The bluring doesn't bother me at all. Love the colors and lighting in the background. I think what makes it uncomfortable is the crop. It takes a quiet contemplative subject and makes it aggressive feeling by having the subject in the center. I think less of the bottom and right would give it a better mood for the viewer.
Post-process of this shot is not good enough. The selective blur is really bad and distracting! You have to understand the working of DOF before you apply selective blur.
Beautiful saturation and story, but there has been so much edititing done to this shot, particular selective blur, that it detracts from the main subject, in my opinion. I think a tighter crop that includes the bowl of laundry and less of the green in the water would have worked better.
Peter. Gau 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
+ i like thisWhen 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
The bluring doesn't bother me at all. Love the colors and lighting in the background. I think what makes it uncomfortable is the crop. It takes a quiet contemplative subject and makes it aggressive feeling by having the subject in the center. I think less of the bottom and right would give it a better mood for the viewer.Ivano Cheli (1) 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
proOlivier Vanbiervliet 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
Post-process of this shot is not good enough. The selective blur is really bad and distracting! You have to understand the working of DOF before you apply selective blur.Claude Coeudevez 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
skipJaime Crystal Attenborough 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
what amazing colours and atmospherea big Pro :)
Abdul Khaliq 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
ProMaguire 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
contraFrank Cecconi 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
Almost Gallery, but not today;-)°°° celle °°° 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
like all aboveKlaus der Sandmann 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
-Cees Kuijs 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
I`m fully agree with Herwig. The blurring is too abrupt. A lot of feather had done a lot. ContraTheo Weijmer 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
Sorry contraMomento Eterno 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
-Patrick B. Parenteau 19/10/2006 6:40 Commento di voto
Beautiful saturation and story, but there has been so much edititing done to this shot, particular selective blur, that it detracts from the main subject, in my opinion. I think a tighter crop that includes the bowl of laundry and less of the green in the water would have worked better.