This was a snapshot from a bacherlorette party. Everyone in the photo was moving except this girl.
Heavily cropped
darkened with levels
sharpened
Hue/Sat - increased red, magenta, yellow each 100%
converted to B&W
added 30% contrast
resized
used blur tool to blur everything but the girl
created layer and painted everything but the girl black
soft light and gaussian blur to make it blend
repeated with another layer
slight USM
more contrast
added frame and saved for web.
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Great editing and fantastic eye to "see" this shot. Very well presented and beautifully framed (great title too). :-) I appreciate this one more every time I see it.
There's something seriously beautiful, although intangible, about this........it evokes emotions in me......I see a vulnerability in her. I so love it.
great shot..and I love the way you framed it too...really wonderful sense of time and place...
hey I din't even figure it out..thought there was something familiar...great shot for sure!
this looks so good on your profile page ... congratulations on a wonderful photograph and a great place in the free study and of course a pb ... average of 8 for all commenters .. over 50 ppl gave you a 7 or over ... this is awesome .. i hope this makes up for the construction work dragging on .. :):)xx
I really liked this when it was first up, although I dont remember exactly where. Great shot, nice lighting - Im not sold on the white border though.
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I really like the light in this scene...dramatic and mysterious. Just enough information to know something more than the girl is going on, but not enough to give the story away without a great deal of thought. Very nice!
This is beautiful. The lighting, shadow and the vertical lines throughout really work and are enhanced by the frame. The dip of her beads puts a nice curve and highlight in addition to her face and shoulders. This is wonderful.
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