Dancer 2

[AnneWynne]

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Another dancer from Souther Fusion Middle Eastern Dance Conference held in Athens, GA earlier this month.

All I did was crop it. Croping took care of the background noise.

Any suggestions as to what else I could do to make it better?

Thanks,

[genielamb]

Please take my comments with a grain of salt as I am by no means an expert. I just do not like the crops at all. You have an absolutely stunning photo of a dancer here, the pose, the lighting that almost makes her glow, just everything is magnificent. The only downfall is the background and that annoying railing. My suggestion is to simply isolate the dancer and place her on a completely black background that emphasizes the natural colors and pose. So here is my suggestion ...



Hope you do not mind me messing with your photo and I will remove if you just say the word. All I did was isolate the dancer, substitute a black background and sharpened the dancer just a touch.

[private]

genielamb, I love your edit. I am not a fan of the crop either...

[blejavac]

Originally Posted by private

genielamb, I love your edit. I am not a fan of the crop either...

yup, ur rite..cutting off such a "curve" is a no-no..lol
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[AnneWynne]

Originally Posted by genielamb

Please take my comments with a grain of salt as I am by no means an expert. I just do not like the crops at all. You have an absolutely stunning photo of a dancer here, the pose, the lighting that almost makes her glow, just everything is magnificent. The only downfall is the background and that annoying railing. My suggestion is to simply isolate the dancer and place her on a completely black background that emphasizes the natural colors and pose. So here is my suggestion ...

Hope you do not mind me messing with your photo and I will remove if you just say the word. All I did was isolate the dancer, substitute a black background and sharpened the dancer just a touch.

I don't mind the suggestion at all, and I love what you did with her. for some reason I could not "see" that, even with the railing at the bottom, that she was, in fact, complete head to foot. I had seen that blasted railing so much in the other photos I took of the event, that it was all I could see, apparently.

I am still new to this...don't really know how to isolate without cropping a lot. Still a lot to learn.

Thanks soooooo much for your imput.