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jhuls · Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 1046

Ha, just kidding, I just need an opinion on whether to submit these flipped or not. I took these for a photo contest and I flipped them for that because it was an upside down challenge.

They may not even pass inspection anyway the lighting is more moody and directional and I usually don't shoot this way for stock. Not sure how shutterstock handles this type of lighting as I haven't submitted anything like this before.

So should I flip it or leave it the way it is?

BTW: I wish there was a separate location for those of us who are already contributors and just need a little help deciding between images. I sometimes have trouble deciding between similar poses and I wish there was a place to post things and get feedback on things like that without necessarily getting a critique.

semmickphoto · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:44 pm

Submit both in separate occasions and see what they have to say.

These were accepted today so they do accept uneven lighting when its appropriate, I guess.

hhltdave5 · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:46 pm

don't really care for the flipped one. The hair going in the wrong direction hits me immediately.

rinder99 · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:46 pm

I prefer the bottom one.

dustine · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 9:46 pm

Like em both...the top one looks like a great move, the bottom one like she's falling (that's why the hair is in the air) so they could each be used to illustrate something different.

If you want them both accepted though, I would take Semmickphotos suggestion and submit them at different times. Submitting them together runs the risk of the reviewer thinking that the end user can just flip the photo if they want to use it a different way (which they, of course, could). Submitting them with time inbetween might get them both accepted and if not, no big deal.

Cool shot regardless!

greenfield54 · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 2617 Location: Philippines

However you prefer to submit, I suggest cloning out this part. Very distracting.

jhuls · Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 1046

Thanks for all of your replies. I tried to reply to this thread yesterday but for some reason it wouldn't let me. I think I will do as everyone suggested and submit them both at different times. Starting with the normal one. It will be fun to see which one is more popular. That is if they get accepted, and if they sell.

rinder99 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:44 am

OR.....Take it to a different Place.

jhuls · Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 1046

Oh, I like that one! I thought about doing something similar to disguise the floor on the flipped one. Do you use silver efex pro for you B&W processing? That is what I have used for the past year now and I love it. If so what tone did you use on it?

rinder99 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 1:11 pm

color balance in PS. Little red,little yellow.Shes flying Now.

gabes1976 · Joined: 30 Jan 2011 Posts: 730

Great stuff, Jenn, especially in such a short period of time.

jhuls · Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 1046