Taken during a photo shoot at a dance studio in Austin TX
I processed the photo with and without the floor. The floor adds a perspective that was lost with just the black background. That could be overcome by using a great deal of negative space in front of and below the dancer. However, that calls for me to add something to the photo that did not exist in the original.
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I was gonna score this at 8. But now I look again, I realize the things I didn't like actually help the photo. I thought it might look better without the floor. But now I see it gives the photo perspective of the height she is jumping. And, now I realize that she was probably running and jumped that high: not a free standing jump. You have great focus and the lighting is perfect. Bumping to 10
why, oh why didn't you crop those floorboards? And then make a levels or curves adjustment to boost the contrast?
Other than that it's great - good luck
I like the mid air stretched capture. I also like how you didn't crop out the floor. Many people would, but leaving it in gives you a sense of height in teh jump.
I'm not sure how others would like it, but I think a tighter crop on the subject would have been better. A landscape orientation shot instead of portrait.
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