can feel it in the air....

[terri35 7]

Lovely!

 

[vintagesnaps]

I was going to say the same thing, the photo of her is lovely.

The only thing I don't care for is the bright diagonal 'stripe' of light, I think it's sunlight hitting the edge of the window sill, but I find that bright white parts of a photo stand out and can distract from the subject.

 

[mmaria]

I have reached my limit of "very nice" comments sop I'll just say "I like the lighting!"
A lot.

thank you for your comment. A lot

Lovely!

thanks!

I was going to say the same thing, the photo of her is lovely.

The only thing I don't care for is the bright diagonal 'stripe' of light, I think it's sunlight hitting the edge of the window sill, but I find that bright white parts of a photo stand out and can distract from the subject.

yeah, I know what you mean and I tried to fix it somehow, but it looked even more distracting so I gave up and decided that I won't care
Thank you for telling me your thoughts!

 

[terri35 7]

I was going to say the same thing, the photo of her is lovely.

The only thing I don't care for is the bright diagonal 'stripe' of light, I think it's sunlight hitting the edge of the window sill, but I find that bright white parts of a photo stand out and can distract from the subject.

I know what you're saying, Sharon! Here, I think she gets away with it because the diagonal line follows the same diagonal as her arm. (I know it's a bright line that could be easily burned in in the darkroom, bringing it down, but I don't know what software peeps do. Should be an easy fix though.) Still, in this instance, for me it's the repetitive diagonals that are more important, and subtly give some pizazz to the portrait. Just my two cents.

 

[snowbear117 48]

^This - I don't find it distracting, though toning it down a bit would not hurt the image.

 

[DanOstergren28 3]

Gorgeous.

 

[vintagesnaps]

That's what I was thinking Terri, I'd probably just burn it in some. Maybe it's from having done B&W darkroom work, being in the habit of noticing that kind of thing.

 

[mmaria]

Gorgeous.

thanks for commenting!

I was going to say the same thing, the photo of her is lovely.

The only thing I don't care for is the bright diagonal 'stripe' of light, I think it's sunlight hitting the edge of the window sill, but I find that bright white parts of a photo stand out and can distract from the subject.

I know what you're saying, Sharon! Here, I think she gets away with it because the diagonal line follows the same diagonal as her arm. (I know it's a bright line that could be easily burned in in the darkroom, bringing it down, but I don't know what software peeps do. Should be an easy fix though.) Still, in this instance, for me it's the repetitive diagonals that are more important, and subtly give some pizazz to the portrait. Just my two cents.

^This - I don't find it distracting, though toning it down a bit would not hurt the image.

That's what I was thinking Terri, I'd probably just burn it in some. Maybe it's from having done B&W darkroom work, being in the habit of noticing that kind of thing.

Ok people, there's no window there. We were in a shed and that's the light peaking trough the wooden boards. If I get rid of it, where would the light come from?
Anyway, I decided to leave it this way because toning it down caused her hand look smudgy and more distracting.

Thanks guys