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Comment by Nuzzer:
Great execution of your idea. The vertical poles in the background reinforce the image

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Comment by michael_p:
Exactly the shot I tried to create with my alone in the crowd in Jan this year but failled to get teh crispness you have here as it was more candid. 8

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Comment by aliqui:
Somehow I think that plant in the foreground absolutely killed you. I don't understand why so many took so much off for that. I would have liked to see her left hand though. If there's something else majorly wrong with it I'm not seeing it.

My first instinct was to crop, make it black/white, and do a little dodging and burning. After I cropped it I realized how much impact that foreground plant was having over the whole image. Even the color version looks amazing. The colors are a little dull, but that's to be expected up here in the Pacific Northwest.

I live in Oregon and was just sitting on my porch pouting. I trying to think of the best way to get those poppy colors back in photos when it's so drizzly out 8 months out of the year. I tried a few things with your photo. Brightness/contrast wiped the detail out of the black dress and my dodging skills suck, heh.

Anyway.. horribly, horribly underrated.

=)

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Comment by rosiehall:
great shot well done

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Comment by Jutilda:
I like this alot. And it's not a reflection or night lights!!!

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Comment by graphicfunk:
Certainly impressive. 7

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Comment by posthumous:
me wants it to have handses and take offs its mittenses... sevenses

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Comment by GrayGhost:
Nice idea and wind-blow cape/cloth. Lack of visible face/eyes pushes me to the buildings in the background. I think that face/eyes and shallower DOF would help, along with elimination of the brush in the foreground.

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Comment by bvlindalou:
I like this

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Comment by Melethia:
First impression is that she's holding something long and narrow and about to throw it off into the sea. But I realize she's holding her arms out. Definitely depicts wind well! Since I suspect you set this up, I'd have preferred leaving out the weed in the forground, or chosing something that stood out a bit more from the rocks. Great sea and sky in this, and the touches of color in the trees and the roof on the point add nicely.