natural light. focal lenght 21 mm. Post:in rawshooter essentials up highlight contrast.In photoshop: small clone on upper right side, curves and duotone. up the contrast. usm. reduce for DPC.
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What a wonderful image! I think this has great bones and I think it fit perfectly with the challenge topic. The duotone works very well here - gives the image a sense of timelessness. I think the lighting works very well to enhance the image and the focus is dead on.
But (there's always a but, right?) I think there are a couple of things working against this image that could be easily fixed in post processing (I work with the image I have) and may have gotten you a slightly higher score (if that matters to you). The background, while interesting, detracts from the overall feel of the image. You could easily blur it into a mottled background which would work very well with the feel of the image. The crop is unbalanced. This often works but for this image I feel it distracts. There is no purpose in the lack of balance and it does nothing for the image. I tried a square crop as suggested by a commentor but that didn't work for me - it left her no elbow room. The midtones are just a tad muddy. A very, very slight curve only at the mid point might make a difference.
Anyway, I love this image - simple truth. This is the way it is. Wonderful that way. You've done an excellent job portraying a housewife in an artistic, thoughful manner. The focus is great and the lighting well done.
ha ha ha. I wonder if this would be more effective if she were in a kitchen setting, or perhaps not so close to the wall, so that the texture of it were more blurred. Still a good idea and I love the curl of the peel falling into the basket.
I really like this idea and the black and white treatment. The only thing that is a little bit off in my mind is that the apron looks too new, at least it doesn't really look like it belongs to the person wearing it. I might be wrong, but that is the feeling I get when I look at the picture. Still a very good picture and a good idea.
This is the sort of thing I hoped to see in this challenge. The missing face has purpose and not just to meet the challenge. When I look at this I see a thousand faces that make up this portrait of a housewife. Gets a 10 from me.
There is something playfully subversive about this image: the static pose, the way the subject is sort of gratuitously ediited out of the photo, the static, but not quite perfectly symmetrical composition - that I really like.
Quite frankly, the first thought that came to mind when I saw this image is "Cook" or "Maid". I think it's the apron and the upright (prim) sitting position. Peeling potatos in our household is much messier than this and usually done at the sink. :D
All that aside, the image is well done with a nice range of tones. I'd have been tempted to square crop this or move the subject to center as it's nearly centered now.
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