Solitude

[AUG19]

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[AUG19]

 

[Provo]

To me the image looks better in B&W second the crop tends to reduce the dof on the original
to be honest the b&w I thought she was close to the edge of a river LOL man my eyes
are strained thats why I like the image I really thought it was a lake haaa.

You should frame it she looks adorable with her little shoes
this weekend coming up I become a Godfather :thumbup:

 

[mindfloodz]

@Provo - Congrats bro!!! Also, thank you for the crit.

@Aug - it is a different take on it for sure. my main problem with this crop you've done is the left thirds line seems to be a little off, Her shoulder does intersect the top left thirds line, but I have come to kinda like the view of the top dark border across the street. Thank you for taking the time and putting in the effort to edit my photo. I'm glad it was worthy of such attention! it is appreciated! What programs are you working with? ie. photoshop CS5 - NIK - Topaz, etc..

 

[mishele]

Solitude
–noun 1. the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.

This shot doesn't illustrate solitude for me because there is no vast space that the child is looking to. To get that feel you need to show us what the child is looking at (open empty space, as an example). So the angle is all wrong here. =)
When you shoot someone from behind you need to finish the story by showing the direction they are looking.
Keep shooting!!

 

[mindfloodz]

Thank you for the feedback

 

[mishele]

thanks mishele, will take that into consideration. How bout, isolation? Although I do like Seclusion.. You must know the background story to understand why I took the picture. She was very sad and "secluded" herself from everyone else on Easter. She was solitary, therefore I called this "Solitude, although in hindsight, Seclusion may work better for a title I suppose...

Also, I did show what she saw, THE GROUND, LOL!! She was hanging her head and looking at the ground/street... therefore I feel i accomplished that goal

That is a great story but a photo needs to tell it's own story!! And the feeling you are talking about isn't coming through.

 

[mindfloodz]

Thank you for the feedback

 

[mishele]

You are emotionally attached to the photo so the emotion is easy for you........=) I can see some feeling of solitude but only because she is alone.

 

[mindfloodz]

Thank you for the feedback

 

[manaheim]

Just because a picture is reasonably well assembled (and I wouldn't necessarily agree that this one was, btw), doesn't mean it is a picture that has any kind of real impact to the viewer.

Or to look at it another way, analyzing a Van Gogh by tearing apart how it is composed and what the color and contrast choices are... isn't really getting the point of the painting.

As for many here, this pic leaves me feeling very flat. I don't get really any emotion at all... and btw as a technical aside, it also looks like your original was pretty badly underexposed.

 

[mishele]

Maybe if her head was tipped down a little, but still there is no story. Why is she sad? You know things that we as a viewer, don't know.....=) Emotion is very hard to accurately show through a photo!! =)

 

[AUG19]

@mindfloodz Yes i see what you mean...a tighter 1:1 is just about do-able making the edge of her left foot/sandle at 1/3 vertical. BTW, you're welcome. Just made levels and curves adjustments..also dropped the highlight slider way down to give the Orton like softness. In GIMP tried the 'Portra' toning plugin on a 100% layer. Duplicated everything onto another layer and added a reduced gamma/brightness adjustment via a radial mask at xx%. Let me know if/when you want it off the web.

 

[mishele]

Yea i see what you mean. You're welcome. Just made levels and curves adjustments..also dropped the highlight slider way downn to give the Orton like softness. In GIMP tried the 'Portra' toning plugin on a 100% layer. Duplicated everythiing onto another layer and added a reduced gamma/brightness adjustment via a radial mask at xx%. Let me know if/when you want it off the web.

You can do all the PPing you want but this shot still doesn't work. W/ out emotion this shot is nothing. =)

 

[AUG19]

OK chill it's just a photo lol