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Published: 2013-06-04 10:12:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 2759; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 37
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A new version of a old pose I tried with Model - Morgan Pickeringnothing quite like a couple of months of hard training and some grit and grim to give a picture character
Do you think I made it better, Please let me know
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I think that is a great angle of view, the model expression is like anger but I also can think that is about effort, training is: effort, discipline, I see this in this picture. Great capture and great model.
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And thank you very much, it has been a while since I took this image, and Morgan and I have plans to update it quite soon
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You are very welcome, Will.
Greetings to Morgan, nice team work.
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I think this picture has a better composition and the model seems to have more muscles now.... so I guess IΒ΄d choose this one over the older picture... also, itΒ΄s darker, and I especially like the eyes which are now dark brown.... I thought the lighter eye color in the older picture was disturbing the composition... a little... anyway, this is going to my faves
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thank you so much for the critique and liking the picture, you are awesome
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thank you very much, I never thought of it as intimidating
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I'll give a crit but not an official one. 
So here it goes.
It's hard to crit photography. Much like traditional art it is like saying "you are not using your eyes right." So if I compare the two photos it looks as though you tried to get similar lighting. The current version how ever looks a little over exposed... by maybe a stop or a stop and half. I remember you mentioning that you liked strong shadows to create mystery. However you seem to have traded that in for a more lighter mid tone area. As I look at it there seems to be a lot more mid tone area and this seems to create a flatness. However, my perception of depth is off cause of my meds, or my depression, or a combo of both. Also the first photo her elbows are closer to her torso... in comparison. But then elbows being closer to the torso created a sense of depth. In this photo she looks generally 2 dimensional.
If i were to use the same lighting set up I think I would go for a smaller mm lens as well as a smaller aperture and lets some blurring help with the depth, and get a little closer to her so you can fill the frame again.
As far as the grit goes, it was achieved better in this version. Again from my point of view. Her skin seemed a little smooth in the first shot where here it has some dimension. Which is weird cause I feel the whole picture in general lacks depth for me. See what I am saying abut how my perception is askew?
Maybe some more blacks in the arms as well as the chest area too. Might be something to explore in post process. Unless your one of those purist who believes photoshop is for n00bs
catch ya later
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