Hi Louie, we meet again!
There are a few things about this shot which don't really appeal to me but I think that the voters will have also hammered this because of the lack of tie in to the challenge - the rain isn't really a feature of this shot and (if your model would have been prepared to get a bit damp!) it could have been.
Technical: It's nice and sharp, but unfortunately so is the background - I would have been tempted to drop the aperture to no more than f2.8 to try and blur things a little. The lighting is also really harsh and keeps dragging my eye to the white area, which shouldn't really be the focus.
PP: I'm not sure what, if anything, you did but my only real comment here would be that her skin looks almost unnaturally smooth, which detracts from the natural feel I think you should be shooting for with this title.
Artistic: Again, completely subjective. The background is a killer here - it's harsh, boring and the perspective is unbalanced - by which I mean that the street level yellow lines are up round her waist. It just doesn't work for me. The other issue is her expression - she looks so angry! April/ spring / showers really calls for a natural, happy look I would have thought.
If doing this again, I would look to change the perspective (maybe shoot up, to catch the look of the falling rain? and get your model to relax, jump, dance, something less moody.
Happy hunting,
Frank. |
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