Beauty & The Beast

[Aaron]

Our local theater group had a fund raiser for the production of Beauty & The Beast by having a "meet the cast" party with a few skits - this was one of the villagers of the "French" village. You can figure out which category - Beauty or Beast

[mdmc]

A "Beauty" of course! Stunning red hair complimented by her dress. Very nice candid capture of beautifull woman. I would clone out the people in the bg though, as they are very distracting. I think there is enogh info in the pic to do this(clone) succsesfully.
Great use of dof, nice lighting.
Very nice shot,
Mark.

[Aaron]

Thanks Mark - I agree with removing the distracting background - this was rather the first "cut" of the raw photo

[julsoph]

I think the colors in this are great. I definitely agree about the people in the background...it might be different if they seemed to also be characters in the story, but that guy definitely looks like a spectator...hehe.
She stands out nicely against the rest of the background though.
Emily

[Aaron]

I think the colors in this are great. I definitely agree about the people in the background...it might be different if they seemed to also be characters in the story, but that guy definitely looks like a spectator...hehe.
She stands out nicely against the rest of the background though.
Emily

OK - here is version #2 of the photo - with a few modifications and another one from the same event