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05/10/2006 08:10:33 PM |
Hello from the critque club,
What a beautiful image I drew to comment on. Here are my thoughts...
I love the pose in this shot. Not just the obvious ballerina pose, but the tilt of the head with the eyes looking up at you really sets the mood. The lines of her body are engaging and beautiful, both the long lines of her arms and legs and the more subtle ones such as her jawline and neck.
You did a great job keeping detail in the blacks here. I normally would like to see more separation from the background when doing black on black, but here I like the way she melts into the darkness. It makes her hands and her face really stand out. The side lighting is very nice for modeling her face. You did a very good job of getting enough light to the shadow side of her face to make the left eye clearly visible. She is broad-lit, meaning that the light is hitting the side of her face closest to the camera. Portraits, especially women, are usually short-lit (with the light hitting the far side of the face). I think it would have been more dramatic to have a little more of her face in shadows by tilting her head to the other side and having turn her head a bit to her right instead of her left. It would suit the mood that you have created here.
There seems to be quite a bit of grain, especially in the floor, but I think the graininess works for the image. I imagine the light level was fairly low. I like the vignetting on the floor.
For the challenge, I am guessing this wasn't obviously photojournalistic enough to get a higher score than you did. For me, it captures a moment for this dancer and tells a story about her. It is a lovely image and well captured.
Please feel free to pm me if you have any questions about my comments.
Cheers,
Liza |
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05/07/2006 04:05:37 PM |
| very nicely observed. probably not a front page/cover photo, but great for capturing the essence of the dancer. ties very well with your title. |
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05/07/2006 02:55:43 PM |
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05/06/2006 05:42:06 PM |
| very nice but i cant see something this 'artsy' making it into the local paper |
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05/05/2006 05:24:38 PM |
| I like how the upper half of her body blends into the background completely, but in a newspaper this might be too dark. It might work in a magazine, though I suspect it would work better if there was at least just a bit of delineation between the subject and the background. |
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05/03/2006 02:36:06 PM |
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05/03/2006 11:30:05 AM |
| not really a front page type photo. |
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05/02/2006 12:34:39 AM |
| good catch, the eye contact is fine but the black color devides her upper and lower body ... so this looks akward to me |
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05/01/2006 09:46:54 PM |
| The focus looks out to me and the photo is quite grainy. |
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05/01/2006 07:34:21 AM |
| I can see this in a lifestyles or A&E section of a newspaper. It's a nice shot, too. But, what's the news here. Give me a bit of info in the title. |
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05/01/2006 03:45:55 AM |
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