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Janice Mezzacappa |
Beautiful portrait with lovely tones, lighting and pose! Great work Anthony!!
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Anthony L. Mancuso |
Thank you Janice...
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- Rita K. Connell Contact Rita K. Connell Rita K. Connell's Gallery |
I really like this one Tony, she looks beautiful the lighting is great and I like that you can see her profile well, but...the only problem I have is the chair blend in to much and she looks like she is lending on air. and her top hand is a little to smooth.
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Dale Hardin |
Beautiful. Now this is the kind of Tony shot I've come to know and love. Wonderful lighting Tony, and superb exposure. You have a gift capturing the human spirit. Well done. But you know me, I'm a nut about composition and I think this can be enhanced with creative cropping and a bit of cloning. May I suggest an 8x10 vertical format crop with the left edge just to the left of the fingers of her right hand about the same distance as the length of one of her eyebrows. The top and bottom would remain as posted. This is for two reasons. One, it concentrates more on her without unneeded empty space and tightens the comp using the ROT. Also, she is a lovely girl that is full figured and the crop will be flattering. I would then suggest cloning out her right arm leaving only the fingers of the right hand. Again for two reasons. One, this would eliminate the clipping of her arm and two, would focus the attention on her eyes since the arm isn't necessary to complete the pose and offers nothing except a distraction.
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Debbie E. Payne |
I believe that she might like a vertical crop better because it would take the eye up and down, not across. I think you did a great job blending what was unnecessary into the background but would like to see just a tad more chair. But Dale's crop would probably take care of that. She is a beautiful girl and you've really done justice to the eyes here.
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Anthony L. Mancuso |
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- Rita K. Connell Contact Rita K. Connell Rita K. Connell's Gallery |
Tony I really like this new crop I like the slimming one, I like the chair lighter now you just need to fix the nicks thats in the chair then is a keeper. very nicely done.
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Dale Hardin |
I like your changes Tony and the slimming helped. Another thing that would help with the slimming is to change to a 5x7 vertical format and take the areas in her blouse that are below her arm all the way to black. She has to be very happy with this shot. You've captured her beauty wonderfully.
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Aimee C. Eisaman |
A magical shot Tony and I tend to like what you did with the sliming. I like the original comp. too even though this new crop is more powerful for us Phellos. I'm sure she will love this...let us know what she thinks when she gets them. :~)
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Teresa H. Hunt |
A very stunning photo Tony. I really liked the cropped verstions. The lighting is wonderful. Great job.
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- Ellen H. Robertson Contact Ellen H. Robertson Ellen H. Robertson's Gallery |
Tony I am sure she is a pretty woman is in person but you made her absolutly beautiful. Love the tones and the lighting and how beautiful her face is.
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Christie R. Bielss |
I'm going to be the odd man out here, I do not like the vertical crop. It makes her bicep look absolutely huge, as well as bringing a lot of attention to the rest of her full-figure. I do think the orig. version could use a crop b/c it's got too much negative space, but I think, if she's wanting more than a headshot, then doing a horizontal crop would be so much more flattering to her figure. I also like the lightening you did to bring out a bit more of the chair. You did an outstanding job with the lighting and really bringing out both her inner and outer beauty, Tony. She should be absolutely thrilled with this!
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Debbra Bailey |
Gorgeous image Tony! I love the BW - your light is amazing, and you did great work with the slimming. I was pleased with the original post, but I can see the improvements you made following everyone's suggestions too!
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- Michael Kelly Contact Michael Kelly Michael Kelly's Gallery |
Tony as all have said, outstanding work! I am in the original camp too. While the new crops and changes are very good there is something about your original shot that I find very appealing. Dark and mysterious with a period feel to it. The lighting is perfect.
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Anthony L. Mancuso |
Thank you all for the great feedback...I did end up staying with the original crop, chair lightened and shoulder slimmed...I shot much of this session with the subject just inside of an opened set of double french doors in their living room and me standing outside the house, It was a cloudy, but fairly bright day and I think it was the best light I have ever shot a portrait session in..I highly reccomend trying people just inside a doorway like this because it always produces great light...just be advised that you need the subject to stay very close to the door opening because the light falls off precipitously as you move away from the door and into the room...
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simplydivinephotography.com - Susan M. Reynolds Contact Susan M. Reynolds Susan M. Reynolds's Gallery |
This is a beautiful photo with wonderful lighting! I know I'll be going against the flow here, but I too like the original version best. It seems to me that after cloning out her right arm that her fingers have kind of a floating look, almost as if they belong to someone else. I think if you did the slimming on the original it would be perfect - But that is just mho!
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Aimee C. Eisaman |
Well I told you I liked this comp. too and I just knew no matter how you entered this it would be getting a well deserved EP! :~) Congrats!
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Teresa H. Hunt |
I'm not surprised this got an EP! It's a wonderful photo . . . Congrats. :)
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simplydivinephotography.com - Susan M. Reynolds Contact Susan M. Reynolds Susan M. Reynolds's Gallery |
Kudos on your EP! Way to go!!!
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Christie R. Bielss |
Congrats on the EP!
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Anthony L. Mancuso |
Thank you Aimee, Teresa, Susan and Christie :-)
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- Ellen H. Robertson Contact Ellen H. Robertson Ellen H. Robertson's Gallery |
Beautiful!
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Anthony L. Mancuso |
Thanks Ellen..
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