The Poser

lizzard_nyc

thoth

The textures in this shot are great, Liz.

lizzard_nyc

Thank you Travis:)
Still experimenting--glad it works for you.

Richard

Nice composition and light. I like it.

Patti

I like it too!

senorjax

Something about her face made me reluctant to look at her for very long but everyone has very interesting footwork on the crosswalk. I used the top of my monitor to chop her off at the waist and really liked the lower half of this shot.

lizzard_nyc

Richard wrote:

Nice composition and light. I like it.

Thanks Richard,
I confess to cropping quite a bit on this one, but I do so like the final outcome.

lizzard_nyc

Patti wrote:

I like it too!

Gracias Patti:)

lizzard_nyc

senorjax wrote:

Something about her face made me reluctant to look at her for very long but everyone has very interesting footwork on the crosswalk. I used the top of my monitor to chop her off at the waist and really liked the lower half of this shot.

Hello senorjax,

I was attracted to the look on her face actually. It was St. Patrick's Day and she was across the street from a gathering of men in kilts. To me she looked like a young woman trying really hard to look cool (my take anyway, maybe she was cool ).

i looked at the photo cropped and guess what? I like the way the feet look as well (from the waste down). It's funny because the title would still apply.

Thanks for commenting and welcome to Dgrin.

Patti

I tried the lower half crop and liked it best cropper just above her bust so that the relaxed pose of the hand with the cigarette is still visible.

michswiss

I'm not digging the processing so much. But the alternative crop ideas work because the whole image does. Well done.

Foques

I like it! a lot.
and the girl is cute.

Flyinggina

I like this picture a lot. I'd drop the title, though. To me it suggests that the young woman is intentionally posing for the passing crowd. I see her relaxed in thought and oblivious to the people around her. But, given the title, I keep trying to see her stance as a conscious pose.

Virginia

lizzard_nyc

Patti wrote:

I tried the lower half crop and liked it best cropper just above her bust so that the relaxed pose of the hand with the cigarette is still visible.

Exactly! Thanks Patti.

lizzard_nyc

michswiss wrote:

I'm not digging the processing so much. But the alternative crop ideas work because the whole image does. Well done.

Still finding my way with the processing.

I'm glad the image itself works though. Thanks

lizzard_nyc

Flyinggina wrote:

I like this picture a lot. I'd drop the title, though. To me it suggests that the young woman is intentionally posing for the passing crowd. I see her relaxed in thought and oblivious to the people around her. But, given the title, I keep trying to see her stance as a conscious pose.

Virginia

Hi Virginia,
That's how I saw her--as a young woman posing and playing it cool--
BUT since you shared your take on the shot, it got me thinking about MC7!!! I'm thinking about entering this shot now. I'm so glad you mentioned the title and what the image says to you. Thank you Virginia:) It's still probably a stretch for the challenge though .

lizzard_nyc

Foques wrote:

I like it! a lot.
and the girl is cute.

Thanks Foques:)

TonyCooper

To me, what makes the image is the "I'm a cool chick" body language, and the full body shot is necessary for the image.

And, yes, I know that people that age don't use "chick" anymore.

DaddyO

Ohh... I love this one Liz.
Nice capture.

Patti

TonyCooper wrote:

To me, what makes the image is the "I'm a cool chick" body language, and the full body shot is necessary for the image.

And, yes, I know that people that age don't use "chick" anymore.

Tony, I think the body language is still very much there without having to see her head in the shot but that's just me.

Now they use "chicka"