Dance of the Aurora
by pearlseyes

Comment by bucket:
I think the muted tones work well here...maybe not from a voting point of view, but rather a lasting impression...they allow the focus to center on the model, and the wonderfully spirit like pose she has...

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Comment by SandyP:
No wonder! It's very dramatic! And you certainly know how to enhance it! This is a very cool photo! The negative, or infrared, look suits this perfectly!

Serenity 2
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Comment by nixter:
Beautiful composition, the reflected sky works well here. Nice job on the PP.

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Comment by Jutilda:
Lovely scene.

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Comment by whiteroom:
great shot

Dierkes Lake
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Comment by zed3:
great shot love it, well done. great mixture of shadows and light works for me.

Shoshone Falls
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Comment by zed3:
hi great capture, was a tripod used here ? looks a little blurred to me but may be my eyes as well lol, not the mist, like the effect though nice location.

Weathered
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Comment by Dax-:
Nice job with the desat and the reds! :)

Dance of the Aurora
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Comment by PaulE:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Alecia,

This is a lovely image. I do like your models pose and the general scene. On the whole I think 6-plus is a comfortable score here. Nonetheless this could have done better but for a few small details. It is clear that a number of commentors rated this very highly indeed.

It seems a number of voters marked you down because they could make out detail in your subject. I'm guessing that they have their monitors better calibrated than either you or I. Always a shame to be marked down for something like that. As has been commented a bit more contrast should have dealt with that. A bit of a rotation to get the horizon horizontal would also have been good.

Looking through the challenge entries it seems that the more vibrant sunset colours did very well. By comparison the tones here are muted. Bumping up a bit of selective saturation on orange and red might have helped. In terms of composition I would have liked to see a space to the left where the model is facing - as it stands I think she is facing out of the frame whch draws my attention away.

I hope my comments help and Good Luck in future Challenges!

Cheers
Paul

Dance of the Aurora
by pearlseyes

Comment by cuspie:
She's got style too...hmmm