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I did a few shots of a friend of mine yesterday before it rained, only got 50 or so pics done.

Id like constructive criticism on this pic please



larger version

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29003081/

Before I give some contructive criticism Michael, can I ask have you done much PPing to it already? I see some (quite a lot) blur on everywhere on her face. Shallow DOF when shot or post production blurout? I'd be interested to hear what you've done to the image already. Cheers

Michael, the f3.5 aperture has left the chin a little soft (as Geoff pointed out). I like the image, very romantic and dreamy (maybe a Valentines Day gift for the boyfriend?), just a fraction soft for me.

I think the b&w conversion is good... the shallow dof works well....

perhaps the eyes need to be a little 'larger' ... but i like it... nicely done. PS. any shots from beaudesert?

cheers

A very effective image Michael. Like your use of DOF to create a warm and ethereal feel
cheers
marco

Thanks for the comments

To answer a few questions all i've done PP wise is B/W border and a blurred lighting vignette thats it.
I was hoping to achieve softness of the face just to give it a certain feel and mainly just to focus on her face in general I wasn't too worried about having everything tack sharp.

and xerebus the champs aren't on for another few weeks so I won't have any till then. you're friend matt hayes is apparently the OFFICIAL photographer for the weekend, I don't know if ill make it or not because I may have scored a wedding tonight that is on the saturday of the games.