Ceris portrait (3)

[bje07]

This time a color portrait of Ceris

[bnnrcn]

May be it is better to crop the image from the chest level as the tatoos and the piercings on her lower part of body distract me from her face. I would also clone the stray hair next to her cheek and right eye

[Manfred M]

Another nice image, Jean. The thing I don't particularly like is the position of her eyes. With them looking so hard camera right, we see so much of the whites that the image has almost spooky overtones.

[Dave Humphries]

Well, I can't complain about the background this time (no door)

I like her hair and the facial lighting, but have to agree with Manfred, since the first thing that struck me was her eyes, especially her left eye, which with the fill (or Ice Light?) looks to have almost swivelled from view - scary

I do find the expanse of her chest visible a distraction from her face and then we get in to wondering what's below that (as Binnur says).

HTH, Dave

[madcrow]

Jean, well done, love the shot and model isn't half bad.

[Jimr1961]

As a man, I find this hard to say or even fathom, but I find the breast distracting as well. Perhaps because it is brighter than her face, so I just can't help staring at her breast. When I lower the image on my screen to crop from the start of the bra and below, I get a very pleasing image and my eyes stay more attentive to her eyes. I can see what the others are saying about eye position, but when I crop the bottom, I don't get that. At that crop, I really like the eyes.

[Shadowman]

I like it; especially when viewed from a lower angle; it sort of diminishes the distractions mentioned by other forum members.

[FootLoose]

Scrap metal, tattoos, leather - perhaps the "spooky" overtones are intended?

[bnnrcn]

I agree, they might be intentional and I'm not against the mood of the image at all . But even if the image is cropped from the chest level there are still plenty of metal,tattoos, leather and the spooky overtones . The crop suggestion makes the image focused on her face, that's it

Scrap metal, tattoos, leather - perhaps the "spooky" overtones are intended?

[bje07]

Reading your comments I understand your discomfort, so I propose a wiser version.
Sorry for the inconvenience.



PS : lighting was a square zenithal softbox hence the shape of catch eyes

[bnnrcn]

The crop looks better Jean. But if the image was mine I would include about 2/3 of the wristband and I would crop about half of the very dark band at the top for a more balanced look

Reading your comments I understand your discomfort, so I propose a wiser version.
Sorry for the inconvenience.



PS : lighting was a square zenithal softbox hence the shape of catch eyes

[bje07]

Binnur,
Something like this? (version 3)

[bnnrcn]

Hi Jean, the top crop was what I meant , but at the bottom I meant I would include the 2/3 of the wristband of her leather jacket which means I would also include the zipped pocket. Excuse my English if I misled you

Binnur,
Something like this? (version 3)

[bje07]

Hi Jean, Excuse my English if I misled you

Binnur
I'm not an expert in English too, but it's the only way to exchange
I really appreciate your collaboration.

[bnnrcn]

This is what I meant about the chest level Jean

Binnur Now
I'm not an expert in English too, but it's the only way to exchange
I really appreciate your collaboration.

[Rebel]

Great shot! - I'm a tiny bit biased as I love red heads

[bje07]

Thank you Matt

[Rebel]

Thank you Matt

Also I prefer the original


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