After spending a few days deciding what to shoot for this challange, I came up with this place where Cods are hanged for drying... A friend of mine agreed to come with me to play this role as "Princess Cod" :o)
While going through the 150 pictures I took, I decided this was the one where you could see the cods in most details.
Post: Saturation, dodge and burn... Decided to make the cods stand out instead of the girl :o)
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Hi Greetings from the Critique Club.
I like the setting of this shot, and I think the 'look' of your model suites the surroundings, she looks sort of mermaid-esque. You do want to be careful not to cut off peoples limbs and digits when you photograph them unless you have a really good reason, that being said would like a tiny bit more on the bottom of the picture.
The thing that I find most that I do not like is the light in this shot. You need to find a way to get rid of the bright white sky! My easiest idea would be to do a vertical crop about 1/2inch past the girls elbow. That would also strengthen your overall compostion a LOT IMO, would also help you to see both fish and model better, without the distracting light. The other way you could work it is put a subtle lighting effect on her and the fish on the left of the phot, brightening her and darkening the sky.
I also really like the color tones. Really cool location for shooting hope we see more shots from there!
Lynn
Wow ... this is pretty unique. The color and effect is really cool. The composition leaves me wanting a little more drama - perhaps showing the entire person would have made it stronger ... nonetheless, original and cool. 7
That's wonderful. You've created a creepy, intriguing fantasy world. The muted colors work well to create a subdued surrealist mood (fish always help with surrealism, too).
This is pretty weird ... and I always like that. Presumably this is in Iceland, where dessicated cod might be considered a suitably glamorous backdrop for a princess? I'd be virtually certain to see this movie. 7.
At first I thought the model was not prominant enough but having checked back a few times before scoring i have to say - Well Done. A few more roll9ing clouds would have sealed a perfect 10 from me (8 'as is')
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