nickolay_lavrik

Thank you all for the comments.

 

Marcelo, your comment encouraged me to upload

another version (with the focus on the leaves) that I had but initially did not find interesting enough.

 

I agree with some of the previous comments about the magenta in the right part. I would assume that the noisy pixelation is a result of the jpeg compression (I experienced this problem frequently). I am not sure about cropping off the clif. The image works for me as it is and I percieve a struggle between the two centers of attention (powerfull cliff and a little girl) as a part of the concept.

 

The technique: the leaves are inserted into a single scan image. Some

postprocessing is added to the resulting composite.

 

Any comments and suggestions are welcomed.

The nuts were all sharp in the original scan but I blurred some of them to mimic depth and motion. I agree that this does not work quite well here: although some of them are blurred, they still look too static.

Reconstruction of the shadow works great here.

Very good photo. I prefer original cropping rather than the one suggested above. The shadows from the trees are beautiful and it's a petty not to see them after cropping. The fact that the shadows on the left are touching the frame is little bit distracting (as opposite to the shadows in the righ bottom corner that are just perfect) but the photo has a very good composition overall and gradation of tones is beautiful.

Very nice tones and textures. It does feel cold when I stare at this photo.

Beautiful!

Nice!

Creative idea, this photo has a distinctive mood.

 

The composition could, however, benefit if the details in the background (the car, etc.) were not blocked by the light post. Placing the light slightly off center would also make perception of the details in the background easier. Regards,

Very nice!

Yes, it is the same person (my son) and the photos are taken, respectively, 12 years ago and yesterday. My initial idea was to use identical (or at least very similar) ligthing, pose and clothing. But the ligting for the image on the left was created by an umbrelled strobe, which isn't around anymore. Being tempted to check the idea, I decided to give a quick try and took a snap shot with a digital camera and a built-in flash.

 

Alan, your idea about the both subjects facing the same direction is very interesting. Will definitely try.

I appreciate all the comments and ratings. The story behind this photo is that I was asked to take a picture of the girl who was unusually serious, and nothing would make her smile. So my girlfriend eventually found a creative way of bringing a smile into the frame.

 

BTW, the frame is absolutely neutral grey. It can be used to check color balance :-) If the frame looks bluish, the monitor is probably out of color balance ;-(

 

But I agree that the framing could be better thought out.

Vlad, I think the composition and cropping are very good. The shapes of shades are very colorful.

The photo creates quite distinctive mood. Thinking of possible suggestions... getting more detail in snow - technically challenging but could lead to even a stronger image.

 

Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Unbelievable!

Amazing!

The version without table looks very nice but still makes me thinking about filling the empty space in the foreground.

Simple and silently beautiful!

Comments and ratings welcome.

Thank you all for the comments and ratings. I am glad that you find enough harmony in the photo as it is. Re-shooting would be difficult as the model changed quite a bit in 13 years.

Just one more option. Perhaps, you can find a bench of a more romantic style and clon it in ;-).

 

I can see split opinions about the dark tones of the big leaf. In fact, I made it intentionally darker by tweaking the tone curve in PhotoPaint. The big leaf on the right was fairly light in the original image but I found it too distracting.

 

Unable to look at it without laughing.

Consequencies of hanging it on a wall can be drastic :-))

 

Marc, thanks for the comments and the suggestion about the tittle. I have changed it. DOF is a problem in most of my shots taken with an A40 (this toy has only two apperture choices and does not stop down beyond 1/13).