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Here is the one shot that didn't suffer from bad lighting when I tried to capture the nepalese festival on the weekend. Two different crops and treatments, please provide feedback on which your prefer and why.

Thanks.





PP'ed on my LCD, after I had finished I checked them on the work LCD and they don't look right, can someone with a calibrated monitor comment of the light/darkness and the colouring ?

second one looks too dark to me Craig, but I KNOW my work PC monitor crushes blacks.. So I will reserve full judgement until I can see it on another screen.

I don't like either of them much but I'd say the colour is better.

Craig,

number one for me. The second one I find too dark as well. The colours are very nice, so doing a B&W treatment takes a bit away from it, IMHO.

Cheers,

André

Thanks Leigh, are they just uninteresting to you ?

Nito - Is this any better ?

I prefer the colour version to the B&W but would like to see a very tight crop on the head, sides and to just below the hands. My belief is that it would enhance the photo with more interest.

sirhc55 wrote:I prefer the colour version to the B&W but would like to see a very tight crop on the head, sides and to just below the hands. My belief is that it would enhance the photo with more interest.

Thanks Chris, I've tried to tak you advice on board, the hands and the face for me are the key features to it make sense to try to trim some of the fat else where in this image.

Here is another revision, close crop and in colour.

Great crop! Much better IMO

I reckon the colour "makes" the shot, so I'd stick with it.

Craig I like the colour and tight crop. I think the reflective pose suits the subject.

The tighter crop is much stronger. I's still like to see a B&W version, the real challenge in converting would be to differentiate between her skin tones and the clothing. The 1st you posted is too dark, and the second a bit flat, because there's not much tonal difference between skin & clothes.

A bit more work and it'll be a National Geographic cover Nice shot

craig,
i agree with chris' suggestion of the tight cropping. the empty space above the head is distracting, the one you have cropped looks great.

Craig

Colour + tight crop is the best here.

I had a different interpretation to the shot with that same lady.

Craig - a classic example of changing a mundane shot into a dynamic portrait

sirhc55 wrote:Craig - a classic example of changing a mundane shot into a dynamic portrait

Thanks Chris, I don't take you compliments lightly

Potatis suggested a BW something along these lines, it amazing from one image how many different feels you can create.

Now that creates atomosphere the very tight b/w crop Craig.

Craig,

I really prefer this crop. My pick of the lot.

I like the close facial crop too but woiuld prefer a colour version. The nuances in colour across the lady's face would be quite fascinating close up.

Also - how interesting are her hands and bracelets? Surely worthy of their own highlighting crop?

Craig,

I like the tight crop and the colour version. I actually like your shot better than the "dynamic portrait version". I think you have captured the lady in a meditative moment which works well for me.

The last version is interesting, but I think I'd like to see a littly more of the draping fabric under her chin, and the red just looks so good, it's a shame to lose the colour.

Cheers,
Suzanne