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One of my favorite waterfalls I've photographed in recent years. deep in the backcountry of Vancouver Island lies this pristine oasis.
Hiking in this beautiful region is like a present.Also standing at high elevation and looking to the king of Austria.The first snow the changing coloursand all the combination with the weather cond
These are a highly endangered species, and the rescue center has this young male tiger, which they hope will breed with their already existing female Malayan tiger.
A new arrival at the rescue center. She was very friendly and very flirty, rolling about on her back and meowing, then staring at you as if she might be hungry. A magnificently beautiful animal
A small group of red kites were flying above my head, so I pointed my lens up, took a few shots, and hoped for the best. I got two decent shots out of it.
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Hi Oliver,
I like color, light and skin texture. I think her arm looks masculine, bigger than necessary. In my opinion, It would be better to crop the image.
Thanks Darya for your input. I tried different crops of the image. And if I crop further the would not be a continous line of the arm which looks odd too. I agree to your observation (and in fact she has very slim arms) but this was the best compromise I could achieve. Hope this does not destroy the overall impression...
It's really nice, Oliver! I do agree with Darya about the crop, right now the composition is off, there's no visual balance in the image and it takes away from the nice retouch and colors. Nothing matters if the overall composition is suffering in a photo.
Thanks Julia!
all the lighting and retouch is great (except 2 things i think in my opinion could be done additionally), and I agree with Darya and Julia...
and as you mentioned the arm looks odd, looks like a single long arm over her head, but for sure it was both her hands involved in the pose...
maybe for these kinds of crops or close-up portrait, you can use hands and fingers pose around the face...
the additional retouch thing... on the left side behind her neck there are some hairs which cleaning them might take time but worth the try to lower the tension and dark areas on that spot. also on the right side over her shoulder there is some areas of her body that might do no harm to the image if its removed.
here is a sample of my ideas just to show you what i mean
Thanks Farbod for taking the time. Agree, that looks much better :)