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"I'd like to thank you for creating a great web site for beginners and ask your opinion regarding attached photos. One is the picture of sunrise, and the other two - portraits. Thank you."(Ellan Leiderman)
Sunset
There's some really dramatic coloring here, but it looks as though the sun is about to fall out of the frame! It would have been much more satisfying if it could have been further up the picture. Ideally, too, you could have done without the lens flare in the top left. You may not be able to avoid this happening, but you could always edit or crop it out afterwards.
Portrait Portrait cropped
Your subject in your photo on the left is also way down near the bottom of the picture. Remove the top third of the photo and it would look better, but do you really want all this emphasis on her arms? On the right, I've tried to avoid this by moving in really close. Generally speaking, though, looking down on your subject from above can lead to some distortion, so don't expect it to produce the most flattering result.
Girl cropped
Girl
Your photo on the left, with the outstretched arm disappearing out of the picture, certainly suggests exhaustion. If this is what you wanted, fine. Otherwise I'd move in closer, as on the right, to exclude the arm and to move the subject's face away from the exact middle of the picture so that her eyes are at one of the intersections of thirds. But I like the way you are experimenting with unusual poses!




"Hi, im Dave, im a 14 year old who is just getting into photography. Here is a picture of my cousin margaret. I had some b&w film in my camera, when i saw this, and snapped a picture of it. It was indoors, in a room with plenty of light. It just seems to be lacking that special somthing, what might that be?" (Dave)
Girl cropped
Girl
Your photo on the left looks a bit dark and gloomy, and the dazzling reflection on the floor behind your cousin distracts attention from her. Also, her feet, being so close to the camera, look too large. On the right, I've tried moving in closer to hide her feet. I've also made your cousin lighter with the background darker. It would have been better still, though, if she'd been looking at the toy she's holding. But it's a good idea to try to catch people off-guard, and you've made a promising start.




"love to here your comments " (Bob Casserly, Wokingham, Berkshire)
Grandson
Grandson cropped Grandson lightened
Your photo on the left is a very assured professional-looking portrait that I like very much. The way you've made it merge into the light background is attractive too. However, you chose to position your subject right in the middle of the picture, which isn't always the most interesting place for it, so in the middle picture above I've tried moving him slightly up and to the right which seems to leave more space for his eyes to look into. On the extreme right, I've also tried lightening his face so that it no longer seems so much in shadow. This is the version that I prefer as it best matches the light background - but I still think your original photo is highly pleasing.

Reply from Bob Casserly: "Thanks for your comments on the last photo I sent you, your comment were very helpfull. Please could you have a look at this one same subject. I have cropped so he is not in the centre. Thanks a lot"
Boy rearranged
George
It's a good idea to have your subject off-centre, but when, as in your photo on the left here, he is looking towards the side of the frame, try to leave space for him to look into by keeping the eyes central, as I've tried to do in my version on the right.




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