Hi Dan, The image is very nice. well exposed and sharp. I would think the image would have done better with cropping off a bit from the right of the frame and a bit more above the head.
Last edited by Gautam Biswas; 01-20-2008 at 12:48 PM.
Reason: I meant right of the frame in stead of left
The lighting looks better in this one. Nice details and look back pose, too. I would add some space top and right. I was not there but the color temperature looks low for a sunny day.
Thank you for the feedback. There is plenty of room in the original to try some cropping variations, so I'll do that.
Regarding the sky color - it was a very overcast day so the original background is light grey. In my other image the sun had poked it's head out for a moment but that was the exception. For this image I did some hue and saturation changes to get a more pleasing background. In particular, I was trying to preserve the lighter tones across the middle band of the image, which get a bit lost in this sRGB crop. Maybe I went too far?