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chris dees

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A child of this age.
« on: January 14, 2017, 19:56:00 »
My granddaughter looking at a You-Tube video of K3 (a Dutch/Flemish girl group for the younger ones) on an iPad. :D
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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2017, 23:47:49 »
beautiful portrait

if this was mine I would crop it much closer to her hair
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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2017, 23:56:32 »
Precious portrait, Chris!

Normally I would agree with Armando in terms of the framing, but, in this particular case, I would want to keep her pretty hands whose "expression" accompanies her serious look really well.

Also, the tablet should work as a good item to reflect the period of time she spend her childhood.

In short, I like this image as it is.
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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2017, 03:24:05 »
Very nice portrait.  I like the framing.  Perhaps 20 cm to your left and perfection.  Great expression.  Such intensity.

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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2017, 08:39:49 »
What a cracker, superb. Although if it were mine I would crop out the window frame, but nonetheless super!

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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2017, 10:20:11 »
Thank you all.
Armando, can you show me how you would crop it?
I tried to use the door/window as a kind of passe-partout.
Lowell, you mean left and right part of the door the same?
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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2017, 10:23:37 »
Oh no, K3! :-[ :o
Very cute girl though. :)
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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2017, 16:57:14 »
There is nothing wrong with K3!
I even went to their concert :D
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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2017, 18:40:12 »
Yes, centering her, if possible, makes a perfect frame.

In any case, this is a wonderful photograph. 

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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2017, 20:50:33 »
Thank you all.
Armando, can you show me how you would crop it?
I tried to use the door/window as a kind of passe-partout.
Lowell, you mean left and right part of the door the same?

like so

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Re: A child of this age.
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2017, 21:15:36 »
Thanks Armando, but like Akira I like to see her hands as well.

I cropped it a little more, just within the frame of the window.
I can't crop the image out of the window without "loosing her hands".
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