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06/02/2008 10:38:45 AM |
| I see what you were after- very powerful image ! |
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06/02/2008 07:51:25 AM |
| Overall I liek the edit. I wish there was more of her arm on the left to make it a bit clearer what it is. Cropping into her upper arm and past her elbow would have made it clearer but also kept away the lower part of her arm (which is what i am assuming you were trying to not include). |
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06/01/2008 10:55:36 PM |
| The crop and processing were definitely the right decision. It gives the photo a completely different feel from the original. Very mysterious. |
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06/01/2008 10:53:38 PM |
| I like the processing and agree with yanko about the shadow. I wouldn't have cropped so aggressively though, it now looks like her arm is coming from nowhere and not being able to see her fingers makes it hard to tell it is an arm. I read in your post that you were going for the highlighting of the tattoo. I believe you could have retained the highlight of that important area and still left in the rest. Perhaps even just the top of the arm (bicep) :) But again, it comes down to individual taste :) |
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06/01/2008 09:24:11 PM |
I love this... no pun intended...
I like the editing on this. I did something like this not that long ago. Here check it out... link |
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06/01/2008 04:36:37 PM |
Originally posted by yanko:
I like the idea of darkening her face area for the reasons you gave but for me the face just looks underexposed rather than cast in more shadow, which I believe is what you was going for. The reason for this is the orignal shadows along the edges of her face still have a sharp transition to them, which suggests bright harsh light should be present on the face but now isn't there. So what you would need to do to "sell" the new shadow you're adding is to change that original shadow on her face from the sharp edge it has currently to something a lot softer. Ideally it shouldn't even have an edge any more, just a smooth gradient transition from darks to lights.
Just my opinion of course. :) |
Gotcha.. I see that now.
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06/01/2008 04:30:03 PM |
I like the idea of darkening her face area for the reasons you gave but for me the face just looks underexposed rather than cast in more shadow, which I believe is what you was going for. The reason for this is the orignal shadows along the edges of her face still have a sharp transition to them, which suggests bright harsh light should be present on the face but now isn't there. So what you would need to do to "sell" the new shadow you're adding is to change that original shadow on her face from the sharp edge it has currently to something a lot softer. Ideally it shouldn't even have an edge any more, just a smooth gradient transition from darks to lights.
Just my opinion of course. :) |
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06/01/2008 03:50:18 PM |
BRILLIANT ..
you've given this photograph such a punch .. i totally love your sepia processing and your crop .. very very excellent post processed image .. her eyes are mesmerizing ..:) |
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06/01/2008 02:56:22 PM |
Mission accomplished. The color was very overpowering. And you've certainly drawn my eyes to her eyes and then to the tattoo. And I must agree with Ann next my eyes went to the wall.
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06/01/2008 02:52:36 PM |
Nice. I think you accomplished what you set out to do. My eye is definitely drawn to her eyes and the tattoo.
You might want to either blur the background slightly, or move her away from the wall, because I keep noticing the not-quite-straight brick pattern over her head. |
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