this was a spur of the moment idea i tried, and the shot is semi candid. it was way underexposed, and when i pushed the levels, it got really vivid and grainy.
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I'm not sure if I added a comment to this one yet, but I think this is a very excellent picture. If anyone says something's distracting them, or there's too much light on their face, or anything like that, I just think those people don't want to admit that your photograph might be better than some of the things they have ever taken, or submited in one of the challenges :-)
dude. thanks : ) . i hadnt looked back here in awhile. i *did* want to shoot her against white but we ran out of time. a beautiful girl and really a pleasure to work with. I'll put up some other shots from this session as soon as I can : ) ..
I must say Kollin, this model owes you a great debt because this is one nice photo you gave her.
I am not one to mess with a photograph..it is what it is. But I wonder what she would have looked like laying on a white background..allowing her hair to really be seen. Would have it ruined the nice , dark shadows? Hard to say. But I find this photo very good regardless.
Colors seem a bit saturated, though I think it's probably the result you wanted. The top left thing and whatever the other thing is on the right seem distracting.
You're really messing with me now. This is the third picture I want to call "my favorite. It's a stunning photo because of that green dress and the Goth skin against the dark background.
OK, so I know it's not intentional, but I like how she's looking at the 10 on the voting score.... :-) The colors (the red and green) definitely aren't standard, but they all work really well together. Her face loks a little grainy, sharpened, over saturated or something (I can't quite tell what it is that I'm seeing -- sorry), but I like the look it gives to the shot. There's that little loop of something on the far right edge that I could wish wasn't there, but that's not that big a deal. Good shot.
"Pretty girl killed by vomit colored dress" I really like this picture but I dislike the dress. Bottom of the skirt is rolled up. Face seems a bit to bright, glare on the background in the upper left hand corner distracting. Its a good idea that in my opinion was mostly hurt by color choice.
I starred at this picture for five minutes wondering what drew me to it. Then all of a sudden I realized my focus was fixed to her face even though I wanted to look at everything else, good use of composition and lighting.
Fantastic colors! Wonderful pose. Something I can't put my finger on about the cropping isn't sitting quite right, but a small, SMALL annoyance. Fantastic shot!
I am assuming the color was "on purpose", so I am giving you the benefit of that doubt (the title helped you here). I think I would have liked to see the girls hair better, or lose the bright spot in the upper left corner, either way, it's better, IMO) Photo 9 Creativity 10 People 9 total 9 (if the surreal coloring was an accident, please lower your score 4 points, but only you can say that for certain, so you get the 9)
i like this shot, but i think it's really underexposed. looks like you may have tried to compensate for it in photoshop and got the whites a little too exposed without really making the rest any better. everything else about the shot is good, though.
Nice lighting, good color and effect! It would be interesting to see without the reflection from the backdrop in the upper left. Regardless, well done.
This is absolutely fantastic :). I love the colouring. It looks just like one of the watercolour illustrations from a fairy tale book I have. I also love the draping of the dress, the way it's caught by the lighting. If only the light wasn't glancing off that upper left hand corner!
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