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Natural Talent


	Natural Talent Sue C. Cole

Aimee C. Eisaman

I love this image...so artful. The pose is amazing. I think I'd hurt myself if I were to get into that pose! lol Did you capture this in the midst of a dance or was it a stagnant pose? I do wish it wasn't so soft. Did you denoise alot? Sometimes I think leaving the noise in these kinds of images is better. :~)

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March 02, 2012

Jeff E Jensen

Yeah, this is really cool, Sue!

I'm guessing that she was moving, there's a tad bit of motion blur, but it's not bad. Not sure what is going on with the skin on her extended leg though.

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March 02, 2012

Dale Hardin

This is a gorgeous piece of art Sue. Your timing was equisite and the composition is spot on.

Although you were plagued with low light and hence captured a lot of movement, that can be compensated for with a couple simple changes. Since it's hard to envision what I'm suggesting, I've take the liberty of pulling a screen shot and illustrating for you. Of course you would have better results with your original file.

To minimize the edge movement and enhance the harsh lighing effect, simply apply a levels adjustment. Move the center slider to the right to about .80 or so untill the shadows turn dark. You will however want to keep the arm in view but a simple mask will let you reveal that. Aslo mask the light on the floor.

The main indication of motion blur is on her right hand and it is distracting. By cloning the edges with a hard brush, you can take away that blur.

Congratulations on a superb study in light. This should do well in contest.

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March 02, 2012

Sue C. Cole

Thanks for all you suggestions. Aimee, I was attending my granddaughter’s dance rehearsal when I captured the young girl performing. (She is only 15 year’s old) she is amazing. I use to be a dancer years ago, but I would have never been able to do this kind of move. If I had tried, I may have been the first to discovered breakdancing,
literally, Lol! I do believe the softness is from a very low light and motion blur situation, she was moving very quickly, very quickly. This would have been a good image for Dale’s challenge before and after a huge amount of noise in this one.
Jeff, The extended leg area, I think you are referring to, is a result of major noise so I am going to try and see if I can edit it using Dale’s suggestions. I like that look better.
Dale, I have never used the masking tool in PS, I struggle so... with this editing stuff, so it may take a bit but I will try and master it. Thanks for the help!
I’m also wondering what category you all would place this in the contest under. People or aliments of design ???

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March 02, 2012

Sue C. Cole

OOOPS!! •Elements of Design not Aliments

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March 02, 2012

Stephen Shoff

Very interesting picture; nice capture, Sue.

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March 02, 2012

Dale Hardin

Sue, I'd be glad to put together a little tutorial on how to make those changes if you wish. Do you use CS5 or Elements? It will work in either.