Fotostudija Tigra

Excellent Tonality of color

and also strong composition

Best Regards

Steve Lowther , December 29, 2006; 01:45 A.M. (edit | delete)

This image is masterful, and as the previous commenter said, ethereal. It has a magic that is there in strength.

We recognize high key images and low key images, but as a photo instructor I also am promoting the idea of median key images. With your permission, I would like to include your image here as an example when I teach the median key concept in my PowerPoint presentation.

Forgive me, but I do see a couple of slight flaws. Probably the more serious of the two is the light area at the bottom. The eye tends to gravitate to the area of the minority extreme. I would repair the distraction.

The second one may not be so much a flaw, but perhaps a matter of personal taste. I have found that people seem to find reflections in the sclera (white) of the eye distracting. Eliminating that distraction may be an enhancement you may want to consider.

And as a side note, if I could only persuade you to title your images. I know as a young photographer I found having to title them for professional competition very irritating. I usually mumbled in protest something like "images should stand on their own and not need words to enhance them..." However, I have grown to appreciate the soul seed provided to me as a viewer. It really does make a difference.

Hopefully you will find my criticisms helpful, but if not, just let me know and I will be happy to delete this.

Very nice shot.... I'd have to agree with Mr. Lowther though. When I first looked at the pic my focus was immediately drawn to the linear highlights in the eyes. A little digital manipulation here is well justified. If these were scratches on a negative, NO ONE would object to them being fixed so why fuss about removing unintentional reflections.

I've seen a lot of critiques on here and other sites that condemn photoshop or other tools as something you use to "fake" an image. To my view it is no different than what most of us have been doing in the darkroom for decades by dodging, burning-in, masking, etc. In art, what is important is the final result not the various tools and techniques used to create the result. I doubt anyone would seriously criticize Ansel Adams for slightly dodging the sky in his "Moonrise" masterpiece. Sometimes nature and the zone system doesnt cooperate with your "vision".

Of course in documentary or journalistic photography, historical integrity reigns supreme so manipulative tools should be used as little as possible but even masters such as Eisenstaedt manipulated their prints for maximum effect.