Critique please??

April 26th, 2014
http://365project.org/mandymonsterweapon/365/2014-04-26

I'd love some feedback-- this is totally unedited so I can work with it if need be?
April 26th, 2014
I've done a quick edit - If it was my pic I might spend a bit more time working on the dark area at the top
April 26th, 2014
OK. I'm no expert, but I've also done a quick and rough sketch of an editing...



What have I done?. Well, I think the background stands and equipment should disappear, so I've done some cropping and cloning. Anyway, doing this well should be a lot of work, so I guess it would be better to not have them in the frame from the capture...

I like the lighting, but I think I'd like it better with some kind of hair lighting, so I've tried to simulate it increasing selectively the brightness on the hair. Once again, this probably would be better to do on-camera.

I find the colour on the t-shirt maybe a little too similar to the background, but it works. I don't like too much the drawings on the t-shirt, though.

Finally I've added a greenish filter, going for the Medusa theme...

I've tried three crops. First one is almost like the one on camera. The square one could be useful in order to minimize the amount of editing in the background. The last one is the one I like the most, though it requires removing one hand and a lot of work on the background...

Anyway, great capture: that was just my ramblings and opinions...
April 26th, 2014


This is a great photo and you have such a wonderful look. I made the edit to look as is you were in water. I cloned out the lighting stands in Lr and then in Exposure I brought in some of the fun elements.
April 26th, 2014
I like Rafa's top edit....enough space to show off the hair, and the hand help counterbalance.
April 27th, 2014
@mandymonsterweapon I agree with Rafa, though take my opinion with a grain of salt, as I am an extreme novice, but the euipment on the left just has to go (it doesn't work with the rule of thirds at all) The motion capture is awesome, I think that Rafa's top edit is great, I like the lighting in the hair and the suggestion to do something with the t-shirt is good too.
Loving what April has done too :-)
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