Lauren

[jetrim]

Too tight?

[n8]

I'm not sure it's sharp enough...I can only see the hairs on her nose...
Something about her eyes looks a little cloudy. I think if you cleaned up the pupil beyond the catch lights that may help.

[jetrim]

It's a reflection of me on the white studio floor and the back side of her eyelashes, easy enough to clone out.

[armando_m]

I really like close up portraits with excellent eye details

awesome skin texture

I do like the reflections in the eyes

[gahspidy]

I have never been a fan of the cropped chin, so i def have a bias against this. There are some times when i feel it does work, but it seems to be very few for me. Everything else looks fine.

[jetrim]

Here's a wider shot for comparison...

[maplestreet]

Here's a wider shot for comparison...

I know I'm' the new guy but I like this shot much better. I agree with the Steampunk, not even as a professionaI, I'm just an ameture but I'm also a consumer and still I've never been a fan of the cropped chin look. A persons' face is a complete package and if you want to sell me on this person then I need to see their face as a whole.

Crops are fine if you're selling eyeliner or mascera or other makeup where the focus is the product not the person. If I'm going to see Lauren, I want to see her like in pic #2. While it's not as tight and not as sharp, it has more character by leaps and bounds.

But thats just my opinion from another perspective.

Either way, both are beautiful shots, I love how the soft light and background contrasts the richness of the colors (ie the eyes and hair) it's beautiful.

[jetrim]

Thanks Maplestreet. This shot is just as sharp as the first, but I applied a "soft focus" in post processing and a few other changes (like the window frames painted into the catchlights). I really wish I had gotten the head placement of the first shot in the wider angle of the second. Just a very small tilt/rotation of the head (less than 1/2") completely changed the lighting from closed loop to side light.

[gahspidy]

Thanks Maplestreet. This shot is just as sharp as the first, but I applied a "soft focus" in post processing and a few other changes (like the window frames painted into the catchlights). I really wish I had gotten the head placement of the first shot in the wider angle of the second. Just a very small tilt/rotation of the head (less than 1/2") completely changed the lighting from closed loop to side light.

I like everything about the 2nd shot better than the first including expression and light. - Steampunk

[shootme]

Super portraits and the tight crop is fine, the eyes make the shot. I found the fence (I think it's a fence) in the first shot distracting. Great work.

[gahspidy]

Super portraits and the tight crop is fine, the eyes make the shot. I found the fence (I think it's a fence) in the first shot distracting. Great work.

I think its a door in the bg, and i agree it could be cropped away at least partially.
Peter, your avatar is crazy cool! lol makes me smile...