Bookworm

[madcrow]

Took this shot last Sunday in Killarney.
Comments welcome.
Thanks, Maurice.

[Mike Buckley]

Nice simplicity that tells the story very effectively.

Does the brand on the paper bag provide information that people familiar with the brand would recognize, such as perhaps the name of a book store? (I'm not familiar with it.)

[Urbanflyer]

A lovely, relaxed day for this young women. Nicely seen. An alternative framing might be to crop her more tightly, limiting the top expanse and a small bit of the bottom and right. Then the tree becomes a more prominent part of the image. A little clarity and sharpening on the tree brings it in as a full partner to the woman. This is just an alternative approach and is not meant to take away from the pleasant image you have provided.

[ccphoto]

Might want to do some color correction to the yellows or color cast removal...and as Judith suggested, a tighter crop.

[Manfred M]

Maurice - you have run into the problem that every photographer who photographs under a tree often runs into - green light. If you look at your subject's skin, it shows a strong green cast, especially in the face.

The best solution is to remove green, by adding magenta. I'd also crop all around a bit to bring your subject into more prominence and pull out a bit more shadow detail.

[rpcrowe]

I enjoy this image. It reminds me why I have always been fond of Irish gals

I do agree with the crop and the color adjustment but, think seeing this picture in the first place was super...

[madcrow]

Nice simplicity that tells the story very effectively.

Does the brand on the paper bag provide information that people familiar with the brand would recognize, such as perhaps the name of a book store? (I'm not familiar with it.)

Mike, thanks for comment. Eason is a large book store in Ireland and England.
Maurce.

[madcrow]

A lovely, relaxed day for this young women. Nicely seen. An alternative framing might be to crop her more tightly, limiting the top expanse and a small bit of the bottom and right. Then the tree becomes a more prominent part of the image. A little clarity and sharpening on the tree brings it in as a full partner to the woman. This is just an alternative approach and is not meant to take away from the pleasant image you have provided.

Judith, Thanks for comments and advice.
Maurice.

[madcrow]

Might want to do some color correction to the yellows or color cast removal...and as Judith suggested, a tighter crop.

Chris, thanks for comments and advice.
Maurice.

[madcrow]

Maurice - you have run into the problem that every photographer who photographs under a tree often runs into - green light. If you look at your subject's skin, it shows a strong green cast, especially in the face.

The best solution is to remove green, by adding magenta. I'd also crop all around a bit to bring your subject into more prominence and pull out a bit more shadow detail.

Manfred, I have to handed to you, what you fantastic improvement. Thanks for what you have done, with help like this there is hope for me yet.
Maurice.

[madcrow]

I enjoy this image. It reminds me why I have always been fond of Irish gals

I do agree with the crop and the color adjustment but, think seeing this picture in the first place was super...

Richard, I agree +10 for Manfred. Thanks for comments.
Maurice.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[madcrow]

Nicely captured.

John, thanks.
Maurice.

[Manfred M]

Manfred, I have to handed to you, what you fantastic improvement. Thanks for what you have done, with help like this there is hope for me yet.
Maurice.

Maurice - the one thing one needs to learn is to look at an image and figure identify ones with potential versus ones that really should be deleted. To me that really means that there should not be any serious technical faults that cannot be corrected (out of focus, camera movement) and it needs to contain good compositional elements that can be pulled out.

Most of what I did to the image can be done with a fairly basic editor like Lightroom (although I used Adobe Camera Raw) - the colour correction was largely achieved there, as was the lifting of highlights and the crop. I did a bit more cleanup in Photoshop, only because I wanted a bit more finesse in the colour correction on parts of your subjects head and hands, and that level of control is outside of what can easily be done in Lightroom.

[IzzieK]

Maurice, excellent presentation. The green problem has been resolve so I won't mention it anymore. I reckon that tree will also make a good subject for your next photo adventure once the lady is not there. The texture is very nice.

[madcrow]

Maurice - the one thing one needs to learn is to look at an image and figure identify ones with potential versus ones that really should be deleted. To me that really means that there should not be any serious technical faults that cannot be corrected (out of focus, camera movement) and it needs to contain good compositional elements that can be pulled out.

Most of what I did to the image can be done with a fairly basic editor like Lightroom (although I used Adobe Camera Raw) - the colour correction was largely achieved there, as was the lifting of highlights and the crop. I did a bit more cleanup in Photoshop, only because I wanted a bit more finesse in the colour correction on parts of your subjects head and hands, and that level of control is outside of what can easily be done in Lightroom.

Manfred, when one knows what one is doing it becomes ease. For me I find very hard as my PP is not great. Thanks again for coming back to explain it is very much appreciated.
Maurice.

[madcrow]

Maurice, excellent presentation. The green problem has been resolve so I won't mention it anymore. I reckon that tree will also make a good subject for your next photo adventure once the lady is not there. The texture is very nice.

Izzie, It was the lady that caught my eye, the tree was a poor second. Did not see the beauty in the tree. Thanks for comments.
Maurice.