Eikin... sorry but i disagree with your treatment...eikin said:this is what i see in the picture, hope you wouldn't mind, will remove upon request:
i think using the green channel for the black and
white conversion also effectively isolate the face
and hands from the colourful composition.
nemesis32 said:Eikin... sorry but i disagree with your treatment...
I agree that the pic needs a bit of cropping but not too bad. You have cropped away some good bits!
You see.. The little girl's dressing reflects her character, bright and cherry. The surrounding dull colours reflects the location/mood of boring/dull. Also, the legs.... if you look closely, you can see she was actually swinging or lifting her legs...
I think this is a very good pic that conveys the message across very well. Only some minor things like the harsh sunlight on ground and back of the girl, Crop the back and top a bit and it's an excellent shot. slight pity is you dun have some sort of eye contact (or see the eyes)
icarus said:
Nikon FM3a, AF 85/1.4, Superia 400
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icarus said:Thanks for the comments so far!
Yes, thats a train in the background. Hmm.. seems like there are quite a lot of distracting elements in the photo.
As for eye contact, Do you think its better if the girl is looking at me? or looking down at the stones?
To me, the movements show she's restless and thus impt as the title is BORED. This is what i mean by valuable clues... The contrast of her bright clothes against the dull dark colours also gives you how she is and the environment. Scale is not essential thus still can crop but not so tight.eikin said::think:
well, i would agree with you on the wider crop if there is something in the environment that relates to the scale of the little girl, i sense that she is rather small in size and would make a wonderful contrast against huge machineries (seems like a railway track but not enough details) i prefer the very tight crop because i see the need to focus on the girl's facial expression and hands more than the entire body gesture, the latter are secondary IMHO.
yup, exactly how i feel as well. Thats why i say it's successful but just need some fine-tuning in slight cropping.Tupi Guy said:As for me, i prefer the original. Cos the space and the background tell me why the girl is bored about.
A place where she cant really find stuff to "play" with. That why she was holding the stone.
These just how i feel about it.
nemesis32 said:yup, exactly how i feel as well. Thats why i say it's successful but just need some fine-tuning in slight cropping.
Disagree with dreamy effect/soft focus as it will defeat the title of bored....Slammer said:Your images are fine without cropping.
her eyes open would defintely be better.
Perhaps you can do a soft focus for a dreamy effect. Might work.