Dancer..

zoomer

It is easy sometimes to fool yourself .

Did a complete redo on this shot and reposting.

zoomer

This looked really good on my home monitor but looks like crap on my work monitor.
Thinking maybe I will rework it and remove the texture from her skin....

Icebear

zoomer wrote: »

Thinking maybe I will rework it and remove the texture from her skin....

Good idea. Just leave it a little grainy. I like it.

Hackbone

Like it and I agree about the texture on the skin.

zoomer

Ok so I reposted it.
Funny how we can fool ourselves sometimes. I usually let shots sit for a day and then look at them again....should have with this one.
Reposted version is more what I was seeing in my head.
Thanks for the comments.

See repost above by original.....I can own my failures proudly .

Bryce Wilson

zoomer wrote: »

Ok so I reposted it.
Funny how we can fool ourselves sometimes. I usually let shots sit for a day and then look at them again....should have with this one.
Reposted version is more what I was seeing in my head.
Thanks for the comments.

See repost above by original.....I can own my failures proudly .

I wouldn't call it a failure.

I kinda like the grittiness of the first one and the fact that it appeared to me like she was dancing in the rain a bit.

The second one in very nice too, but I think the subject might be a bit too, umm, "clean"? in comparison with the scene.

zoomer

Thanks for the comments.
Yes the two shots definitely have different feels. I am still experimenting with the textures so work in progress.
I think the first one might look better with a little more blur or glow to it....hmmm

Icebear

The dancer's image is very different in each. The first (esp with the processing) is quite mysterious, what with the hair obscuring her face. The second, "prettier" of her. The first might (as you've hinted) be taken even farther into the ethereal zone.