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© Sue C. Cole

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Uploaded: November 15, 2011

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Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: 2.00, ExposureTime: 1/250 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 24.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 40D

Comments

Dale Hardin November 16, 2011

Hi Sue. So glad to see you back in the fold. Missed you. I like both the boldness and the simplicity of this pose and the treatment.

Do have bit of a concern with the harshness though because the highlights are so bright that it appears her waist is chopped off. Perhaps a reduction of the highlights is in order. #1423474

Teresa H. Hunt November 16, 2011

I agree with Dale on the harsh lighting. Her waist does look funny.

For some reason though this just doesn't work for me. But I think it's mostly due to the harsh light. #9808044

Michael Kelly level-deluxe November 16, 2011

Hi sue welcome back. I know very little about this type of photography but I like how the lens you chose emphasizes the face.

I do have some concerns including the harsh light already mentioned. There also appears to be some clone work on the left from where the chair rail meets her arm down to the leg and the very red tones on the face could be reduced some by selectively reducing the red channel. #9808066

Rita K. Connell level-classic November 16, 2011

Hi sue, glad you are back.

this one is not working for me. I believe the hardness of the highlights is a problem. but for me because of the way it appears...its like her upper body is larger than her middle and then her legs become large again. its like here middle isn't porportion with the rest of here body is that because the highlight wash out the details. #9808270

Jeff E Jensen November 16, 2011

Yup, the harsh light is my issue with this as well. I'm not seeing the cloning issues that Mike pointed out. #9808778

Peter W. Marks November 16, 2011

Hi Sue! There seems to be a consensus that the lady's waist needs fixing. As for the lighting, I think that is a matter of taste and what the image is 'saying' to the viewer. That posture and straight-on gaze challenges us to have an opinion.
I have a favorite saying when critiquing an out of the ordinary image, "If this was hanging on the waiting-room wall at the dentists it could take my mind off the up-coming root canal". #9809269

Carla Capra Anderson November 16, 2011

Hi Sue;
I'm with the other Phello's on this one.
I have no suggestions to improve it as it is presented. I guess it would depend on what your original looks like.
;) CC #9809483

Sue C. Cole November 16, 2011

Thank you all for your feedback. I was also concerned with the highlight, harshness but I was also trying to make a bold "I may be small, but I'm not nieve" statement. I do tend to blow out my images because I do like that kind of photography so I do go over the top at times...and from the concenses with this one it's toss and redue. I did have another photograph of Thip with the same pose with less exposure...tell me what do you think? #9810766

Sue C. Cole November 16, 2011

BTW Peter...LOL I love you favorite saying...I may have to borrow that.:)
#9810809

Beth Spencer November 16, 2011

I really do not have anything to add, I think her waist may look funny due to the white boa, covering part of it and then it blends with the background. #9810838

Michael Kelly level-deluxe November 16, 2011

This is much better Sue. I do think it is very bold statement so you succeeded well with that. The area I thought was a clone must have been the white boa. Still think there is a touch to much red in her face especially in the shadow of her hair. Not bad and if you like it it is fine - if not a selection of the face and a slight reduction of the red channel saturation should bring it in a little. #9810945

Dale Hardin November 16, 2011

Now that you've shown the other image I can see the boa on the first shot. I think the first one makes a better statement but it needs to have the blown highlights addressed so that the boa can be seen at it's edge. #9811181

Rita K. Connell level-classic November 18, 2011

I am with dale #9816217

Carla Capra Anderson November 18, 2011

I'm with Dale and Rita.
;) CC #9816471

Sue C. Cole November 18, 2011

Thank you again...I am just learning PScs5 so I will take it back and try to do the edits you have all suggested. Learning a new tool for me is not easy.:) #9817219

Debbie E. Payne November 18, 2011

Sue, don't know how I missed this. I have been nursing a cold the past couple of days and hope it goes away soon. Missed my trip to San Francisco would rather be miserable at hone.

I like the intensity and the more direct pose of the first shot but think the waist needs perhaps more than you can do post-processing. The second one seems flat because it isnt' all white. I would have a clue how to tell you to do high-key because it isn't in my repertoire. Guess I'm just a "Landscape girl". I always enjoy seeing people's portraits, though, so keep those high key shots coming in! #9817930


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