angels # 2

This photo is taken one year after the "angels", which you can see in

my portfolio. Comments and critiques are much appreciated.

Gorgeous shot! Great tone....I love XP2! Well posed and great exposure!

Only thing that kept me from giving this double 7s is the girls hair (in my opinion) needs burning in at the very corner. The tonal range of this photo is awesome along with comp and content. But that bright spot (and maybe the top right as well) keeps pulling my eye away from the main idea. I don't know if the girls hand and finger position was planned or just one of those lucky moments, but the way her hand works with the hand of the statue is just too good to be true. I suspect therefore it was planned and my hat's off to ya!

Really amazing photo, extremely original, great color too. Well done

Monika, eine wonderschones foto. Original in concept and sehr gut in ausfuhr. Aufwiederhoren Tom

Great originality and toning.

Really original and well composed. I really like the tone. Well done!!!!

Just great Monika!

Moment, sepia, pose and composition. All superb.

Congrats!

For me I think it is the position and pose of her hand that makes this one exceptional. Tony

Nice image. Here is a similar scene: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=732794

Angelic also. Keep it up.

Great shot and very good use of sepia!

great and intelligent shot....very good use of sepia....

i love the toning that you achieve, how do you do it? desaturate and then adjust hue? cheers!

the expression on the firl's face makes the picture for me. it's mirroring the sculputre, but the different placement of each's hand gives each face a different mood. the sculpture is wonder bordering on anguish, the girl's in intense interest.

 

it looks like you might burn the left edges down just a tad; otherwise i like the tonal values in this image

thanks a lot for your comment. I agree with the bright areas at the top left and right. Have to burn them in.

And the position of her fingers was planned, yes. I said to my daughter, she should put her finger under the chin of the angel, like saying - chin up, my dear, there will be better times...She did as I told her and I shot. That's all. Best regards, Monika.

to all the others of you, for your nice comments, Monika.

it's a bit difficult to explain, because I don't know the english terms of it. I always take three steps: 1.selective colourcorrection

2.colourbalance

3.coloursaturation

Hope you could understand it, because I've translated directly from german ;-)

Btw I'm working with PS7. Regards, Monika.

M A G N I F I C E N T !!!