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Might burn out everything but the figure...Also, technical problem

with edge of subject so close to edge. Don't want to crop into subject,

so might burn edge of elbow a bit. Would like some thoughts here.

 

Thank you in advance

Very original and an excellent B&W photograph. Who care about the  corner  and the edge  if the image has  content,  feel and mood, as it is. Excellent, 7 plus.

Ok, I am going to try to refrain  from saying, WTF?

I like this, it is....disturbing, Is this the same woman from earlier posts, you know, the one with the "condition" I don't want to say the "A" word or the "D" word because some folks are really sensitive .

This is what I did to it, (I would show you but again, some folks get sensitive F"in with their work). I toned it down a bit, like you said these were some hot spots. I did not want to loose the detail in her face so I Lasso'd that little triangle showing her face, lightend it up a bit . It turned out nice, IMO

I Like how her blankie comes out to greet us, cool lead in and the shadow work on her elbow and had is wicked good. The dry lips and chunky neck are great as well.....

 

It's better than a Pelican in a bath tub.

She's like a cat in a patch of sunlight.  Nice!

the placement of light and the folds of sheet and gown and the folds of skin through the shadowing window are a gorgeous frame to the exasperating emotion in this portrait.... wow, hard to get more on point than this image, Lisa... brava! ;-} dp

As long as there is enough detail, I would not worry about the highlights.  Its fine to me as is. Its plenty crisp enough.

Very strong portrait!

heres by take. firstly i think your photos are brilliant they are raw and unusual and you grab my attention . with this series of photos of dementia i feel as if they are put on perhaps? posed maybe? hollywoodsih? i think its a very sterotypical view of dementa and not an accurate representation. almost a diservice . we all are demented to a certain extent. perhaps for me they are too one dimentional and if you posted some of this woman smiling , dressed up, laughing applying her make up it would be more realistic dimentia is as multifacitated as the people it effects, its not all nightmares and horror stories....... if that was what you were trying to depict tha bad side it worked however i still feel it just doent feel real to me anyway

stephanie opens my eyes here to the point about the many diverse portrayals of dementia that do realistically exist in the world.... as an illustration, i'll point you to my recent image "father"... my father was his whole life a very clever man; however, in this recent image of him at 93, he suffers from dementia; viewers have noted that he seems so serene in this image, and i agree with them and i must add that it seems to me almost that serenity is almost like his graceful acceptance of his having lost his mind. so steph is all too right, as usual... nonetheless, no doubt that your particular take here, Lisa, is as accurate a portrayal of the horrific side of dementia as the many others that can be portrayed... brilliant work, Lisa; brilliant insight, steph.  ;-} dp

Well done , Lisa!

Regards,

Mário

not the first time you feel ambivalent about your uploads Lisa. I may have shared earlier that what i think viewers fundamentally ask of an artist is conviction of purpose --- authority and self-assurance over the moment presented. A picture hanging on a wall is a picture done with and cannot be renegotiated; the work is final, and you own it!

beyond the discomfort of witnessing someone in full descent what viewers may be feeling here is a troubling glimpse of the reality that await us all, a picture reminder of any number of other variable horror versions of what await us; there is no shortage of humiliating pain in the world, and your picture is an invitation to consider our own removal from a party we're no longer invited to attend. Yet, as is plainly seen here, pain can be beautifully packaged.