Advice Please and/or critiques

andersmi24 · February 12, 2010

I'd appreciate any advice on this photo. I think the only real negative to it is that it seems so blown out, with the white sky. The snow on her hat and the sky blend together so she doesn't pop out very well.

andersmi24 · February 12, 2010

I'm sorry, I accidentally posted this in the wrong forum. Can't figure out how to move or delete it.

Richard · February 12, 2010

andersmi24 wrote:

I'm sorry, I accidentally posted this in the wrong forum. Can't figure out how to move or delete it.

No problem...I moved it to the People forum.

andersmi24 · February 12, 2010

Thanks!

adbsgicom · February 12, 2010

Interesting angle. Color is nice and as you noted the sky doesn't really help the image. The angle makes her look massively tall, which is what I assume you were going for. Sort of a friendly, cute, giant...

zoomer · February 12, 2010

Try more contrast or lower your black point a smidge.
I really like the pictures a lot as it is, very nice!

andersmi24 · February 12, 2010

Thanks for the suggestion Zoomer. I tried lowering the black point using curves, but I'm not sure I like the result. The left one is the original, the right is my edit.

What do you think? Better? Worse?

Am I doing something wrong, or should I just stick with the original?

zoomer · February 12, 2010

If it were mine I would sharpen it a little and leave it as is.
I do not like the reworked version as much.

I hope you don't mind but I copied it off and played around with it. Maybe a small color saturation boost, very slight contrast increase and then some light sharpening would make it pop a bit more.

I think this is one of those If It Aint Broke....moments.

Excellent shot, enjoy it as is.

Gringriff · February 12, 2010

Very nice. As I scrolled down I was thinking - Wow she's a giant. Very cute. The high exposure in some areas are more than compensated for by her smile and the unusual angle. It's a keeper!

Reminds me of "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid".

Andy

topcat374 · February 12, 2010

FWIW I like it as it is too. Her smile says it all:)

andersmi24 · February 12, 2010

Thanks eveyone!

D'Buggs · February 12, 2010

I think it would be a good candidate for some high contrast sharpening - Go extremely BIG [max] on radius adjustments and only a slight slide of the "amount" [usually less than 10 will do it]. I like using the "Adjust Sharpness" action, set to "more refined" and selected to "remove lens blur".

Surfdog · February 12, 2010

Some sharpening with a little more saturation would improve it, but I see little wrong with it as it is. Nice shot.

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