Frenzy
by wingyisleeds

Comment by adine:
The title is perfect - it is a photo of Frenzy! I like the composition of the grey and black in the background making a nice canvas for all the movement.

Humber Bridge At Twilight
by wingyisleeds

Comment by Germaine:
Beautiful colors and composition. I love how the bridge surges up out of the darkness. Very dramatic.

Friends
by wingyisleeds

Comment by adine:
This is a lovely shot - I like the honest happy expressions on their faces, the way their heads lean in towards eachother, the light that feels so full of hope. Nicely caught!

Road to....
by wingyisleeds

Comment by adine:
I love the colors in this shot. I find the composition a bit unsettled - with the road squished into the corner,but that give me a sense of movement - which is appropriate for a road. I would tweek it just a bit - crop our the pole on the right (or close it out) and crop a bit on the right so that the stone wall come right to the corner. Would like to see a little more detail in the shadows too.

Humber Bridge
by wingyisleeds

Comment by sevilduvarci:
i like the pov a lot, the leading lines are great.

Humber Bridge
by wingyisleeds

Comment by ordinaryangel:
I like the choice of b&w here. Perhaps a bit more contrast would bring out more detail in the shot

Maddie
by wingyisleeds

Comment by emily212:
cute kid looks nice, I agree with JamesKW that the sunlight is a little harsh

Maddie
by wingyisleeds

Comment by JamesKW:
I sweet family shot. Harsh sunlight is hard to shoot in. The lighting on the face could be a little better. I like the light thru the hair. The bad thing about bright sunlight is it tends to bleach out the colors.

My daughter's best friend
by wingyisleeds

Comment by lovethelight:
This is a really cute photo, great model and his face is priceless. However, because the sun is behind him it really darkens the precious look on his face and so the picture doesn't have quite the effect it could have. You can use a reflector to reflect the sunlight coming from behind him onto his face so that you still get the highlighting effect of the sun while getting better lighting on his face. I did that in this portrait here.

Manda
by wingyisleeds

Comment by Greetmir:
I think the soft focus works just fine here but agree that there needs to be a bit more contrast or maybe dragging down the curves at the bottom end a bit for more drama ...

OK ... I tried it and the contrast doesn't work but the curves adjustment DEFINITELY does IMO. I just pinned the centre of the curved down and dragged down the bottom end a touch (which with the s curve drags up the highs just very slightly) and spot healed a couple blemishes (don't know if you prefer au naturel or not) ... I hope you don't mind me messing with it but wanted to show you the results of my suggestion ... I think it lifts her face WELL off the background.



Message edited by author 2007-03-10 03:53:24.