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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 415777" data-attributes="member: 3903">I'll play with your image. First thing I find this image would have been improved is when it was actually shot. The subject could have been brought farther from the background and the lens could have used a larger f-stop. This is where a 2.8 70-200 shines, it blurs the background. And some kind of reflector or fill-in flash would have reduced the darkness or the subject's eyes.I find that the subject could also been shot closer. I find that there are a lot of disturbing elements to the bottom, right upper corner and left side that distract the eyes of the viewers away from the eyes of the subject. I took the liberty of taking your photo and sketching the elements I find disturbing on your original crop. Here it is with a suggested crop.[ATTACH=full]139872[/ATTACH]Now I did crop it, fiddled around with color balance and added some catch lights in her eyes to improve the contact to her eyes.[ATTACH=full]139873[/ATTACH]So I hope you like it&nbsp; and notice how your eyes will now stay right on the subject and not wonder around the distracting things around her.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 415777, member: 3903"] I'll play with your image. First thing I find this image would have been improved is when it was actually shot. The subject could have been brought farther from the background and the lens could have used a larger f-stop. This is where a 2.8 70-200 shines, it blurs the background. And some kind of reflector or fill-in flash would have reduced the darkness or the subject's eyes. I find that the subject could also been shot closer. I find that there are a lot of disturbing elements to the bottom, right upper corner and left side that distract the eyes of the viewers away from the eyes of the subject. I took the liberty of taking your photo and sketching the elements I find disturbing on your original crop. Here it is with a suggested crop. [ATTACH type="full"]139872._xfImport[/ATTACH] Now I did crop it, fiddled around with color balance and added some catch lights in her eyes to improve the contact to her eyes. [ATTACH type="full"]139873._xfImport[/ATTACH] So I hope you like it and notice how your eyes will now stay right on the subject and not wonder around the distracting things around her. [/QUOTE]

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