Just a few Male Portraits...

Rhinotherunt

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Cantfeelmyfingers

Overall these are quite nice portraits.
The one thing I noticed in 1 & 3 is his hands being in his pockets. Which I like, it's nice and casual, as small as a nitpick as this is I would like to see his thumb hanging out, just so his wrist is cut right off.
I like that you've achieved a very well 'blurred' bg.
Pose #3 I like.. but it almost seems as though his arm is just suspended there, obviously I can see the pole, but it just doesn't look right to me. Perhaps a different angle? (I'm thinking moving over to camera left about a foot or two..) Maybe I've just been looking at it too long and it's starting to look weird lol.

saurora

Number 3 was my favorite until I noticed the arm appearing suspended...doesn't even look like it's touching the pole...kind of strange. I like the nice bokeh you captured in #1. I would touch up the blemishes, otherwise pretty nice!

Swartzy

I'm seeing green hair and a blend over of green skin tones in the first two (look at the area by the ears). I think the last is the best.

annaelycm

I like #1 and #3 the best. The crop on #2 just doesn't seem right. Maybe it would have been better to shoot this one in landscape mode?
I'm not on my computer with my best monitor...but I too see a bit of green in #1.
#3 needs to be rotated to the left just a tiny bit to straighten out the column. I really didn't see the arm as floating in air until it was pointed out. The nice bokeh and the fact that he seems POP out of the background were my first impressions.
All in all I'd say they are quite nice!

Anna

evoryware

There is some green reflection on his face in #1. I like that one the most.

Rhinotherunt

Cantfeelmyfingers wrote:

Overall these are quite nice portraits.
The one thing I noticed in 1 & 3 is his hands being in his pockets. Which I like, it's nice and casual, as small as a nitpick as this is I would like to see his thumb hanging out, just so his wrist is cut right off.
I like that you've achieved a very well 'blurred' bg.
Pose #3 I like.. but it almost seems as though his arm is just suspended there, obviously I can see the pole, but it just doesn't look right to me. Perhaps a different angle? (I'm thinking moving over to camera left about a foot or two..) Maybe I've just been looking at it too long and it's starting to look weird lol.

Some really great advice here thanks!

Rhinotherunt

saurora wrote:

Number 3 was my favorite until I noticed the arm appearing suspended...doesn't even look like it's touching the pole...kind of strange. I like the nice bokeh you captured in #1. I would touch up the blemishes, otherwise pretty nice!

Thanks for taking the time to comment! I never noticed the Suspended arm til you guys pointed it out. I guess it has to do with the plane of focus.

Rhinotherunt

Swartzy wrote:

I'm seeing green hair and a blend over of green skin tones in the first two (look at the area by the ears). I think the last is the best.

I notice that now as well. Good catch!

Rhinotherunt

annaelycm wrote:

I like #1 and #3 the best. The crop on #2 just doesn't seem right. Maybe it would have been better to shoot this one in landscape mode?
I'm not on my computer with my best monitor...but I too see a bit of green in #1.
#3 needs to be rotated to the left just a tiny bit to straighten out the column. I really didn't see the arm as floating in air until it was pointed out. The nice bokeh and the fact that he seems POP out of the background were my first impressions.
All in all I'd say they are quite nice!

Anna

Anna,

Thanks for the comments! I will take these into consideration.

Rhinotherunt

evoryware wrote:

There is some green reflection on his face in #1. I like that one the most.

Many thanks... it is amazing how we can miss stuff on our own images...