Feedback on portrait shoot please

Another one in the series from the portrait shoot this past Saturday down in Olympia. Feedback is always welcome. Thank you.

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Same critique as the other - those straight-line folds on the fabric are distracting - I would do something in pp to eliminate them, considering its a solid black that shouldn't be too hard with clone/heal... Looking at her hair, are you shooting f/5.6?

For future reference if you have multiple shots to be critiqued of the same set at least put them in the same thread, rather than making a new thread per image.

Looks like dof is a little shallow to me. Would like to see her face a little more crisp.

Not trying to be contrary but I particularly like that shallow dof - where just the face is in focus. I think I'm in the minority on that though. I wouldn't mind even 1/2-1 stop wider.

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Originally Posted by Anbesol

Not trying to be contrary but I particularly like that shallow dof - where just the face is in focus. I think I'm in the minority on that though. I wouldn't mind even 1/2-1 stop wider.

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as I see it, the dogs face is in focus and the girls is slightly out of focus.

I like this dog portrait, but would like the girl to be more blurred.

If the girl was in focus, I would try and change her pose or framing to remove the jeans. She has a really nice expression on her face and kids and dogs just go great together.

I wish I could rub the dogs ears....I have a soft spot for Boxxers.

Chris

Actually now that its mentioned the dogs face could stand to be a bit softened.

Can't add much more to that already said. I don't like the pink in the top the girls wearing, for me it's distracting. S