Ear Rings

candid shot at a jazz festival . . . . thanks to my wife's keen eye.

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A gentle breeze will set off her personal wind chime to augment the music. Nice one, Carl, but I'm finding too much of my attention on her skin tone and facial ornament.

I tried a low key B&W version. Maybe I should revisit it for the reasons you've mentioned.

How about something along these lines for color..

and B&W..

I started out with something like the muted colors version, but liked the darker version because of the contrast between the ear rings and cheek (yes it does boost the colors as well.)

 

Same with the grayscale. I tried a really low key shot but didn't like the gradient out of clipped black into the midtones.

Then how about something like this, Carl? It's always about personal preferences, isn't it?

 

I can live with many rendering variations so long as it's overall pleasing.

one more version to consider. Regards,

Pawel, your version is more like what I had considered. The downside, I think, is that you end up with two competing subjects separated by a large featureless area. I have a few more from the back and with less of a profile, but the main subject works best with a full side view.