I could not believe the torrential rain that had occured immediately prior to sending my child into a non occupied parking lot in nothing but her rain jacket and rubber boots. Needless to say this was a fun shoot!!
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For the record (as there were eleventy comments about her head) if you look closely you can see she is looking back at her own reflection. I liked the anonymity of this shot. I liked that it could be applicable to anyone, gloomy gray day and a splash of color. She is saying "hey, it's dull, dreary and raining but *I* am wearing red!"
Also I wanted the colors to be a bit muted. I did not like the more red version of this shot that I had taken. The original was oversaturated (scary oversaturated) and this just fit my rainy day mood a bit better.
Thank you everyone for your comments and kind words. This was a fun challenge to do. My daughter also thanks you as she got to play & jump in the puddles (in fact she just landed when this shot was taken).
Looking at the montage you posted, if you had used the red version, oversaturated or not, I bet you would have had a top 10 finish! I love this shot but the muted colors probably hurt it in the overall scores. But a great capture and I'm glad to see I'm not the only mom who lets her kids play in puddles, did you teach her how to do it properly like I had to teach my oldest? :)
I love this ... how the top portion "begs" for you to go looking at the bottom. And how, looking carefully at the bottom, you can find all of the answers to the questions posed by the top. Wonderfully done... should have scored much higher!
What a great idea! I really like the focus on the reflection rather than including both the girl in reality and her reflection. This keeps the composition much more simple and gives the eye a place to rest. I'm guessing this is selective desaturation? It seems just a tad washed out if that's the case. I like the lightness of it but something seems a bit too flat for my tastes, maybe if the dark areas were richer in their darkness, more contrast or something. Not sure! Either way I think its a great image. I gave a 6.
i understand she was probably looking at her feet stomping the puddles but i wish that her hair was even just a little bit more upright, because att first i thought she didnt have one (sorry if its a wee fella!)
This is a great photo, I think if you rotated it 30 degrees or so - so the boots are upper left and reflection is lower right - it would be a stronger composition. Try it and let me know what you think - or show me - I'd be interested to see. Terrific work though - nice job
Great composition! You can almost feel the "joy" of splashing. My only nitpick is that the knees look a little plastic-y and colorless. There's just enough color to keep it from being bw, but not enough to look like the healthy child that it seems to be.
Great use of reflection and interesting cropping. I think I quite like the lack of head - creates an abstract and anonymous feel. Selective desat works too.
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