Shutterstock Photographer Forum :: View topic - Please critique for my second 3to6 of 10 submissions.

paza140 · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 28

Thanks for your comments.

ruxpriencdiam · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:04 am

Lighting and model release as well as we need the 100% crops please.

digigandalf · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 5417 Location: Twinsburg, OH

Top image: Best of the three but needs a little more light. Shadows a bit too deep. Assume you have a model release for the woman?

Middle image. All you accomplish with noiseware is to damage your image. Hard to say without the crop, but it looks like it isn't in focus. Looks messy as is. Fireworks not nearly prominent enough.

Bottom image. Not enough light. Too much in deep shadow.

paza140 · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 28

Thanks for your critiques dear "ruxpriencdiam" and "digigandalf". I can not upload the crops here inside this entry and even can not delete all this entry.

Thanks for your reviews, better not oploading anything. Regards.

digigandalf · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 5417 Location: Twinsburg, OH

Please don't delete the images!! See the other thread on why.

paza140 · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 28

Finally, uploaded crop version.

copidosoma · Joined: 17 Nov 2009 Posts: 3800 Location: Canada

Before you go further on these, do you have a model release for every person in every photo? If not then they are not going to be considered at all, regardless of technical issues or commercial value.

paza140 · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 28

For this model yes i have.

digigandalf · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 5417 Location: Twinsburg, OH

It's not bad; if I had this image to work on, I could probably deal with the lighting and shadows and get an acceptable submission. Do you have a model release? If not, you'll have to clone the woman out. But then it wouldn't be nearly as interesting a picture.

(I see we're all typing at the same time - and I'm dealing with a creaky Internet connection at the moment!)

paza140 · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 28

for this model yes i have a release, she is the person i know.

jeffbanke · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:16 am

One of the problems with this image is the womans dress is getting lost in the darkness of the shadowed arch.
Another she and the arch are too central.

A little adjustment and a crop can correct both of these, perhaps something like this, which puts her on a third (following rule of thirds), and lifts her dress from the murk of the shadowed arch.

mauijon · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 4284 Location: Maui, Hawaii

I like Jeff's cropped version.

paza140 · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 28

Followed comments and;

1-Model is a person i know, so there is no matter about release, easy to get.

2- croped

3- light and shadows adjusted.

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Please give your feedback once again.

Thank you.

paza140 · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 28

Night shot.

mikenorton · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:22 pm

I'm assuming that you know the woman in the picture. Next time have her wear a yellow or bright red dress. These colors will help her to stand out and give the separation needed in most situations.