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    Looking to the light

    I was about to take a photo, but the lady (member of staff) started to move to get out of my shot, so I asked her to stay, which happily she did. I asked her to look in the direction she is doing here.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Nice!

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    I really like this - where was it taken?

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Hi Trev, at the Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Well spotted Jim.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    An apealing image. Like it.
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    Re: Looking to the light

    Very, very good.

    Bravo.

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    Excellent!


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    Re: Looking to the light

    Well seen and taken Jim! A very strong and compelling image.

    I like what you have done with the colours as well and would be tempted to work that a bit more using some traditional colour grading techniques. I suspect this would work well if you did a bit of a complementary grade where you kept the magenta tones in the shadows but went to more of a green in the highlights.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    A great capture and I do like the colours.
    Cheers Ole

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Terrific composition and splendid colours too - love it !

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Just fantastic. Love it and another vote for the wonderful colors.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Nicely done.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Super capture. The lady makes for a much stronger image.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Thanks everyone for your very kind words and VG feedback. I have tried your suggestion, Manfred, and think that it does improve the image. What I did was to select the light and added a Colour Balance Adjustment where I shifted to +48% green. Made the adjustment layer 30% Opacity. It took some fiddling as I am very much the beginner in regards to Colour Grading. Here is the result. What do you think?

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Here is the image in monochrome.

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    Re: Looking to the light

    I think that the monochrome version is a totally different image. In colour the woman is the centre of attention by a benign audience. In the monochrome version she is on display. Something to be examined and studied.

    This is how I see it.
    Cheers Ole

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    Re: Looking to the light

    Personally I prefer the blk wht yet both are especially captured well.

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