I need some PP critiquing - Wife and Daughters

**theantiquetiger** · 11-08-2013, 10:04 PM

The portrait is for my Mother in Law.

My wife's cleavage went about four inches below where it is now, I did a lot of cloning of the shirt.

Anything I am missing?

maddymorganstacy by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

Second re-touch. Does the wood above Maddy's hair look bad(black hair)?

maddy morgan stacy redo2 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

And FYI, here is the RAW version (untouched, only converted to jpeg). As you can see, my wife originally didn't like this one because of her cleavage showing. It was my wife's idea to add a tooth to Morgan.

maddy morgan stacy original by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

**Runmonty** · 11-09-2013, 12:51 AM

Very nice shot AT. I actually looked at the original size in Flickr to try to be as critical as possible.

Just a couple of very small issues I noticed on the large version. There is a small red mark on the cheek of the daughter on the left (Maddy?-I feel I should know which is which by now) and an even smaller one below your wife's eye. These are minor, but I thought I would point it out if you wish to try spot removal.

It will depend on your personal preference but I feel you could safely crop a bit off both sides and the top if you wished.

I am no expert, but just as a general note, in my opinion your PP has improved out of sight this year.

**Bambi** · 11-09-2013, 08:18 AM

great job on the cloning. I would take some off the top- that white building is a bit distracting. When I scroll down to cut the top off the image seems stronger to me

**theantiquetiger** · 11-09-2013, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Bambi

great job on the cloning. I would take some off the top- that white building is a bit distracting. When I scroll down to cut the top off the image seems stronger to me

RM, I did notice the blemishes after I looked at them in original size on Flickr. They will be removed in final edit.

Darn you Bambi, now that you said that, the white sign is all I see now!!!

Something like this (granted this is just an iPhone crop)

**Marko** · 11-09-2013, 10:53 AM

This is a lovely portrait AT - I've said this many times - great lookin' family. The skin tones in particular look very natural.

I would agree that this iphone crop serves the image better. The top section was too busy for my eye.

**Bambi** · 11-10-2013, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by theantiquetiger

RM, I did notice the blemishes after I looked at them in original size on Flickr. They will be removed in final edit.

Darn you Bambi, now that you said that, the white sign is all I see now!!!

Something like this (granted this is just an iPhone crop)

ah but you will be more appreciative in the future.

I like the crop. makes the shot more intimate

**theantiquetiger** · 11-10-2013, 05:40 PM

Ok, I got a stupid question...

When it comes to cropping an image I want to print, how do I maintain the 3:2 ratio in LR? If you remember the portrait I did for my mother of the 5 granddaughters, the foot of one of the girls got cut off in print because of my poor cropping. My mom will never notice it, but it bugs me.

The image above will be cropped down about 20-25% (my guestimation). I just want to make sure I don't lose anything I want. Granted this will be printed full on canvas (no gallery wrap). She wants to frame it.

I have yet to figure this out in LR because I haven't printed too many prints that were cropped down more than 5% or so (usually due to leveling).