Photographer's Request for Critique

--Roberto Quesada

Resubmit. Turbulent Dreams

Thank you for viewing and if I am lucky, your comments. This is a resubmission, since the rating system was down. Regards,

Critiques

Amar Khoday , August 24, 2006; 08:05 A.M.

Robert, this is well done. How long was the exposure on this one? This is well composed with the model off centered. I could imagine an alternative with a close crop around the model.

jerry beecham , August 24, 2006; 09:53 P.M.

Great idea!

Charles Heckel , August 25, 2006; 10:05 P.M.

Brave Model

--that water was probably cold, and it must have taken several tries to get an unblurred exposure. Nothing new about motion blur with water, and nothing new about pretty girls, but it was an interesting idea to put them together. I like your composition pretty much as it is, with the background relating something about the inner state of the figure, but one suggestion: the dark area at top-of-frame suggests specific location. Cropping it out makes the picture more general, more like a fantasy landscape, and a better depiction of inner state. On the other hand, a white area at top-of-frame would not work graphically. Is it possible to darken that area, incorporating more detail?

Pawel Sawicki , August 26, 2006; 02:36 A.M.

Outstanding, original, beautiful image... It's just breathtaking.

Ognian Radoslavov , August 26, 2006; 08:39 A.M.

bravo

Roberto Quesada , August 28, 2006; 05:20 P.M.

To all,

Thank you for your kind comments.

To Charles, The water is warm here in Guatemala, not much suffering there. This was the only exposure on this exact pose, and thankfully was sharp.

I will explore your suggestions on paper, since the scan did not record detail the negative has.

Regards,

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