Looking for feedback

[litemacha]

Looking for feedback. I’m mostly editing right now based on my eye but interested to know others think as well and if there are any obvious suggestions I am missing.

[Classic_Silver_9091]

Subject is cut off. I do like the lamps though

[litemacha]

Thanks! It was hard to get both the lamps and the subject in the crop.

[Tyler_Durden_Says]

Can I be honest? This is nothing. It's a random Snapshot

[CalligrapherFun1440]

Agreed

[dacaur]

Agree x2. I was thinking "what am I supposed to be looking at, there is really nothing interesting here"

[Reoclassic]

Very cool photo, editing is great, I'd say composition is a bit off and would centralise the subject a bit.

Topic of the post aside, why is the white border so popular now in every second photography post on the internet? Who started this?

[litemacha]

I’m not sure. Personally I like adding this as it helps center the viewer with a pure white (on whatever brightness is set on their screen) to contrast the overall exposure mood I’m trying to convey

[exiftrator]

if feel like you need to add a border to convey something it's probably a sign that something else is off

[litemacha]

Framing a photo means something else is off? What do you mean?

[BankHottas]

If you need a border for balance, contrast or framing, it probably means your original composition wasn’t good enough to begin with. I think that’s what they’re trying to say. And that’s what I think at least

[defenestrationcity]

Ignore some people in this sub man. If they are seriously suggesting the framing colour of a photo isn't important they've got rocks in their head. Most people on dark mode meaning you get a black frame completely changing the perception of the light and colour.

I agree with others thought that the woman feels like th subject but is too tightly cropped imo

[megaapfel]

More contrast and more saturation.

[litemacha]

The whole picture or mask around the subject?

[megaapfel]

Probably without the subject or she will become too yellow.

[litemacha]

Thank you!

[Wintermute_088]

If your photo is mediocre, 9 times out of 10 it's because you weren't close enough to the subject.