Spellcaster

Please take a moment to check them out ;) Thanks... Comments welcome, and appreciated.

Very original, I can feel her movements. Great Job!

I like the idea, and I feel this shot is the best of the 3. What fails here in my opinion (partly), is:

1) the light - which isn't bad at all, but could still be better on the face.

2) the styling - the bracelets and rings are useless distractions imo, especially given the fact that they are so bright.

3) the performance - meaning here the post-production work. For example, I think that the right side so much brighter than the left is too much contrast. I'd settle for darkening a bit the right and brightening a bit the left - and the face, just a tad brighter as well. Somehow the file also didn't seem to compress all that well, which doesn't help.

Now what I like...

The motion itself - especially the way it turns out on her right hand, left side, which is why this part deserves to be brighter.

Then, I like the expression in this particular image a lot better than in the 2 others. She actually looks fears here, and not so in the others.

Then I like the positions of the hands in the frame - perfect to me.

Conclusion: I thing you would be surprised yourself how good this will look after just a bit of Photoshop. I do not know whether you do use PS intensively, but I really think this is the case where you can easily make a 6 in aesthetics out of a 4, in less than half an hour... If you wish, I don't mind giving it a try. The shot is well worth it imo. Regards.

I would actually be very interested to see your results. And I will give it a try, out of my own curiosity. Thanks for the thoughtfull comments.

------------------------------------4 hours later :) ---------------------------

and here it is, the first quick attempt... does this work better (I'll rework the original, after I digest this a bit, this is just a comp to check and see if it works better, I think it does... but I don't like the color of the bracelet on the right arm... I like the brightness... just not the grayness... help on that would be appreciated)

I use photoshop a great deal at work, and am quite happy using it (or not) depends on the occasion ;)

Concentrate/meditate on that...super...What if you used square format with hands and arms up and around the centered face...lots of possibilities..

The imporved version is much stronger of the 2. The original lacks the visual strength to carry your concept.