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by jwillerton

Comment by dwterry:
This one is my favorite. The pose, the expression, the composition, the hair light, the exposure on the face, the colors, all well done.

Manhattan Bridge at Night
by jwillerton

Comment by hotroll:
Very nice shot. Well composed.

Niagara Mist
by jwillerton

Comment by hotroll:
I love this angle and how it draws you into the falls...

Niagara Nights
by jwillerton

Comment by hotroll:
I may be overly picky, but it looks like it needs to be straightened a smidge. I like the colors.

IMG_9144.jpg
by jwillerton

Comment by pineapple:
I'm learning from your photo - this and the bw entry. The bw edition is certainly more complimentary from the model's point of view. I think what I am learning about is positioning of the lights, proximal and distal, near and far, and the background distance. Also I might be understanding the use of flagging - light blocking. Thanks for the tuition...

Sarah
by jwillerton

Comment by jasonlprice:
I really like this shot and gave it an 8 during voting. The stare works so well and I don't mind the blown out hair at all. I actually do prefer the original color version and would have probably given it a 9 though. I love dramatic lights comeing from odd locations as your seperation light is...just suites my taste I guess. I really am shocked this didn't score at least a 6....strange!

Sarah
by jwillerton

Comment by figaro:
IMO this shot doesn't benefit at all from the B&W conversion, as the nature of the lighting is pretty flat - not a criticism as it works perfectly well in the colour version. The blown out hair is also much more incongruous in the B&W context. On a personal level I don't get particularly excited by photos of model-like women, no matter how beautiful, if I don't feel any kind of emotional connection with the subject. Her expression here doesn't speak to me, but this is obviously incredibly subjective. That's my two cents anyway! :)

Sarah
by jwillerton

Comment by jwillerton:


The original image. As you can see...the hair is much more prominent in the color version.

Sarah
by jwillerton

Comment by jwillerton:
I meant that the effect from my lighting is not as prominent when I convert to B&W...and the white background further reduces the effect the lighting has on the image. If the background were black...we would have a slightly different conversation...and the highlights would be even more distracting.

Sarah
by jwillerton

Comment by JuliBoc:
People seemed to have liked this image -- the majority of the votes are six and above, and nobody trashed it with a one or two. I think it is just the distracting blown highlights on the right that prevented a really high score. The model is beautiful and you did a great job of capturing that beauty.

You said the hair on the right was lost in the b&w conversion. I'm wondering what method you used for the conversion, and I'm wondering if you could use two different layers with different parameters for the b&w conversion. Then use masks to bring back the blown hair.