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Dec 16, 2018 05:40:50   #
Wanda Krack Loc: Tennessee, USA
 
Use both........one for the head/hair at the size posted, and do a crop, placing the head more to the side, and maybe down a bit from the top, and let the phone be the subject in the cropped one. There are two images here, with two subjects. Another option would be to combine them, and have the entire image in focus. Just food for thought.

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Dec 16, 2018 05:48:08   #
nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL
 
Cell phone!

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Dec 16, 2018 06:18:17   #
CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
BrentHarder wrote:
I took this photo in two ways......one with focus on the cell phone and the other with focus on her hair. Which do you prefer? I have my opinion but don't want to sway your answer with my thoughts.



Brent, for me it is a toss up. To pick one over the other it would be the hair by just a tad.

Greg

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Dec 16, 2018 07:03:39   #
Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England
 
Mobile Phone.

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Dec 16, 2018 07:03:52   #
docshark Loc: Millersville, PA
 
My vote - the first shot.
-Doc

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Dec 16, 2018 07:34:11   #
cameraf4 Loc: Delaware
 
My opinion: we all know what hair looks like (even those of us who no longer have any). But we are kinda nosy folks who want to know what people are looking at when they are looking at their cell phones. I'm guessing that, if any of us was standing next to you at the time, we would not be at all interested in her hair no matter how "soft-and-silky" it might be, but would be "focused" on what is pictured on the phone. So go with that.

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Dec 16, 2018 08:02:18   #
ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA
 
The subject is the girl using the cellphone, not just the cell or the girl. So the real question is which composition is better. I say second.

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Dec 16, 2018 08:03:41   #
mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY
 
I think that the focus on the head is better.

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Dec 16, 2018 08:08:09   #
DragonsLady Loc: Los Alamos, NM
 
I like the second one. The sunset is still there in the background but the picture of it in the cell phone seems more effective to me.

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Dec 16, 2018 08:15:21   #
newriverpaddler Loc: West Virginia
 
why not take both and stack

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Dec 16, 2018 08:44:57   #
A10 Loc: Southern Indiana
 
Phone!

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Dec 16, 2018 08:50:27   #
boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
 
I'd rather see the sunset.

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Dec 16, 2018 09:10:18   #
jkoar Loc: The Gunks, NY
 
Cell phone should never be the center of focus. The detail of the woman is most important. The sky looks great in either case.

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Dec 16, 2018 09:15:29   #
aschweik Loc: NE Ohio
 
Focus on the cell phone. I think it draws you into the photo more, with the sunset image on the cell phone mirroring the actual sunset. The back of her head is just the back of her head. If you focus on her head, she could be holding anything. Nice photo!

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Dec 16, 2018 09:27:08   #
Stephan G
 
BrentHarder wrote:
I took this photo in two ways......one with focus on the cell phone and the other with focus on her hair. Which do you prefer? I have my opinion but don't want to sway your answer with my thoughts.


I find the focus on the cell phone to have the story. It brings out the transformative power of the cell phone screen. It is a definitive note of our new reality.

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