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Postby antman on Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:20 pm

Would appreciate some views about the following shot.
Taken last year on a boat cruise around NY harbour.
I spotted this group of young girls posing for a shot taken by someone on the lower deck.
C and C welcomed.

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Postby Geoff on Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:45 pm

Antman - this is a fun shot, but I think it'd work better in B&W..colour would liven it up. It also looks too dark on the left hand side (as you look at it) on my LCD.
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Postby virgal_tracy on Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:31 am

I think I agree with Geoff although I'm a little confused.
Geoff wrote:this is a fun shot, but I think it'd work better in B&W..colour would liven it up.


To me the B & W has little life in it. Colour would certainly give it more life. (saying that without seeing a colour version)
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Postby fishafotos on Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:21 pm

I think it is an excellent shot, but it looks a bit under-exposed to me - color could look good or it could look terrible, definitely worth a try though.

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Postby Geoff on Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:48 pm

Ooops...wally alert!

I meant colour would liven it up!! Doesn't suit B&W to me.
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Postby antman on Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:00 pm

Thanks for the comments.

On reflection it does look a bit dark and gloomy.

Here's a similar shot but in colour.

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