Grave Times

[Alpha_7]

Does this hi contrast treatment work ?

[Geoff]

to be brutally honest Craig - no.

[Colcam]

Well, I like the shot quite a bit, but I think if you could hold the hot highlights back somewhat, the heavy hand on the contrast would be great. The blown highlights are very distracting.
Nice though.
Col

[Justin]

Craig, I think the shadows are the interest here and I would want to see her shadow in the frame, perhaps a landscape view

Edit: and this is post 666 in response to "grave times" hehehe

[Alpha_7]

Thanks for the feedback, perhaps I should bin this one ??

Here is a B&W of the full frame, the car in the background annoys me.

[Link]

I think high-contrast B&W works great with 'clean' shapes, not the case in this shot... For instance the walking girl's shape is almost lost in the shade of the fence.

Link.