For the love of Dance

tward88tward88 Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
edited December 3, 2010 in People
I took this shot of my niece during a dance recital at a local high school gym.

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  • zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    Overall a very Cool shot.
    Maybe a bit less vignette and just a smidge more contrast. A bit more white point maybe, hard to tell on this crappy monitor.
    I like the fog effect and the soft focus.
    If it were mine I would black and white it, but I love black and white, conveys more of the mood.
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  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    it has nice feel..yeah go BW and soften the vignette
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  • tward88tward88 Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    Thanks much for the feedback! I will have to give B&W a whirl this evening.
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  • tward88tward88 Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    Ok I tried the B&W conversion. What do you think?

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  • yendikenoyendikeno Registered Users Posts: 214 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    B&W for me
    with just a tad more contrast. Very nice shot!

    Edit : Scratch the contrast comment - the more I look at this, the more I like it as is.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    Mind if I try?
    I like the soft pastel look style you gave to the shot. I just added some more softness after converting it to B&W then added some grain and glow to give some "mystery" to her. Hope you don't mind. :D
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited December 1, 2010
    Tom,
    I like both of yours......but the b/w does need a touch more contrast, for my taste....
    did you convert to b/w by doing it with the greyscale tab in photoshop or in the channels and saturation tabs.....Just curious??
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  • tward88tward88 Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 2, 2010
    jiro wrote: »
    I like the soft pastel look style you gave to the shot. I just added some more softness after converting it to B&W then added some grain and glow to give some "mystery" to her. Hope you don't mind. :D

    Interesting thought on adding in the grain. Just the opposite of my thinking as I had used noise reduction to get rid of the grain that came from high ISO in a poorly lit gym. I do like the glow. Thanks for the feedback. It is always interesting to see how others woud treat a picture.
    Art Scott wrote: »
    Tom,
    I like both of yours......but the b/w does need a touch more contrast, for my taste....
    did you convert to b/w by doing it with the greyscale tab in photoshop or in the channels and saturation tabs.....Just curious??

    Thanks. I used a Black and white adkjustment layer in CS5. Then I used the auto button, then I manually adjusted the red slider to darken her cheeks and lips.
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  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2010
    the BW works!
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  • tward88tward88 Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited December 3, 2010
    Qarik wrote: »
    the BW works!

    Thanks!
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