LPS#20 - Please Help!

binghottbinghott Registered Users Posts: 1,075 Major grins
edited January 18, 2008 in The Dgrin Challenges
i would appreciate any comments at all, even if it's just one word. if you look at this and have a feeling (good or bad) please tell me.
this is what i have so far for this round:
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what do you think of the pose, composition, lighting, expression, cigarette, cuts on the hands, or anything else?

thank you very much for your time!

i should have some more shots soon.
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  • leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    I like it. The beat up knuckles make me ponder...
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  • quarkquark Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    The eyes tell the story, you might want to punch them up a bit.
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  • binghottbinghott Registered Users Posts: 1,075 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    quark wrote:
    The eyes tell the story, you might want to punch them up a bit.

    thanks quark, i will definitely do that!

    and thanks lea!
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  • binghottbinghott Registered Users Posts: 1,075 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    here's option #2:

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    any comments are welcome, good or bad!
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  • DebboggyDebboggy Registered Users Posts: 145 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    I love the baby in the second shot. Too cute! However, I'm not sure why she is in the tub with water and still wearing her shirt? ne_nau.gif

    The first one is a much stronger image and as was already mentioned, I think the cuts on the hand make you stop to ponder what her story might be.
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    I like this idea, and the lighting works for me. It may be just a smidge underexposed to my eyes. ne_nau.gif

    I think the story is really in the hand (just look at these comments! :D), but the hand is out of focus and not in a part of the frame that immediately draws the eye. I scrolled down until I "cropped" her face to about halfway down the bridge of her nose, and I found myself looking more at the hand than her eyes, which helped me. Still want the hand in focus so it's truly to focus of the shot, though.

    Very nice idea. thumb.gif
  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    I really like the first image. The story starts in her eyes, and the hand adds to it. I don't mind the hand softness personally, as it keeps drawing me back to those eyes. Great light and pose. Really nice.

    The one with the baby is a great shot too, but for me, doesn't grab as much emotion.

    Best of luck!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    I love the kid's expressions in the 2nd shot and girl's in 1st
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  • kwalshkwalsh Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    The baby is very cute, but I think the first entry is stronger.

    On the first entry if you are the photoshop type you might help out the lighting on the hand. The cigarette and cut knuckles add something I think but at the moment they are a bit high on the exposure and a little lacking in color. You might burn in (i.e. darken) the hand and dial up the saturation a bit there. Either the angle of the hand or its proximity to the flash has overexposed it a bit and lost color.

    On the other hand (pun intended), if you aren't the photoshop type, the slightly overexposed hand does draw the eye to it so maybe it is good just as is!

    Ken
  • Izzy GaravitoIzzy Garavito Registered Users Posts: 228 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
    the first image has good impact :D maybe see if you could intensify it a bit: a bruise, a cut lip, or more attention somehow on her knuckles. great shot!
  • HoofClixHoofClix Registered Users Posts: 1,156 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2008
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  • binghottbinghott Registered Users Posts: 1,075 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2008
    thank you all so much for your comments! they were very helpful!
    i should have some new stuff in a couple days.
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  • photogmommaphotogmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,644 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2008
    Love #2 - the fact that she has her shirt on still is very interesting to me.

    But #1 is the one. VERY nice. Doesn't need anything changed, IMHO!
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