Brit 2383 full color

Wondering if this full color version is better. The colors seem to bright to

me.

this is the best one, to me. It has the fewest views on PN, maybe since I was put up later. But this is the strongest. The full color helps, but in this case the color and lighting of the model do a good job of separating her from the background and thus creating a stronger focal point. The composition with her on the left and looking back across the image is unusual to me but very effective. good luck.

Craig, thanks. I hope you come back tomorrow and let me know what you think about the extra weight that will appear on the right hand side. I uploaded a revised version this afternoon, but it takes a while to show up.

Also on that revision, the color will not be as intense.

Hey Doug,

The colour and pose seem fine to me, but I am actually struggling with the background on this one. The tracks really work in Brit 2677. I especially like the way they culminate in a little specular highlight. You also have a lot of great leading line backrounds on your other portraits, but this one just isn't working for me on an associative level. My first association was "wrong side of the tracks" on this one, which doesn't seem to be what you are going for. I think it is because the tracks a a relatively large block in shadow. Maybe brightening the other track would help to ballance things out...? Not sure, just a thought. I like the model, pose and colour.

Thanks Devon. I happen to agree with you, to an extent. But, come back in a few hours and let me know what you think then.

Superb portrait, your presentation is spot on. All the best. 7/7 anon.

Doug:

 

You know how much I admire your work ( and models - I won't say a word about love at first sight in this case - as I did when I humiliated myself with Nora -with my luck, this one's probably 13 ), but the model's pallor calls for some compensation - to my amateur eye, more contrast is needed on her face. Otherwise, I think the composition is well done. My perspective differs a bit from that of Devon: Brit is immediate, with the tracks converging to infinitety; she looks as though she's about to turn, and walk away into the rest of her life. The muted backround colors are beautifully managed, and the intermediate DoF ( telephoto, stopped down a bit? If I don't ask , I wont learn) leaves the model the central focus, but surrounds her with discernable and significant landscape. In all, a difficult capture, very well executed ( of course). Actually, I just noticed that all the elements converge symmetrically towards infinity, and Brit has been positioned at a "power pont", yet still seems central. Sweet.

 

This is very presumptive for an amateur ( and you're probably sick of folks playing with your captures ), but I'm submitting an alteration, just demonstratively. I haven't a sophisticated digital alteration program, and I didn't want to do the "selective B&W" thing. That the alteration I did is B&W is not to suggest that this shouldn't be in color - it was just easier to convert this to greyscale as a layer, and place some burn in it, to illustrate my point about the contrast. Just a personal preference...your photo is a solid 7/7.

 

Best,

Craig

Hey Craig, another brilliant comment from you, thanks. Brit is 20, so don't worry about your heart. You won't get in trouble. And besides, one shouldn't curtail the activities of the heart. It's the unloosed actions of the hands, feet and tongue that cause problems. :-)

 

I'll look up the exposure info and get back to you. All I can say for now is that it was a 24-70mm zoom.

Craig, I've never complained about anyone reinterpreting my work. Maybe that day will come, but so far, I don't mind. That's how I learned, so...

 

 

I like your conversion, especially how it glamorizes the light.

The muted colors are from the post processing: After doing all my burning, dodging, and what not, I made a duplicate layer, converted it to black and white, and then reduced the opacity of the bw layer by about 80 percent so the color would show through, but without so much power. the color on these shots is too strong, I think. In many cases.

Hey Doug, It's been interesting to watch this shot develop. I think we've all had those photos where we know something is there that we really like but need to play with it before we find its true appeal. Everyone has a different idea about what should happen, which is really the great thing about photography.

For my part, I think the highlight and lightening of shadow detail brings harmony to the shot. It allows me to see much of what Craig has suggested about motion and placement. (I think he was refering to a later version of the photo than I commented on.)

 

I can't really say any more about colour and detail at this point because I just realized that my monitor, which I thought was calibrated, seems to be far too bright. I'll have to work on that. Anyway, best of luck with the shot.

For me the colors are perfect, best regards !