharpness and contrast more. Just my preference but not everyone will agree. But #1 is the one I like the best! :) [/QUOTE]

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