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RickSawThat
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Nice pose and good lighting on her face. Just look for less distracting backgrounds in my humble opinion. If it was me i would have shot from not such a high angle but in the end your pic may have ended up better than mine 
Nice shot!
Nice shot!
ohkphoto
Snow White
The only way to learn is to keep experimenting, so kudos to you for doing that and trying something different. Please be sure to post your exif data when you ask for a critique. It helps all of us give you more relevant info.
Two things that I find more distracting than the background are first of all, her face is overexposed --no texture, details or dimension; and secondly the pose: there's something about her hands disappearing behind her head --if you look at it long enough, it appears that the arms are growing out of her head. So while the model is an excellent subject, the pose is not flattering to her. Put her in a pose that brings out her best features.
The black and white is an excellent choice. I would try a longer focal length to blur the background a little more. I think you probably want some of it discernible (based on your title) yet not distracting.
Those are simply my opinions . . . photography is subjective. In the end, it's always the photographer's call.
Good efforts . . . keep it up!
Two things that I find more distracting than the background are first of all, her face is overexposed --no texture, details or dimension; and secondly the pose: there's something about her hands disappearing behind her head --if you look at it long enough, it appears that the arms are growing out of her head. So while the model is an excellent subject, the pose is not flattering to her. Put her in a pose that brings out her best features.
The black and white is an excellent choice. I would try a longer focal length to blur the background a little more. I think you probably want some of it discernible (based on your title) yet not distracting.
Those are simply my opinions . . . photography is subjective. In the end, it's always the photographer's call.
Good efforts . . . keep it up!
Thanks for the comments everyone. I would love some pointers on how to deal with the overexposure on her face, this was shot in natural light walking down a hill with the sun over my left shoulder. I had my exposure comp set to -3, and f8.0 with a 50mm prime. It was about 4:30 in the afternoon so the sun was low on the horizon. Also, Rick, I was actually shooting straight at her, I am 6'7" and she is 5'8" that is a hill behind her and she was uphill enough that we were eye to eye.
I noticed, also, that it seemed a tad overexposed. Instead of having the sun over your shoulder, try a 45 degree or 90 degree angle to the sun to eliminate the harshness of the light that usually produces overexposed shots. Shooting in some kind of shade will produce more definition and texture to facial shots.
I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain here (not always easy typing explanations, is it).
I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain here (not always easy typing explanations, is it).
I also think it might be with the way I converted it to B&W here is the unedited image.I noticed, also, that it seemed a tad overexposed. Instead of having the sun over your shoulder, try a 45 degree or 90 degree angle to the sun to eliminate the harshness of the light that usually produces overexposed shots. Shooting in some kind of shade will produce more definition and texture to facial shots.
I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain here (not always easy typing explanations, is it).
