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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 238212" data-attributes="member: 8142">Dave, I really like your shot. I agree that it looks better cropped, but I also admit to tending toward the opposite extreme of 'over cropping' my portraits at the shooting stage.&nbsp; Another way around distracting colors is sometimes (and this doesn't always work) trying the image in black and white to see if that makes a difference. I took a few photos of my daughter under the Christmas tree last week. I had the heating turned up a bit too warm and her cheeks were so flushed they didn't even look real. Against the backdrop of the gaudy colors of the tree, lights and all else, the photo was too busy, despite having composed it fairly tightly.&nbsp; Black and white worked in this case for me and it was much better.&nbsp; I like the fact that you have the eyes sharp. That's usually one of the first things to draw me in with a portrait <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="Lee, post: 238212, member: 8142"] Dave, I really like your shot. I agree that it looks better cropped, but I also admit to tending toward the opposite extreme of 'over cropping' my portraits at the shooting stage. Another way around distracting colors is sometimes (and this doesn't always work) trying the image in black and white to see if that makes a difference. I took a few photos of my daughter under the Christmas tree last week. I had the heating turned up a bit too warm and her cheeks were so flushed they didn't even look real. Against the backdrop of the gaudy colors of the tree, lights and all else, the photo was too busy, despite having composed it fairly tightly. Black and white worked in this case for me and it was much better. I like the fact that you have the eyes sharp. That's usually one of the first things to draw me in with a portrait :) [/QUOTE]

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