Ch #32 "Lady in Red"

Christian

This is my first participation in a challenge so I am eager to give it a shot. This was an impromptu shot I toke on my Birthday at a local bar called "Red". Needless to say it provided me the right atmosphere I needed for this challenge.
I removed some red eye (which I'm not sure how that falls under the no PS rule), adjusted the brightness/contrast, and did some croping.
Please, All comments are welcome.



http://cnelsen.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=15857005

gubbs

The strong red bg works really well, its a shame about the windows just above her head. Not sure if the blurs (is that from 2nd curtain flash?) add anything
All the same still a nice shot

digital faerie

gubbs wrote:

The strong red bg works really well, its a shame about the windows just above her head. Not sure if the blurs (is that from 2nd curtain flash?) add anything
All the same still a nice shot

i like the red, too. But her irises are bugging me out! They look 3-D, with the way the white line between the iris and the pupil pop out so much, especially in her right eye. I like the way she's posed though, it's so hard to take shots like this....I'm downright afraid to even try, . People in my town just aren't cool with it really.

for some reason I like the blur, but like gubbs, I'm not sure it adds anything, but I don't think it's a negative thing either.

Christian

I actually wasn't thinging of the challenge when I took the shot. And I caught her when she wasn't looking ( I mostly gave up trying to get friends to pose while we're out and about ). I took it with a Canon s500 point and shot in a fairly dark bar. They had red accent lights all over as their only real lighting. So I used an extended exposure with a fill flash to keep her from bluring. But I was not able to keep still enough to prevent the background from bluring the way it did. I think it was a 1 second exposure. I think the irises are a result of the red-eye tool I used, I don't think I've every really found one that I like %100 percent of the time. After I looked at it again the next day I thought about the challenge. For the accident it was, I didn't think it turn out all that horrid.
But I'm going to have to remember to pay closer attention to the background when I'm composing my shots, I hadn't even noticed the window (actually Tv) above her head.

snapapple

This is a good catch for the situation. But, I don't think red-eye removal is allowed. It's working on a "spot" rather than all-over treatment. The irises could be worked on some more, blurred around the edges or something if you want to keep it as a portrait shot. Creative idea.

Christian

snapapple wrote:

This is a good catch for the situation. But, I don't think red-eye removal is allowed. It's working on a "spot" rather than all-over treatment. The irises could be worked on some more, blurred around the edges or something if you want to keep it as a portrait shot. Creative idea.

Ya, I wasn't sure about the red-eye removal qualifying under the current rules. But if it doesn't quallify I won't be upset, there are already so many fantastic shots already submitted that I know I would vote for. But I wanted to start participating in hopes of improving my work.
Thank you very much for the feedback.