Red Dress Drone Project

dxqcanada · Sep 11, 2018

Hmm, IMO, it would look stronger if we did not actually see the tower ... A lady in a square in a green square.

Destin · Sep 11, 2018

dxqcanada said:
Hmm, IMO, it would look stronger if we did not actually see the tower ... A lady in a square in a green square.

That was actually my initial vision, but it was very windy and I was unable to properly line the drone up for it. May give it another go sometime.

dxqcanada · Sep 11, 2018

I think, part of the "magic" is not really being sure what we are looking at. The environment becomes the image.

dxqcanada · Sep 11, 2018

If you have enough green field, let it take over the image ... I think the thing that is so attractive is the diminutive red dressed woman, that brings the viewer back to earth.

TreeofLifeStairs · Sep 11, 2018

PhotoPro1 said:
I like it a lot, but I like it even more cut in half. The whole bottom half is unnecessary for me.

I don’t know. I think I could go either way. I don’t honk the way he has it gives it a grounded feeling. The pier is attached to something; it is solid. I placed my hand over the lower half and it is still visually appealing to me but it gives a more floating, free feeling.

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weepete · Sep 12, 2018

Very nice Destin, I'm quite a fan of small poeple in a large landscape. 1st is superb, 2nd I also like the angle as you'd loose the height aspect, without it she could just be on the ground. I think the cloning needs a bit more care to follow the lines in the grass and to be built up using smaller sections of different parts of the image, it's a bit smudged in the whitish bit and there's an obvious duplicate of two bushes and ground patches.

smoke665 · Sep 12, 2018

Admittedly the first image was likely better, I still like this 2nd one. I lean toward staying away from cropping as the openess makes the image. The indentations in the grass surrounding the tower makes a nice pattern.

FYI I probably called you a bad name on Monday as I was forced to literally tear myself away from the drone display at Best Buy. I got away just in the nick of time as my hand was unconsciously reaching for the credit card. :aiwebs_016:

JoeW · Sep 12, 2018

Great concept with some good execution. Looking forward to seeing more results. I know a couple who went to Iceland and she posed in elegant clothing on very rough, weather-beaten landscapes somewhat similar in concept to this (not red and not taken from the air but definitely shot from a distance) and they were powerful. I think continued variations on this (maybe on a rock in the middle of moving water, or in a rock garden, or a large tarmac (like an abandoned air strip) could all have similar impacts.