Reflection in high key

[Dovrob]

Looking through old shots and I noticed this. It was mistakenly taken overexposed, but being one of those who doesn't throw anything away it stayed. I think with a wee bit of TLC its came out not too bad. Comments as ever welcome.

[IzzieK]

It's a person, a woman in short skirts or short pants...I have to close my eyes...it is too overexposed.

[Geoff F]

Some critical areas are missing due to the over exposure, and possibly some tighter crops might be worth trying.

Probably worth a bit more experimentation as the scene appears to have potential.

[Downrigger]

Probably worth a bit more experimentation as the scene appears to have potential.

Agree. Pretty interesting. Creativity in the quest for meaning and impact like this deserves some praise. I wouldn't bring the exposure down much, but a crop seems a good idea.

[Manfred M]

David - I keep coming back to your image and am trying to make up my mind about it. Somehow, it almost works, but just doesn't quite get there. The comments others have made about needing a tighter crop is something I would suggest as well.

If you have this in RAW, can you recover some more detail in the image? I think where it loses out is in the lack of balance and abrupt way that the front leg is cut off from the image. I think a whole body would have worked, but the unusually truncated positioning is where it falls apart for me.

[Shadowman]

Nice, has an unfinished sketch look about it.