Not enough ram

[Rod Wiley]

Sometimes there just isn't enough ram to make a client pretty. I deliberately placed him in the middle of this photo as I would on one of my portrait clients. This image was created with the Nikon D300 and 200-400 1/400 ISO 200 f4?

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[Randy Stout]

Rod:

A face only a mom could love.

Sharp, well exposed, nice detail, great eye.

Only the BG seems a bit out of place. Natural?

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the details, exposure, and colours. Although you deliberately placed him in the center I still would have preferred had you pointed the lens more to your left.

[Rod Wiley]

Yes, the background is reeds and water

[Rod Wiley]

Thanks Daniel, why would you reposition the subject in this photo, and place a man in the center of the frame for his portrait ? This image was cropped to put the subject in the center. Thanks

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks Daniel, why would you reposition the subject in this photo, and place a man in the center of the frame for his portrait ? This image was cropped to put the subject in the center. Thanks

A man's face is not elongated horizontally like that of this guy. If we had long noses like birds' bills then I would uncenter us for portraits like this too :-) As is there is much less room in front of the tip of the bill than there is behind the head - a man would normally not have that "problem".

[Rod Wiley]

Point well taken, I figured his left shoulder balanced the image out. Thanks

[John Chardine]

Lovely rendering of a "warty" face and beautiful reddish eye Rod, and I like the soft colours in the BG.

[denise ippolito]

Rod, I like the BG colors very much and you have very good details. Beautiful eye.

[Don Anderson]

Very nice, I think you need to smooth the skin, remove the blems, highlight the eyes,
remove eye bags, whiten the bill.......... :D :D :D :D

[Dave Barnes]

Hi Rod, I love the detail and colour captured. Ditto Daniel on the comp. I am not into photograping people but would still ask if you would place a profile portrait centrally with a 2/3 ratio frame? (just asking to improve my knowledge)

[Tell Dickinson]

Nice portrait, but having less bg in 'front' of the subject than 'behind' unbalances it a little for me.

Tell

[Michael Zajac]

I like the BG colors and the clear eye.

[Stu Bowie]

Amazingly sharp, and showing great detail. Another vote for placing him a liitle to the right. Doesnt distract from a great image though.