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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: BernardLanguillier on April 23, 2015, 06:52:24 pm

Title: Pride
Post by: BernardLanguillier on April 23, 2015, 06:52:24 pm

How do you guys like this one?

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8700/17018243642_c2262e9b74_o.jpg)

Shot in Mumbai, India.

Cheers,
Bernard

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 23, 2015, 08:50:13 pm

I like it a lot. It's hard to tell which of them is more proud!
A very precious moment captured well.

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: BobDavid on April 24, 2015, 12:18:24 am

... interesting--a lot is going on formally and story-wise

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: francois on April 24, 2015, 05:01:03 am

Lovely, deeper that a simple snapshot. I'd like to see a version with the legs of the man a tiny bit lighter. I don't know whether it would be an improvement or not, though…

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: stamper on April 24, 2015, 05:48:03 am

It is a very nice story and the processing of the man and the girl is fine. However I can see a little magenta banding in the sky. Perhaps a crop from the top? Overall very likeable.

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: BernardLanguillier on April 25, 2015, 09:28:12 am

Thank you for your encouraging words!

Cheers,
Bernard

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: RSL on April 25, 2015, 11:05:15 am

Fine shot, Bernard, but it could use a bit of work in Photoshop to bring up the faces. Backlight's wonderful stuff, but it can cause problems.

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: stamper on April 26, 2015, 04:40:58 am

I obviously don't know the nationalities of the guy and girl but they do look dark skinned to me. Lightening the faces would be problematic? I feel that there is enough rim lighting  to make their faces recognizable?

Title: Re: Pride
Post by: BernardLanguillier on April 27, 2015, 08:05:21 pm

They are indians, face colour was pretty dark to start with, but I agree they could be improved somewhat.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Bernard