Scott's cropping is nice, I can see how it clears up a few things, but for my taste it's still a bit red; I'd do something like this (no cropping, but tweaked the eyes and the colour…):
Wow, I recall your first post, I had no idea you were 12! You got some talent there!! Good for you. I found my "talent and desire" about 18 months ago.. I am 56, darn it, but you have so much time to live and learn, good for you!! keep posting.
Scott's cropping is nice, I can see how it clears up a few things, but for my taste it's still a bit red; I'd do something like this (no cropping, but tweaked the eyes and the colour…):
First of all, beautiful shot. I like the color and eyes edit. How are you going to decide whether to be a model or photographer? It actually get a lot easier when you find models to work with. Self portraits are extremely difficult. Keep working and learning, and the sky is the limit for you. When you are old enough to get a job, perhaps a local pro would let you intern.
Scott's cropping is nice, I can see how it clears up a few things, but for my taste it's still a bit red; I'd do something like this (no cropping, but tweaked the eyes and the colour…):
that looks way better! how did you tweak the eyes?
that looks way better! how did you tweak the eyes?
…thanks. I applied a very small amount of un-sharp masking to the eyes only. I also took out a couple of skin blemishes. It's not so effective working with the lo-res files such as your original; correction work should always be done to the highest resolution file possible (i.e. largest, after cropping but before resizing); also it was a compressed jpeg file and so the colour was changed in the loading and saving of the files.
I like the way your head is tilted forward in the original, although to some it might look slightly unbalanced; here's a crop tweak which attempts to correct it (colour is changed a bit (see above)):
Would that "wasted space to the left" be the space filled with the shadow of the subject, which very nicely balances out the subject?
…could be, I suppose
…or not!
- Wil
Edit: …actually I'd totally forgotten about the first pic; you make a valid point, and looking at it once again, my eye rests on the hand gripping the shoulder, then moves to the eyes which seem to be looking out of the picture… …at the owner of the hand gripping the shoulder perhaps? I don't think I even noticed the shadow…
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First of all, beautiful shot. I like the color and eyes edit. How are you going to decide whether to be a model or photographer? It actually get a lot easier when you find models to work with. Self portraits are extremely difficult. Keep working and learning, and the sky is the limit for you. When you are old enough to get a job, perhaps a local pro would let you intern.
Caroline
…thanks. I applied a very small amount of un-sharp masking to the eyes only. I also took out a couple of skin blemishes. It's not so effective working with the lo-res files such as your original; correction work should always be done to the highest resolution file possible (i.e. largest, after cropping but before resizing); also it was a compressed jpeg file and so the colour was changed in the loading and saving of the files.
I like the way your head is tilted forward in the original, although to some it might look slightly unbalanced; here's a crop tweak which attempts to correct it (colour is changed a bit (see above)):
I look forward to seeing more of your work -
- Wil
Would that "wasted space to the left" be the space filled with the shadow of the subject, which very nicely balances out the subject?
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…could be, I suppose
…or not!
- Wil
Edit: …actually I'd totally forgotten about the first pic; you make a valid point, and looking at it once again, my eye rests on the hand gripping the shoulder, then moves to the eyes which seem to be looking out of the picture… …at the owner of the hand gripping the shoulder perhaps? I don't think I even noticed the shadow…