I saw this guy at the Detroit Institute of Arts. His face was about 2 inches from the painting. I only had time to get this quick shot in before he turned around.
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I really like the mood of this frame. One of the things, is you can't be too sure of the emotion, are they observing the painting or having a breakdown. A bit to the imagination, but I think that is what makes it good!
I really like this one - very cool. The reasons I like it are that I can almost see the man being 'hugged' by the woman (maybe his mom or some other relative) in the painting. The starkness of the edit adds a lot of melancholy to the shot. The thick black border creates the illusion of it being a painting within a painting - a nice touch. I gave it a 7 during voting and probably should have gone higher.
I really liked this shot Terry. It has a great are museum feel to it, and the heavy processing works well with the subject matter. I'm surprised this didn't score higher, but for some reason a Free Study challenge never seems to reward shots like this.
I think you could have turned some of the 5s to 6s if there had been a perspective and barrel distortion adjustment done to the picture. The noise doesn't seem to have been to much of a distraction. The only part I don't like is the hardness of the noise under the frame and between his legs. It's different than the softer noise all around. Because it's different, my eyes are drawn to it. Hope you try the perspective adjustment.
This reminds me of a shot that Goodman did. I voted it significantly higher than the average and really rather enjoyed it! I'd offer why it scored under 6 but really it doesn't matter. I think the processing works just fine and I think it's a very good shot.
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