Dancer at Kumeu Show

[Jim A]

Was struck by the pose I had captured. Whilst the background was very bland, I thought I could jazz it up a bit.
What do you think please?

[xpatUSA]

Very nice capture of the subject.

Interesting choice of background versus subject colors. Almost "analogous":

https://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab...-harmonies.htm

I wonder if "complementary" (opposite) but less saturated background colors would have brought out subject more ... ?

[pschlute]

I dont mind the background, but I find the subject lacking sharpness.

[Jim A]

Very nice capture of the subject.

Interesting choice of background versus subject colors. Almost "analogous":

https://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab...-harmonies.htm

I wonder if "complementary" (opposite) but less saturated background colors would have brought out subject more ... ?

Well, Ted, it's not often that I have to check on the meaning of a word, but today and to check 'analogous'. I guessed at synchronicity, but was wrong. Apparently it means "comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared."

Anyway, many thanks for your feedback.

[Jim A]

Yes, Peter, this is cropped a lot. I have applied a smallish amount of high-pass filter sharpening.

[Shadowman]

Nice effort, would've been more expressive if more of the body were visible.

[Manfred M]

Sorry Jim - this one isn't working all that well for me. The softness of the missed focus and the solid background colours overwhelm your subject. What did the original background look like?

[mugge]

I think the image should be about the subject not the background
Cheers Ole

[Jim A]

Hi Manfred and Ole, here is the 'original', but as you say, missed focus.

[selig1656]

Regardless of the background the composition seems off for me , would crop the bottom up to the black top. The face seems to be lacking sharper detail (Out of focus).