"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by trevytrev:
I feel that the hard vignette around the girl is a bit too much.

"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by Melethia:
You're probably gonna hear about "the dress is blown" but I suspect this is quite intentional to create the "light". I'm glad someone chose to do this.

Last Snow
by swordandsigil

Comment by pineapple:
That is a pretty image. Lovely golden light. I like the shape of the landscape especially the meadow in the foreground and the nearside tree. The photo offers plenty of opportunities for conversion into b/w, duotone etc and as a background for graphics work. I had a play with it - not so good but interesting though...
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"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by MaryO:
She's glowing rather eerily. Doesn't quite seem to belong in her surroundings.

"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by Moose408:
Interesting idea. The glow effect is a little overdone for my taste. The halo looks more like the surroundings were darkened instead of the halo brightened. Her face is also too soft, it looks out of focus.

"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by spistole:
Excellent choices in post-processing. Normally I am not a fan of visible halos when people dodge and burn, but it enormously helps create the effect relevant to the title you chose.

The feel is very ethereal, but I think I would like to see a bit more detail in her left arm and the bow (as it was not easily apparent to identify). Overall it's a good capture, and a great interpretation of the song lyric chosen!

"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by LadyK:
a bit much dodging in my opinion-5

"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by SoulMan1978:
I'm not sure I care for the extreme dodging/burning in this picture although I can see why you did it. Perhaps you could have something similar but far less drastic by slightly desaturating the bits you wanted to take our eyes from.

Silver Scorpio
by swordandsigil

Comment by TygerPawz:
I love the figure made by the little balls, I just wish there had been a little more DOF

"Queen of Light" The Battle of Evermore
by swordandsigil

Comment by mgsmith53:
A little too much halo.