Well Aware of Me

[ridetwistyroads]

What a cute little girl. I have no idea who she was, some relative of a friend at his wedding.

http://ridetwistyroads.smugmug.com/photos/19297368-M.jpg

I know the shot's a bit soft, and to be honest, I kind of don't mind it in this case. I am considering a crop, but, I kind of like the backround a little. Show's enviroment. Anyone care to offer suggestions? Should it be a tight crop? Or think it really should be sharper?

If anyone wants to fool with it, here's a large res (http://ridetwistyroads.smugmug.com/photos/19297368-O.jpg). Only a basic jpg compression, though.

Thanks,
Chris

[Yuri Pautov]

What a cute little girl. I have no idea who she was, some relative of a friend at his wedding.

http://ridetwistyroads.smugmug.com/photos/19297368-M.jpg

I know the shot's a bit soft, and to be honest, I kind of don't mind it in this case. I am considering a crop, but, I kind of like the backround a little. Show's enviroment. Anyone care to offer suggestions? Should it be a tight crop? Or think it really should be sharper?

If anyone wants to fool with it, here's a large res (http://ridetwistyroads.smugmug.com/photos/19297368-O.jpg). Only a basic jpg compression, though.

Thanks,
Chris
Cris, I'm thinking about more tight crop, if the quality alow... otherwise... I'd replace the background...
Very cool 'model' !
Yuri

[ridetwistyroads]

Thanks Yuri. I played with it a bit, the previous version was untouched.

Tighter crop, slightly brightened the eyes, a bit of usm all around. The image is a bit noisy, but not bad for iso 1600 in a D70.

What's the generall opinion of this crop?

http://ridetwistyroads.smugmug.com/photos/19950413-M.jpg

[Yuri Pautov]

Chris
Of course, she has a very cool clothes... but...
1)I'd crop a bit lower her chin and added space to the left of the photo...
You can easily remove her fingers at the bottom...
So the composition will be 'Landscape', not 'portrat' orientation...
2) You can: Duplicate layer in PS () Ctrl+J, select her face with hair, invert the selection and use blur, Radial blur - Zoom up to10%.
Try...