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Thank you, Jolina!
Thank you, Jolina!
I say this because it's not only a more natural, everyday pose, but its setting is that very special and personal time: When she's waking up in the morning. When you think about it, who gets to watch a person wake up in the morning, other than very close and special people in that persons life? And this portrait conveys that sense of not only the privilege of being such a close and trusted person in her life, but the close proximity add the element of actually being in bed and waking up with her, effectively doubling that heart warming sensation.
This image is like a dream... that I never want to wake up from.
I know your intention is to make her face the focal point, and very rightly so, for her face is very much the prize gem of this photo. The only reason I would want more depth of field is to further the sense of actually being there with her by replicating what the eye would see, while greeting a beautiful morning with this ineffably beautiful girl. I certainly don't mean to have her entire body in focus, just to have her legs a little bit more in focus.
But, that being said, I could easily see how it very well may have been impossible to do this without compromising the delicate balance of light, color, and focus on her face, which, as I said, is most definitely the prize gem that graces this image with a "je ne sais quoi" of mystical beauty.
But I invite you to play with other d.o.f elements when you start your own photo shoots...
But you're right, esp. the arm out of nowhere is an issue. But I focused primary on her expression. Rearranging the arm and telling her to "recreate" that look would have been hard work.
And besides that, I think, her pose still looks natural.
natural warm cozy inviting enticing intoxicating soft serene
adorable execution
beauty captured
thou art fine art.
stunning !
thanks for sharing
yours forevermore,
b.
...i dont do drugs
i am drugs...
Salvador Dali
She had an "action day". That's true...